Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiovascular Specialty

Hospital Sisters Health System•Springfield, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This Registered Nurse (RN) position focuses on cardiovascular specialty, collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary teams to promote and restore patients' health. The role involves providing physical and psychological support to patients and their families in structural heart, cardiovascular/cardiothoracic surgery, or electrophysiology sub-specialties. Key responsibilities include establishing patient care goals, educating patients and families on their condition, medications, and self-care, and addressing complex healthcare questions. The RN ensures quality of care by adhering to guideline-driven practices, measuring health outcomes against standards, making necessary adjustments, and complying with nursing philosophies and regulations set by the state board of nursing and other governing agencies. The Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) is a multi-institutional health care system serving communities throughout Illinois and Wisconsin, with 13 hospitals and numerous health centers. HSHS is built on core values of respect, care, competence, and joy, striving to continually improve processes and outcomes with advanced technologies while maintaining a patient-centered focus.

Requirements

Diploma or associates degree in nursing is required.
2 years nursing experience is required.
1 year critical care, specialty cardiac nursing, cath lab, or general cardiology practice is required.
Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of practice is required.
Basic Life Support (BLS) is required.
COVID-19 vaccines or an approved medical or religious exemption for all colleagues (does not apply to positions that are classified as 100% remote).

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in nursing is preferred.
Experience with complex duties involving Electrophysiology (EP) or device interrogation/interpretation/management, pulling chest tubes/packing wires, pacemaker or defibrillator checks, wound care experience is preferred.
Anti-arrhythmic pharmaceutical management experience is preferred.
Knowledge of electrophysiology or structural heart therapies: Watchman, TAVR, MitraClip; Extra vascular internal cardiac defibrillators; Atrioventricular micra wireless permanent pacemakers; EBR system wireless left ventricular lead placement is preferred.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with cardiovascular specialty physicians and multidisciplinary team members.
Provide physical and psychological support to patients and their families in structural heart, cardiovascular/cardiothoracic surgery, or electrophysiology sub-specialties.
Promote patient's independence by establishing patient care goals.
Teach patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills.
Answer questions regarding highly complex healthcare topics.
Assure quality of care by adhering to guideline driven practices.
Measure health outcomes against patient care goals and standards.
Make or recommend necessary adjustments.
Follow nursing philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.

Benefits

Comprehensive and affordable health coverage includes medical, prescription, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time colleagues.
Paid Time Off (PTO) combines vacation, sick, and personal days into one balance to allow you the flexibility to use your time off as you need.
Retirement benefits including HSHS contributions.
Education Assistance benefits include up to $5,250 of educational assistance each calendar year and tuition discounts to select colleges with no waiting period.
Adoption Assistance provides financial support up to $7,500 for colleagues growing their families through adoption to reimburse application and legal fees, transportation, and more!
Wellness program with incentives.
Employer-paid life insurance.
Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
Flexible spending accounts.
Employee assistance program.
ID theft coverage.
Colleague rewards and recognition program.
Discount program.