Registered Nurse Heart and Vascular Institute Denver

Intermountain Health•Denver, CO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver accountable for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care. In the outpatient clinic, the RN uses the nursing process, technology, therapeutic interventions, evidence-based practice, and coordination with other health team members. Clinic RNs are pivotal members of a physician-led care team and apply specialized ambulatory-care knowledge and skills. The role includes prioritizing and triaging care, implementing established standing orders and protocols, and performing procedures and therapies consistent with training and licensure. This position supports the General Cardiology Team; strong heart-failure experience is preferred. The schedule is four 10-hour day shifts, totaling 40 hours per week, with no evenings, nights, weekends, or holidays. The position is located at Intermountain Health Heart & Vascular, 1818 N. Ogden Street, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80218. The RN assesses patients’ physical, social, and psychological status and evaluates information from patients, families, physicians, and other interdisciplinary team members. The RN collaborates with patients, families, the care team, and physicians to develop individualized plans of care, including education and follow-up needs. The RN coordinates and delegates care as appropriate, manages priorities and resources, evaluates patient responses and outcomes, and revises care plans when indicated. The role also promotes the nursing profession, supports the development of others, and integrates legal, ethical, regulatory, documentation, and licensure standards into practice.

Requirements

Current RN license in the state of practice.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers.
Practice-specific certification required for the clinical setting, such as ACLS or PALS, as applicable.
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
RNs with less than 12 months of RN work experience before joining Intermountain must obtain a BSN within five years of their start date.
Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including patient transfers, lifting and carrying supplies or equipment, walking, pushing or pulling gurneys and portable equipment, and standing for extended periods.
Ability to read and assess information, operate monitors, manipulate delicate equipment with manual dexterity, and use computers for documentation and other clinical tasks.

Nice To Haves

Strong experience in heart failure.
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution.
Current nursing experience in a cardiac setting, clinic and/or inpatient.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, social, and psychological status, including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate.
Seek and evaluate information from patients, families, physicians, and other interdisciplinary team members.
Collaboratively develop individualized plans of care using assessment information and critical-thinking skills.
Involve patients, families, the care team, and physicians in care planning, including identifying education needs.
Plan and prepare patients for support needs after the current episode of care, including teaching, referrals, and follow-up.
Direct the interdisciplinary care team through appropriate delegation, coordination, and collaboration.
Provide or delegate care consistent with the plan of care, care guidelines, and professional licensure.
Prioritize, coordinate, and organize patient care while managing time, supplies, and resources.
Evaluate patient responses to interventions through goal achievement, clinical outcomes, and patient and family satisfaction.
Revise plans of care and reassess patients as indicated.
Promote the nursing profession and participate in the development of others.
Follow legal, ethical, and regulatory standards; practice within licensure scope; and provide accurate, timely documentation.
Triage and prioritize care delivery, implement established standing orders and protocols, and perform procedures and therapies consistent with training and licensure.
Communicate with patients, care providers, and visitors; operate monitors and other equipment; document patient care; and assist with patient transfers, ambulation, and transport of supplies and equipment.