Registered Nurse (RN) - Heart Failure Cardiac Telemetry Stepdown

St. Elizabeth Healthcare•Edgewood, KY

About The Position

Engage with us for your next career opportunity. Right Here. Job Type: Regular Scheduled Hours: 36 💙 Why You’ll Love Working with St. Elizabeth Healthcare At St. Elizabeth Healthcare, every role supports our mission to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to the communities we serve. For more than 160 years, St. Elizabeth Healthcare has been a trusted provider of quality care across Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. We’re guided by our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve and by our values of excellence, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. Our associates are the heart of everything we do. Job Summary: St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) for our TCU 6D Unit located within the Edgewood Hospital. Registered Nurse (RN), Cardiac Telemetry Stepdown - 36 Bed Unit Shift/Hours: Full-Time – 36 hours/week, Day Shift 7A-7P Job Description: The best nursing career is right here. The licensed registered nurse is a professional nurse who is responsible and accountable for providing evidence-based clinical care to designated patients utilizing the nursing process. This is accomplished by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care according to established ethical/cultural codes and standards of nursing practices and working collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams to achieve patient outcomes. The registered nurse is responsible to delegate tasks appropriately to other licensed and unlicensed health care team members. Demonstrates respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background. Right Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community. St. Elizabeth Healthcare is one of the oldest, largest and most respected medical providers in the Northern Kentucky, Southeastern Indiana and Greater Cincinnati region. Together with St. Elizabeth Physicians, the affiliated multi-specialty physician and advanced practice provider organization, we are transforming healthcare through innovative treatments, cutting-edge technology and a heart for our community. We’re right here, sharing one mission: to improve the health of the people we serve.

Requirements

Graduate from accredited School of Nursing
If eligible, must have a Compact (multi-state) License in their primary state of residence.
Licensed to practice nursing in the state where work is being performed.
Meets contact hour requirements for licensure, including all state-required courses.
Focus of education promotes nurses’ ability to practice in clinical area assigned.
Demonstrates knowledge of nursing theory, clinical practice standards, procedures, policies and competence in mathematical calculations associated with medication administration.
Competent to independently perform safe nursing skills and procedures.
Successful completion of preceptorship and orientation to the facility and clinical area.
Able to critically think and problem solve in routine and emergency situations.

Responsibilities

responsible and accountable for providing evidence-based clinical care to designated patients utilizing the nursing process
assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care according to established ethical/cultural codes and standards of nursing practices
working collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams to achieve patient outcomes
responsible to delegate tasks appropriately to other licensed and unlicensed health care team members
Demonstrates respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background