Registered Nurse; RN - CCU

Overview

This position may qualify for a sign-on bonus.

This role provides direct clinical patient care. The role will assume responsibility for assessing, planning, and implementing direct clinical care to assigned patients on a per shift basis, and unit level. The role is responsible for supervision of staff to whom appropriate care is delegated. The role is accountable to support CNO to ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management related to patient care.

The RN provides high-quality, safe, cost-effective, total nursing care to all patients. The RN assumes responsibility for overall coordination and integration of patient care based on the nursing process. The RN directs care according to established standards of safety, risk management, QI, and Infection Control, with the goal being to discharge the patient with an optimum level of care provided.

Assumes responsibility for coordination and planning of patient care within the prescribed medical regime. Administers all medications safely and in a timely manner per hospital policy. Performs and fulfills all HICS (hospital incident command system) responsibilities, assignments, tasks, and roles as directed and needed by the facility in times of emergency and/or disaster. Responsible for knowing the Hospital s emergency codes, including the purpose and appropriate action for each, and adheres to the Hospital policies and procedures for each emergency code.

• Provide direct clinical patient care per shift and unit expectations.
• Supervise staff to whom care is delegated and ensure high-quality nursing care.
• Support the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) to ensure safe, appropriate, and competent care; manage resources related to patient care.
• Coordinate and integrate patient care based on the nursing process; ensure safety, risk management, quality improvement, and infection control standards are met.
• Administer medications safely and in a timely manner per hospital policy.
• Fulfill all Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) responsibilities during emergencies or disasters.
• Know and adhere to the hospital emergency codes and related policies and procedures.

• Education: Required:
  Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Preferred:
  Bachelor s or Master s degree in Nursing.
• Experience: Preferred:
  Recent acute care experience.
• Certifications: Required:
  Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice as required by law or policy in the state of practice; AHA BLS, and if applicable by corporate policy for the unit of hire, AHA ACLS and/or PALS and/or NRP.

Tenet complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.