RN - Cardiac Care, Nights

Piedmont Healthcare•Snellville, GA

11h•Onsite

About The Position

Piedmont Eastside’s 18-bed Cardiac Care Unit is an intermediate/step-down unit caring for cardiac and vascular patients. Common conditions include chest pain, cardiac dysrhythmias, congestive heart failure exacerbation, hypertensive emergency, pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis, and recovery after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair or carotid endarterectomy. Nurses work closely with cardiology and vascular teams and are supported by unit secretaries, patient care technicians, registered nurses, charge nurses, and a clinical manager. The staff nurse provides nursing care across the patient lifecycle using the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care. The nurse works within organizational policies and procedures, maintains professional growth and accountability, upholds standards of practice, and coordinates assigned staff in providing quality care. The role is on the night shift at Piedmont Eastside in Snellville, Georgia.

Requirements

Graduate of a nursing program.
Current Georgia Registered Nurse license or NLC/eNLC multistate license.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Leadership skills, effective communication skills, initiative, independent judgment, and ability to handle stressful environments.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Hospital nursing experience preferred.
For PRN positions, one year of nursing experience in a hospital setting is required.
Advanced certification in the specialty, if applicable.

Responsibilities

Assess patients, including collecting physical, psychosocial, and health-history information.
Consider patients’ developmental ages when performing assessments and treatments and providing patient and family education.
Organize patient data into a plan of care, identify additional information needed, make care decisions based on identified needs, and identify expected outcomes.
Implement the plan of care to achieve desired patient outcomes.
Provide care appropriate to the setting, identified needs, plan of care, and severity of the patient’s condition or disability.
Oversee activities of ancillary and support team members.
Identify teaching opportunities and provide resources to help patients achieve educational goals.
Communicate issues and concerns to the charge nurse, clinical manager, or physician as appropriate.
Document patient care and concerns in the patient record.