RN Cardiac Medicine

Allina Health System • Saint Paul, MN

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About The Position

The RN Cardiac Medicine role provides nursing care for patients with cardiovascular conditions. The 40-bed Cardiac Medicine Unit cares for cardiac patients with an average length of stay of 2–5 days and offers experience in telemetry and medical-surgical nursing. Patients may be undergoing NSTEMI interventions, pacemaker placements, cardioversions, ablations, and other cardiac treatments, or may have medical or surgical conditions requiring continuous hard-wired cardiac monitoring.

The unit promotes collaboration, continuous learning, a positive and supportive culture, and professional growth. Nurses may participate in shared governance and hospital-wide committees, precept colleagues, and serve as charge nurse. The professional nurse establishes a therapeutic relationship with patients and families and is responsible for planning, coordinating, and evaluating patient care.

This position is listed as 0.8 FTE (64 hours per two-week pay period), with 8-hour day/evening shifts and an every-other-weekend rotation. Tiering is based on experience: Tier 1 is for internal candidates or those with current telemetry experience; Tier 2 is for candidates with current telemetry training and experience or one year of current med-surg RN experience; Tier 3 is for new graduate RNs.

Requirements

• Associate's or vocational degree.
• 1–2 years of RN experience.
• Licensed Registered Nurse through the Minnesota Board of Nursing if working in Minnesota, or through the Wisconsin Department of Safety & Professional Services if working in Wisconsin, required upon hire.
• For Abbott Northwestern Hospital (Cardiac Telemetry), meet at least one of the following: current BLS certification from the American Heart Association; current BLS certification from the American Red Cross; or Allina in-house BLS training within 30 days of hire.
• For all other locations, meet at least one of the following: current ACLS certification from the American Heart Association; current ALS certification from the American Red Cross; or Allina in-house ACLS training within 60 days of hire.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree.
• 0 to 2 years of cardiac, telemetry, or critical care RN experience.
• RN-BC Cardiac Vascular Nursing certification.
• CCRN Critical Care RN certification.
• CHRN Certified Heart Failure Nurse certification.

Responsibilities

• Comprehensively assess patient and family needs, identify outcomes, establish the plan of care, monitor progress, and modify the plan as needed.
• Maintain education and competencies to provide proficient, high-quality patient care.
• Use evidence-based nursing practice and consider applicable statutes, rules, and regulations when developing plans of care.
• Collaborate with patients and families to establish realistic, measurable, age-appropriate, and culturally appropriate expected outcomes.
• Coordinate, collaborate, and delegate appropriately to provide safe and effective care.
• Fulfill organizational requirements.
• When acting as charge nurse, coordinate, delegate, and direct unit operations and collaborate with staff, leadership, and other disciplines.
• When acting as preceptor, identify the orientee’s learning needs, plan appropriate learning experiences, and validate clinical competence.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical and dental coverage.
• PTO/time away.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Voluntary benefits, including vision, legal, and critical illness coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement or continuing medical education, as applicable.
• Student loan support and benefits to navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
• Well-being dollars, well-being navigators, programs, activities, articles, videos, personal coaching, and tools.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree