RN - Cardiac Step Down

Presbyterian System Services • Albuquerque, NM

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About The Position

Presbyterian Healthcare Services is hiring a Registered Nurse for its 38-bed Cardiac Step Down unit in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The unit provides specialized, patient-focused care using a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach. Patients receive telemetry monitoring for cardiovascular disorders, including cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure, and care while recovering from myocardial infarction, coronary intervention, pacemaker implantation, and electrophysiology procedures. Approximately half of the unit's patients require regular progressive care. The team provides comprehensive professional inpatient care and personalized discharge planning to address outpatient needs.

This is a full-time position with a 0.90 FTE and 12-hour day shifts. The position is non-exempt. Presbyterian offers educational and career development opportunities, including tuition and certification reimbursement and scholarships; a wearable staff-safety badge; eligible-position differentials for night and weekend shifts, higher education, certifications, and lead roles; malpractice liability insurance; and access to a wellness program with gyms, nutrition coaching, classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, and wellness challenges. Presbyterian also uses the EPIC electronic charting system.

Presbyterian Healthcare Services is a locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system founded in New Mexico in 1908. It includes nine hospitals, a statewide health plan, and a growing multispecialty medical group, and is the state's largest private employer, with nearly 14,000 employees. The employer is drug-free and tobacco-free, with smoke-free campuses.

Requirements

• Associate degree at minimum; a degree from an accredited academic nursing program is preferred.
• Registered Nurse credential and a New Mexico or Compact State nursing license.
• BLS certification required at time of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-focused specialized care to patients requiring telemetry monitoring for cardiovascular disorders, including arrhythmias and heart failure.
• Care for patients recovering from myocardial infarction, coronary intervention, pacemaker implantation, and electrophysiology procedures.
• Provide quality care to cardiac and progressive-care patient populations through a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach.
• Provide comprehensive professional care during inpatient stays and personalized discharge planning for outpatient needs.

Benefits

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement and scholarship opportunities.
• Wearable staff-safety badge that allows nurses to call for help quickly and discreetly.
• Differentials for night and weekend shifts, higher education, certifications, and various lead roles for eligible positions.
• Malpractice liability insurance.
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department.
• Wellness program with free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, and wellness challenges.
• EPIC electronic charting system.

What This Job Offers

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