Registered Nurse - Cardiac PCU

Health First Careers•Melbourne, FL

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care to individual patients based on their cultural, spiritual, and age-specific needs. The role supports quality and safety, customer service, and stewardship through leadership in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care according to professional nursing practice standards. The nurse administers medications, delegates and supervises care activities, communicates with the healthcare team, uses Health First computer systems for orders and documentation, and coordinates an evidence-based interdisciplinary plan of care. The position also requires documenting care and patient responses, providing education to patients and families, and delivering respectful, sensitive service. Nurses contribute to patient experience through purposeful hourly rounding, bedside shift reports, and other measures of patient satisfaction. Equipment and supplies must be used and maintained economically.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved school of professional nursing.
Associate Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma required.
Current Florida RN licensure or endorsement.
Current AHA BLS Healthcare Provider Completion Card before the start date and maintained thereafter.
Certifications required by the specific unit.
Must meet unit-specific care requirements.
Ability to speak and understand written and verbal instructions in English.
Visual acuity and hand-eye coordination to perform clinical tasks.
Corrected vision and hearing within the normal range.
Ability to lift, turn, pull, push, or ambulate patients or equipment for up to 90% of the assigned shift.
Ability to lift up to 40 pounds unassisted for up to 33% of the assigned shift.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, and stoop for up to 90% of the assigned shift.
Potential exposure to biohazardous waste and known or unknown diseases.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Administer medications effectively and safely.
Delegate and supervise patient care activities appropriately.
Communicate effectively with healthcare team members and promote team functioning.
Use Health First computer systems for order entry, order inquiry, and patient care documentation.
Demonstrate safe clinical practice through skills demonstrations, annual competency assessment, and age-specific checklists.
Coordinate an interdisciplinary plan of care based on current evidence-based practice.
Document nursing care, changes in condition, responses to therapy, treatments, procedures, and referrals in the patient record.
Demonstrate dependability, reliability, and flexibility.
Use and care for equipment and supplies economically.
Provide patient, family, and caregiver education as directed by the plan of care.
Serve patients and families with sensitivity and respect for their needs, expectations, ages, cultures, and individual differences.
Contribute to patient experience and satisfaction through purposeful hourly rounding and bedside shift reports.