RN Cardiac Cath Recovery

Working at CommonSpirit Health • Glendale, CA

3d

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) delivers compassionate, high-quality, evidence-based nursing care to support patient health outcomes and recovery. The role involves comprehensive patient assessment, skilled nursing interventions, implementation and ongoing adjustment of individualized care plans, and collaboration with an interdisciplinary team. The RN prioritizes care while considering patient needs and comfort, applies current practice standards and regulations, demonstrates accountability for ethical conduct, and advocates for patients.

The RN assesses physical, emotional, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, discharge, and cultural needs of the unit-specific patient population. Based on assessments, the RN develops measurable goals and time frames, involves patients and families in care planning, coordinates with other disciplines as indicated, and implements interventions suited to the patient’s diagnosis and age-specific needs. The RN uses equipment and supplies appropriately, reassesses patients to determine intervention effectiveness, updates care plans as needs change, and responds promptly and appropriately to changes in condition.

The position is represented by CNA and is covered by the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement. The employer is not currently accepting applications from new graduates or nurses new to the specialty.

Requirements

• Minimum education required for RN licensure.
• At least 6 months of experience in Telemetry, Emergency Services, Cath Lab, Critical Care, or other cardiovascular experience.
• Current and active California Registered Nurse licensure.
• AHA Basic Life Support certification.
• AHA Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification.
• Applications are not currently accepted from new graduates or nurses new to the specialty.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, preferred upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective, comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care to achieve desired health outcomes.
• Organize and prioritize patient care activities while considering patient needs and comfort.
• Collaborate with other disciplines to support a comprehensive, holistic, and effective plan of care.
• Apply current practice standards, guidelines, statutes, rules, and regulations.
• Demonstrate accountability for ethical behavior and support ethical practice by addressing or escalating issues.
• Serve as a patient advocate.
• Complete patient assessments competently and identify unit-specific needs, including physical, emotional, psychosocial, spiritual, educational, discharge, and cultural needs.
• Develop individualized plans of care based on patient assessments, including measurable goals and time frames, and involve patients and families in planning.
• Coordinate with other disciplines when indicated.
• Implement interventions based on nursing and medical plans of care, adapting them to patient population, diagnosis, and age-specific needs.
• Use equipment and supplies appropriately, including following policies and procedures for transport, handling, and storage of intravenous fluids.
• Reassess patients after interventions to verify effectiveness and update plans of care to reflect current needs.
• Recognize and respond to changes in patient condition, such as changes in level of consciousness, vital signs, or test results, in a timely and clinically appropriate manner.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed