RN Staff Inpatient - Cardiology

Department of Veterans Affairs • Milwaukee, WI

58d • Onsite

About The Position

5CN is an Acute Medical/Surgical Telemetry Unit providing complex care to primarily Cardiology and Cardiothoracic patients; located at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee. Milwaukee is located in southeastern Wisconsin, 90 minutes from Chicago, IL and Madison, WI. Milwaukee is on the shores of Lake Michigan, the fifth largest lake in the world where Summerfest, the world's largest music festival and many ethnic festivals take place throughout the summer.

5CN is an acute Medical/Surgical Telemetry Unit that provides complex care to primarily Cardiology and Cardiothoracic patients. The telemetry station in the hospital is located on this unit providing monitoring of the 15 beds on 5CN, as well as remote monitoring on 4C, 6CN/S and 7C. All staff achieves and maintains telemetry competence, allowing flexibility in staff assignment to the telemetry station 24/7. Responsibilities of the Cardiac/Telemetry/Medical-Surgical RN include, but not limited to:

Requirements

• Practice requirements include Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Responsibilities

• Communicate and interact appropriately and courteously with internal/external customers
• Maintain confidentiality of patient/employee information electronically, verbally and written
• Integrate and apply pertinent aspects of Medical Center performance improvement program into professional practices
• Provide care appropriate to the biopsychosocial needs of the population served

Benefits

• Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
• Paid Time Off: Up to 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees