RN - Cardiac Surgical Stepdown

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with hospital standards and unit policies/procedures for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating patient functional status.

Job Responsibilities

• Utilize the nursing process to care for patients.
• Assess, organize, and complete patient care with consideration for patient age, cultural, and psychosocial factors.
• Document steps of the nursing process.
• Utilize proper medical terminology; address problems and progress toward goals.
• Facilitate patient discharge through timely, appropriate referrals and utilization of patient education resources, suitable to patient age and cultural/psychosocial factors.
• Collaborate with other disciplines as appropriate.
• Support unit/hospital goals through PI and educational activities as evidenced by attending in-services, meeting unit education standards, and completing variance reports.
• Exercise independent judgment in making decisions from many diversified alternatives that are subject to general review in final stages only.

Working Relationship

• Coordinate activities of others (does not supervise).
• Lead others in the same work performed (does not supervise).
• Provide input on performance evaluations but do not prepare or give.
• Work directly with patients and/or customers.
• Interact with internal customers via telephone or face-to-face interaction.
• Interact with external customers via telephone or face-to-face interaction.
• Collaborate with other healthcare professionals and staff.
• Frequently work with individuals at Director level or above.

Required Skills & Experience

• Two years of work-related experience.
• Working knowledge of general disease state management processes, bio-psychosocial model, and clinical pathways.
• Effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work in an effective and efficient manner.
• Detail-oriented as required in the examination of clinical and numerical data.

Schedule Notes

Direct Hire

Pay Rate starts at [Redacted]

Unit: Cardiac Surgical Step Down

Looking for a minimum of 2 years of experience.