PRN RN Cardiovascular Outpatient - CMC Heart Wellness Center

Overview

Location:

Gaffney, South Carolina, United States
• Cherokee Medical Center
• CMC Heart Wellness Center

Job : P-102420
• widget: PRN
• Days

The Registered Nurse, under the direction of the Manager, assesses, develops and implements plan of care and monitors response to the exercise prescription for Cardiovascular Outpatient, Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab. Includes patient education concerning cardiac and pulmonary risk factor reduction, activity progression and dietary modification for adults 18 and older.

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program
• Associates Degree in Nursing

• Minimum of 2 years cardiac experience

• Current license to practice Nursing in the State of South Carolina
• Certification in Basic Life Support
• Cardiac Rehab and Outpatient Heart and Vascular Center only:
  Advanced Cardiac Life Support

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

• Cardiac Rehab: 1 year of Cardiac Rehab experience
• Heart Failure Clinic: 3 or more years cardiac experience
• Outpatient Heart and Vascular Center: 2 years of cardiac experience

• Cardiac Rehab:
  Certified Cardiac Rehab Professional
• Heart Failure Clinic:
  Certified Heart Failure Nurse Certification

• Collaborates with patients, families, and other members of the health care team to determine patient priorities and treatments
• Initiates and facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration to enhance outcome
• Seeks necessary assistance in completing nursing interventions to assure positive patient outcomes
• Responsible for demonstrating competency for all new equipment and procedures
• Provides clinical guidance to students and ancillary staff
• Successfully completes hospital and department-based orientation programs
• Formulates a plan for professional growth
• Ensures compliance with all clinical expectations regarding regulatory requirements
• Identifies appropriate standards of care, and/or collaborative clinical pathways to guide the plan of care
• Complies with established policies and procedures
• Identifies the need to develop or revise policies and procedures pertaining to specialized patient populations and/or unit and hospital-based practices
• Serves on hospital-based committees
• Assesses patient medical history, admitting diagnosis and physician’s orders, collects nursing history and performs physical assessments, evaluates diagnostic data, and interviews patient and family to determine needs
• Demonstrates knowledge of professional nursing practice and theory
• Assures continuity of care through effective decision making resulting in quality patient care
• Documents all aspects of patient care by following established charting procedures
• Follows all regulatory guidelines for the department and hospital
• Completes all documentation requirements thoroughly and in a timely manner per hospital requirements
• Communicates effectively with all members of the care delivery team
• Participates in process improvement projects within the department
• Provides excellent customer service and effective communication with both internal and external customers
• Serves as a clinical resource within the department
• Ensures appropriate critical path/standard of care/plan of care is identified and collaboratively implemented
• Adheres to infection control policies and procedures
• Performs accurate, legal, and ethical documentation at all times
• Other duties as assigned