RN - Cardiac Recovery
About The Position
At MemorialCare Health System, we believe in providing extraordinary healthcare to our communities and an exceptional working environment for our employees. MemorialCare stands for excellence in Healthcare. Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation and teamwork. Position Summary: The Cardiac Recovery Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing high-quality, safe, and compassionate pre and post-operative care to cardiovascular and vascular patients recovering from diagnostic and interventional angiograms, electrophysiology ablations, pediatric diagnostic and interventional procedures and cardiovascular open-heart surgery. The RN is responsible for continuous cardiac monitoring, maintaining hemodynamic stability, providing pain management, implementing early interventions for complications, and educating patients and their families throughout the post-procedure/postoperative recovery process.
Requirements
- A current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in California is required.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) Card required
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Card required
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Card required
- A Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) is also required unless waived by Nurse Executive Council review.
- NIHSS Required
Nice To Haves
- The ideal candidate will have nursing experience in (specialty) in an acute care hospital.
- One year PACU/Cardiac Recovery experience preferred
Responsibilities
- providing high-quality, safe, and compassionate pre and post-operative care to cardiovascular and vascular patients recovering from diagnostic and interventional angiograms, electrophysiology ablations, pediatric diagnostic and interventional procedures and cardiovascular open-heart surgery
- continuous cardiac monitoring
- maintaining hemodynamic stability
- providing pain management
- implementing early interventions for complications
- educating patients and their families throughout the post-procedure/postoperative recovery process
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
