RN - Cardiac Rehab Clinic (Richland)

Carle Health•Olney, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Cardiac Rehab Nurse monitors outpatient cardiac rehab and pulmonary rehab. This role provides care including the development, implementation and evaluation of exercise programs for cardiac patients in phase 2 and 3 of cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehab. The nurse works collaboratively with all members of the patient's care team to ensure services are consistent with post op and/or post hospitalization care. The plan of care is evaluated and revised as needed in collaboration with RN and physician when necessary. The patient's exercise program is developed and advanced based on the physiological and electrocardiographic response to exercise. Health education and teaching is provided for patient and family. Required feedback and communication to patient and healthcare team including EMR documentation and reports concerning education, exercise progression, exercise treatment and monitored physiological and vital responses of the patient are completed. The role assists with scheduling and billing of cardiac rehab services and precepts nursing, exercise physiology and nutrition students as assigned to the program. The nurse schedules patients for cardiac rehab and pulmonary rehab initial visits, conducts initial visit patient appointments, performs patient heart disease risk factor assessments, and coordinates patient care plans for outpatient cardiac rehab, phase II and phase III and pulmonary rehab. For Phase II, the nurse coordinates patient exercise class schedules, monitors patients on telemetry during exercise sessions, leads patients through exercise prescriptions and assists patients with exercise equipment, provides education to patients to support risk factor modification, reports adverse events to ordering providers, and monitors patients during exercise stress tests.

Requirements

Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 1 year - American Heart Association (AHA)
Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days - American Heart Association (AHA)
College Diploma Nursing

Responsibilities

Provides care including the development, implementation and evaluation of exercise programs for cardiac patients in phase 2 and 3 of cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehab.
Works collaboratively with all members of the patient's care team to ensure services are consistent with post op and/or post hospitalization care.
Evaluates and revises plan of care as needed in collaboration with RN and physician when necessary.
Develops and advances the patient's exercise program based on the physiological and electrocardiographic response to exercise.
Provides health education and teaching for patient and family.
Complete required feedback and communication to patient and healthcare team including EMR documentation and reports concerning education, exercise progression, exercise treatment and monitored physiological and vital responses of the patient.
Assists with scheduling and billing of cardiac rehab services.
Precepts nursing, exercise physiology and nutrition students as assigned to the program.
Schedules patient for cardiac rehab and pulmonary rehab initial visits
Conducts initial visit patient appointments
Performs patient heart disease risk factor assessments
Coordinates patient care plans for outpatient cardiac rehab, phase II and phase III and pulmonary rehab
Coordinates patient exercise class schedules
Monitors patients on telemetry during exercise sessions
Leads patients through exercise prescriptions and assists patient with exercise equipment
Provides education to patients to support risk factor modification
Reports adverse events to ordering providers
Monitors patients during exercise stress tests