RN or LPN - Cardiology

RN or LPN - Cardiology - FT – Gibson Area Hospital & Health Services

Pay range: $31.00/hr – $42.00/hr

General

Summary:

Cardiology nurses diagnose and treat conditions that affect the pulmonary or cardiovascular systems. They may focus on preventative medicine and patient education or assist with diagnostics, such as electrocardiograms and other specialized tests.

Mission Statement: To provide personalized, professional healthcare services to the residents of the Communities we serve.

• Performs assessment and data collection in an ongoing systematic manner, focusing on the patients physiologic and cognitive status.
• Formulates or individualizes a predefined, goal consistent and continuous manner by utilization of and adherence to pre-determined standards which define the structure, process, and desired patient outcomes of nursing process.
• Evaluates effectiveness of care given by self and by all health care team members. Also, evaluates contribution of systems, environment, and instrumentation in processing patients toward desired outcomes.
• Demonstrates competency in select psychomotor skills adhering to predefined written procedures.
• Identifies patient learning needs and readiness for learning. Implements patients/significant other instruction to meet self-care needs as defined in standards of care and patient teaching protocols.
• Performs documentation responsibilities following all existing structure standards and guidelines for forms used in the Division of Nursing and specialty assigned areas.
• Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to patient rights as identified within the institution.
• Functions with an awareness of and adherence to safety requirements as identified in existing standards.
• Performs efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, remaining calm, performing appropriate persons, and documenting events.
• Demonstrates applied knowledge base in areas and structure standards, patient care resources/references, protocols, pertinent drugs, standard of care, and significant lab values.
• Demonstrates an awareness of self responsibility and accountability for own professional practice within the Illinois Practice Act.
• Participates actively in staff development activities by sharing knowledge with others and using appropriate teaching/learning strategies to assist peers.
• Demonstrates self-directed learning and participation in continuing education to meet own professional development.
• Seeks validation of knowledge base, skill level, and decision making as necessary and assertively requests guidance in areas of question.
• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of professional practice and patient care and strives to manage situations in reduced-risk manner.
• Participates in development and attainment of unit and department of nursing goals.
• Participates in development of standards at both the generic and unit specific levels, demonstrates an attitude of acceptance/importance of standards in all professional practice strives to achieve minimal compliance levels and uses “professional modification” measures with sound clinical judgment.
• Activity involves self in Performance Improvement (PI) activities at the generic and unit levels through use of data resources and compliance peer review monitoring.
• Demonstrates willingness and ability to effectively coordinate patient care/unit activities among nursing staff, physicians, and support services in both the care manager and shift leader role.
• Demonstrates effective organization and priority setting abilities in using self, human, and material resources in a time oriented and cost containment manner.
• Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills by implementing existing communication methods (i.e. staff meetings, communication boards, etc) and always attempting to receive and give information in a timely, concise, clear, and positive manner.
• Formulates and uses effective working relationships with all health care team members, patients, and families.
• Demonstrates appropriate use of lines of authority in clinical and operational matters when seeking direction, validating self-decision…