Registered Nurse RN - Cardiac Intermediate Care (Step Down) - Full Time Nights

Cardiovascular Intermediate Care Unit

Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.

Cardiovascular Intermediate Care Unit (CVIMC) is a 24 Bed Unit. This Intermediate Care Unit is monitored at the bedside and through the Central Monitoring Unit. 3:1 or 4:1 ratio.

Patients On this Unit:

• Pre and post open cardiovascular and thoracic surgery patients
• Pre and post cardiac catheterization patients
• Pre and post cardiac intervention patients, including pacemaker insertions and ICD implantations.
• Patients with arterial and venous sheath care, monitoring and removal
• Treatment of patients with cardiac arrhythmia
• Pre and post electrophysiology and ablation therapy
• Pre and post valve replacement, including TAVR
• Pre and post vascular surgery patients, including Carotids, TCAR, Femoral Popliteal Bypass, AAA
• Nurses manage patients on drips such as inotropes, antiarrhythmics, insulin including DKA and HHS.

Experienced RNs, join our team in an acute care setting and receive up to a $15,000 sign-on bonus!

Why Us?

• Up to $15,000 bonus based on experience
• Competitive salary & benefits
• Career growth opportunities
• Relocation assistance available (over 50-mile radius)

We value your expertise and are here to support your success. Apply now and advance your nursing career with us!

Bonus and relocation terms apply.

Capable clinician with previous specialty experience preferred, focused on expanding knowledge and skills. Consistently provides effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. Seeks as well as provides feedback for improved clinical practice. Assumes a beginning clinical bedside leadership role and seeks mentoring in this process. Participates as a member on PNGC councils and Nursing Quality Teams as appropriate.

Actively participates on Unit Council helping with plans to improve NDNQI nursing sensitive indicators, RN Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, Culture of Safety, and Patient Experience data. Works together with other care team members to recruit and retain an excellent nursing care team. For the new graduate clinical RN: focuses primarily on developing knowledge and skills and showing growth in ability to care for increasingly complex patients.

Responsible for providing direct and safe patient care based on the nursing process, and for coordinating care for assigned patients on a shift to promote the achievement of clinical outcomes. Requires consultation with more experienced clinicians and accepts feedback as a constructive professional development tool.

Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia.

Associate's Degree, ADN or Diploma required

At least 1 year of RN experience – Demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire

Delivery of safe, effective, efficient care that meets population specific guidelines

Actively works to make own and related teams successful, effectively communicates with patients, families and colleagues at all levels, shows consideration and respect for others and fosters customer service

Effectively prioritizes, recognizes problems, and utilizes evidence based practice

Demonstrates personal mastery, leadership of self and others, as appropriate, delegates appropriately, and supports NGHS shared governance model

Basic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on unit

Transformational Leadership

Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:

Serves as a highly engaged and full partner on the care team and responds willingly to care team member needs for assistance.

Adapts to change and demonstrates flexibility

Leads interdisciplinary rounds to facilitate appropriateness of care and smooth transitions across the continuum

Positively impacts the work environment by displaying respect for individuals and the organization

Exemplary Professional Practice

Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:

Effectively applies the nursing process within the framework of the organization's professional model of care, using the nursing process to meet the clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of the patient and family

Demonstrates initiative and seeks formal and informal opportunities to improve clinical practice within specialty area

Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological, ethical and spiritual issues within the episode of care

Effectively delegates care as appropriate while retaining accountability for the quality of care given to patients and families

Demonstrates the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all members of the healthcare team including physicians and advanced practice providers; incorporates Safety behavior and error prevention tools

Incorporates Sister Simone Roach's 7 Cs of Caring:
Ctheory by incorporating the seven Cs of Caring:
Compassion, Competence, Confidence, Conscience, Commitment, Comportment, Creativity into daily work and…