RN - 3N Cardiology (Full Time, Nights), St.Vincent

Highmark Health•Erie, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The 3 North Cardiology Unit has 21 beds and is a cardiac floor that serves as a stepdown from the CNICU. It cares for patients post open-heart surgery (day 2-3), post-cardiac catheterizations, and other cardiac procedures. The unit emphasizes surgical cardiac care (post-open heart, vascular) but also manages medical cardiac patients and performs procedural cardiac interventions such as heart catheterization, pacemaker insertions, and post-Watchman procedures. St. Vincent Hospital is a Magnet®-designated hospital for nursing excellence, serving the Lake Erie region since 1875. Allegheny Health Network (AHN), a 9-hospital system part of Highmark Health, is transforming healthcare by providing effective services and fostering an inclusive environment with opportunities for growth and education.

Requirements

Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
CPR certification

Nice To Haves

Certification in area of specialty

Responsibilities

Assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families.
Provides leadership in a professional practice setting.
Contributes to team building by helping others succeed through role modeling and mentoring.
Assigns or delegates tasks based on patient needs and skill level of staff.
Considers maintenance of a safe environment, patient condition, complexity of intervention, and predictability of outcome.
Provides peers with verbal and written feedback regarding clinical practice and role performance.
Shares knowledge and skills with peers and colleagues.
Accepts mistakes of self and others, creating a culture where risk-taking is safe and expected.
Participates on interdisciplinary teams to evaluate clinical care or health services.
Promotes patient safety initiatives.
Participates in department-specific quality initiatives.
Supervises delegates and evaluates assigned LPN scope of practice.
Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, evaluate, and implement a patient plan of care.
Derives culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes involving the patient, family, and other health care providers.
Analyzes the health status of individuals and families, comparing data with the norm to determine patient care needs.
Assesses patient reports/records change of condition and notifies physician and/or supervisor, intervening appropriately and documenting accordingly.
Accepts assignments in areas other than primary unit and performs duties within individualized competency.
Demonstrates commitment to continuous lifelong learning for self and others.
Promotes advancement of the profession through participation in professional organizations.
Seeks formal and independent learning activities using current research findings and other evidence to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and knowledge.
Participates in systematic peer review and obtains informal feedback regarding one’s own practice.
Meets time and attendance guidelines per hospital policy.
Continuously evaluates and assesses patient and family satisfaction.
Participates in department-specific patient satisfaction initiatives.
Promotes compassionate communication that is patient and family-centered.
Assesses for and attempts to resolve patient/family concerns.
Utilizes effective time management skills to complete assigned duties and responsibilities within the established work shift.