RN - Cardiac Care, Days

Piedmont Healthcare Inc.•Snellville, GA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The staff nurse provides nursing care to patients across the lifecycle, using the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care. The nurse works within organizational policies and procedures, demonstrates professional growth and accountability, maintains standards of practice, and coordinates assigned staff in delivering quality nursing care. The Cardiac Care Unit is an 18-bed intermediate/step-down unit caring for cardiac and vascular patients. Common patient conditions include chest pain, cardiac dysrhythmias, congestive heart failure exacerbation, hypertensive emergency, pulmonary embolism, deep vein thrombosis, and recovery after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair or carotid endarterectomy. Nurses collaborate with cardiology and vascular teams and work alongside unit secretaries, patient care technicians, registered nurses, charge nurses, and a clinical manager. This is a full-time day position at Piedmont Eastside in Snellville, Georgia. A sign-on bonus of up to $5,000 is available. Piedmont describes a collaborative work environment, schedule flexibility, state-of-the-art technology, and opportunities to participate in clinical research. The organization offers wellness programs and a comprehensive total rewards package.

Requirements

Graduate from a recognized, accredited school of nursing.
Current Georgia Registered Nurse license or NLC/eNLC multistate license.
Basic Life Support (BCLS) certification.
Demonstrated leadership skills, effective communication skills, initiative, independent judgment, and ability to handle stressful environments.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
Nursing experience in a hospital setting.
One year of hospital-setting experience for PRN positions.
Advanced certification in the specialty, if applicable.

Responsibilities

Assess patients, including collecting physical, psychosocial, and health-history data.
Evaluate patients’ developmental age 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 determine expected patient outcomes.
Implement the plan of care to achieve desired patient outcomes.
Provide care appropriate to the clinical setting, identified needs, care plan, and severity of the patient’s condition or disability.
Oversee activities of ancillary and support team members.
Identify teaching opportunities and provide resources to support patient education goals.
Communicate issues and concerns to the charge nurse, clinical manager, and/or physician as appropriate.
Document patient care and concerns in the patient record.
Coordinate assigned staff’s patient-care activities and maintain nursing practice standards.