Registered Nurse - Cardiovascular Care
McLaren Health Care
Department: Cardiovascular Care
Shift: Nights
Daily Work Times: 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 a.m.
Scheduled Hours per Pay: 72
Position Summary
Responsible for assessing physiological, emotional, and spiritual needs of each patient within assigned unit area and planning nursing care to meet those needs. Responsible to see that nursing care plans are carried out through performance and/or leadership of subordinate personnel. Conducts patient evaluation, performs documentation of patient progress, treatment planning and discharge functions.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Employee will demonstrate the process of obtaining history, performing relevant systems reviews, and selecting and administering specific tests and measures to obtain data for appropriate service delivery.
- Employee will demonstrate the dynamic process in which the Registered Nurse makes clinical judgments based on data gathered during the exam, in conjunction with physician team.
- Employee will perform effective treatment addressing the specific impairments identified in the evaluation.
Qualifications:
Required:
· Current Michigan licensure as a Registered Nurse.
· Minimum of two years of experience required in a cardiac critical care unit, step down unit such as 12T, 9T, 4C, PACU, etc or in a cardiac cath lab or in an emergency department.
· Current ACLS certification
· Current BLS certification
Preferred:
· Previous experience in pulling arterial lines or venous sheaths
· Knowledge of Intra-aortic Balloon Pumps