Registered Nurse, Cardiovascular Center

Overview

The registered nurse, adheres to the rules and regulations of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing. Is primarily responsible for professional performance and direct patient care. The role encompasses nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care for patients and their families across the health care continuum. The registered nurse is accountable for clinical, educational, quality and fiscal patient care outcomes using the model of care designed by the nursing department and in accordance with established agency policies, procedures, protocols, guidelines and standards of practice.

Position: Registered Nurse

Department: Cardiovascular Center

Schedule: Part Time, 24 Hours, Days

Graduate of a nursing degree program; BSN preferred.

• Licensed to practice professional nursing as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Requires current basic life support (BLS) certification. Some units may require Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Additional certifications may be required for certain practice areas.

• Current basic cardiac life support certification.
• Basic computer proficiency inclusive of ability to access, enters, and interpret computerized data/information.
• Effective interpersonal skills to facilitate communication with various members of the health care team, patients, and families.
• Organizational skills to set priorities and efficiently complete assigned work. Multilingual skills (beyond that of English) in languages appropriate to the patient populations served by the medical center preferred.
• Relevant clinical experience and/or specialty, certification required for certain practice areas, e.g., enterostomal therapy, epidemiology, peri-operative areas.
• Analytical ability to solve clinical nursing issues and conduct quality improvement research utilization projects.
• Ability to effectively delegate appropriate patient care activities.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills appropriate to the patient populations served. Physical ability to meet the core job responsibilities in accordance with practice setting demands for the patient populations regularly served.
• Ability to effectively manage stress due to critical issues related to patient care, changing organizational climate and personnel issues.

Cardiology experience preferred, position requires review of telemetry monitoring system. Excellent communication with phone interaction triaging calls. Epic experience helpful.

The Cardiology Clinic RN responsibilities are to provide one on one assessment and teaching to patient with heart failure disease based on established protocols. Work as an active team member within the heart failure program e includes but not limited to:

• Establish contact with heart failure patients within 24-48 hours during the week and 72 hours (for weekend d/c) of hospital discharge.
• Assess/ monitor/record patient’s Cardiomems as needed.
• Report/review patient condition with primary provider as necessary.
• Provide telephone counseling/triage patients to the CHF office instead of ED when appropriate.
• Schedule nursing appointments to address patient education/issues that are difficult to manage over the phone.
• Document all problems with non-compliance/delinquency in regards to diet and medical therapy in the patient’s medical records.
• Serve as liaison between inpatient transitional coordinator and outpatient cardiologist/NP and PCP/VA service.
• Maintain weekly log of non-compliant patients.
• Monitor/maintain outpatient follow up with cardiologists/NP/reschedule no shows, etc.
• Evaluate and assess known patient in the emergency/inpatient service when appropriate.
• Perform related work as required by the HF program leaders.
• Function as a resource to other health professional in order to ensure continuity of care.
• Collaborate with other personnel within the department of cardiology.

The registered nurse, adheres to the rules and regulations of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing. Is primarily responsible for professional performance…