Registered Nurse (RN), PT Day Shift, Cardiac Associates

Adventist HealthCare•Rockville, MD

3d•$31 - $44•Onsite

About The Position

Cardiac Associates - Rockville If you are a current Adventist HealthCare employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account. Adventist Cardiac Associates seeks to hire an experienced Registered Nurse for our Rockville, MD Location who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing. As a Registered Nurse (RN) you will: • Completes data base thoroughly and extracts vital data from the medical chart. • Communicates information to physician and documents in chart. Complies with monitoring and documentation of daily logs (refrigerator, crash cart, drug log, medication samples, nutritional supplements inventory and dispensary) as per standards set forth by accrediting bodies. Contacts nurses for updates on hospitalized patients. Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality standards, and safety standards. Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations. • Coordinates with physician and office staff to have an efficient flow of patients through the facility. Ensures that patient records and referring physicians are kept up to date. • Keeps work area neat and organized. Maintains adequate supply of patient education material and medical supplies. Stocks exam rooms and ensures that equipment is working properly. Cleans & sterilizes equipment as necessary. Maintains liaison with other disciplines, such as social services, dietary support, speech therapy, physical therapy, pastoral care and pain management and sees that their services are made available to patients in an appropriate and timely fashion. • Participates in meetings and on committees and represents the department and hospital in community outreach efforts as required. Participates in multi-disciplinary quality and service improvement teams. • Performs assessments on under-treatment patients and follow-up patients and documents appropriately. Assesses patients for special needs and plans appropriate intervention, i.e. skin changes, dietary needs, social service needs, health care psychological and support needs. Performs other duties as assigned. • Provides support and education to patients. Acts as resource for patient and family members. Fields questions selected to treatment and side effects. Documents actions, and follows up on interventions. Schedules tests, obtains pre-authorization, and follows up on results. • Travels to other offices for cross training and coverage. Able to function in different facilities.

Requirements

Licensed Registered Nurse in the State of Maryland required
1-2 years’ experience as a registered nurse
Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required

Responsibilities

Completes data base thoroughly and extracts vital data from the medical chart.
Communicates information to physician and documents in chart.
Complies with monitoring and documentation of daily logs (refrigerator, crash cart, drug log, medication samples, nutritional supplements inventory and dispensary) as per standards set forth by accrediting bodies.
Contacts nurses for updates on hospitalized patients.
Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality standards, and safety standards.
Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations.
Coordinates with physician and office staff to have an efficient flow of patients through the facility.
Ensures that patient records and referring physicians are kept up to date.
Keeps work area neat and organized.
Maintains adequate supply of patient education material and medical supplies.
Stocks exam rooms and ensures that equipment is working properly.
Cleans & sterilizes equipment as necessary.
Maintains liaison with other disciplines, such as social services, dietary support, speech therapy, physical therapy, pastoral care and pain management and sees that their services are made available to patients in an appropriate and timely fashion.
Participates in meetings and on committees and represents the department and hospital in community outreach efforts as required.
Participates in multi-disciplinary quality and service improvement teams.
Performs assessments on under-treatment patients and follow-up patients and documents appropriately.
Assesses patients for special needs and plans appropriate intervention, i.e. skin changes, dietary needs, social service needs, health care psychological and support needs.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Provides support and education to patients.
Acts as resource for patient and family members.
Fields questions selected to treatment and side effects.
Documents actions, and follows up on interventions.
Schedules tests, obtains pre-authorization, and follows up on results.
Travels to other offices for cross training and coverage.
Able to function in different facilities.

Benefits

Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
Free Employee parking
Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire
Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)
Paid Time Off
Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period
Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance
Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
Tuition Reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support