Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiac Rehab

Conifer Health Solutions•Goodyear, AZ

About The Position

Provides professional nursing care within an assigned unit and coordinates care planning with other disciplines. Renders individualized, age-specific direct bedside nursing care based on the nursing process and patient needs. Acts as a supervisor by assessing, planning, delegating, and using independent judgment to direct other healthcare employees in providing patient care. Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice to identify patient goals, participates in hourly rounding, and observes safety guidelines and safe work practices. May be asked to take charge for a shift. The role includes assessing patients’ physical, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, cultural, safety/risk, and discharge-planning needs on admission and on an ongoing basis; determining nursing diagnoses; setting appropriate patient-specific outcome goals; incorporating patient and family input when appropriate; individualizing and implementing the plan of care; and implementing nursing and medical orders while assuring they are appropriate to the patient’s current status. Other tasks may be assigned at the hospital.

Requirements

Nursing degree from an accredited nursing school.
License to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Arizona.
CPR certification.
Effective interpersonal skills and ability to work with team members.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with occasional periods of above-average pressure.
Excellent customer service skills.
Basic computer skills.
ACLS is required upon completion of orientation for ER, ICU, Endoscopy, Tele, Cardiac Cath Lab, and L&D, as applicable by facility and department.
ER: PALS or ENPC required, or must be obtained within 90 days.
Post-partum, Nursery, and L&D: NRP required upon completion of orientation.
Bariatrics: Certification or specialized training in the bariatrics specialty area of practice.
Wound Care: Wound-Ostomy Certification or training in wound care and/or ostomy care.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
One year of acute care experience.
Certification in the specialty area of practice.
PACU: PALS preferred.
PACU: ACLS required or must be obtained within six months of hire.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, cultural, safety/risk, and discharge-planning needs on admission and on an ongoing basis.
Determine nursing diagnoses based on patient assessments and data analysis.
Set practical, realistic, and appropriate outcome goals for the patient population.
Use patient and family input when appropriate and guide patients in achieving goals.
Individualize the patient’s plan of care based on patient needs and circumstantial or procedural complexities.
Implement nursing and medical orders and ensure they are appropriate to the patient’s current status.
Coordinate care planning with other disciplines.
Provide individualized, age-specific direct bedside nursing care based on the nursing process and patient needs.
Assess, plan, delegate, and use independent judgment to direct other healthcare employees in providing patient care.
Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice to identify patient goals.
Participate in hourly rounding and observe safety guidelines and safe work practices.
May take charge for a shift.
Perform other tasks assigned at the hospital.