RN Cardiac Rehab

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Benefits from Day One
• Paid Days Off from Day One
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Career Development
• Whole Person Wellbeing Resources
• Mental Health Resources and Support
• Pet Insurance*
• Debt-free Education* (Certifications and Degrees without out-of-pocket tuition expense)

Our promise to you:

Joining UChicago Advent Health is about being part of something bigger. Its about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. UChicago Advent Health is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team.

All while understanding that together we are even better.

Schedule: As Needed for Coverage

Shift: Days

Location: 5101 WILLOW SPRINGS RD, La Grange, 60525

The role you'll contribute:

Assists with the planning and implementation of outpatient cardiac rehab and education programs for adult and geriatric populations, aiming for optimal recovery and promoting life-long wellness through exercises and education. This role manages individualized, goal-directed nursing care using the nursing process in alignment with departmental and hospital policies and procedures. The position entails direct patient care, including telemetry monitoring, recording of vital signs, management of medical problems and emergencies, and providing education and counseling.

The role is pivotal in assessing and evaluating patients' cognitive, social, functional, and psychological status and in developing and implementing cardiac rehabilitation treatment plans. It involves performing cardiac monitoring, instructing patients on proper use of exercise equipment, adjusting exercise prescriptions as indicated, and assessing patients' response to exercise. Responsibilities also include communicating with telemetry and nursing to mobilize patients for Phase I Cardiac Rehab, reviewing charts, teaching home programs, assessing and screening patients for cardiac rehab, and providing education to patients and their families.

Furthermore, the role requires the development and management of program policy and procedures, facilitating delivery of care, and ensuring adherence to the Corporate Compliance plan and all rules and regulations of all applicable local, state, and federal agencies and accrediting bodies.

The value you'll bring to the team:

• Provides initial assessment and care plan as follows:
• Advises patients of anticipated gain and possible risks associated with program, obtains prerequisite written order diagnostics and informed consent.
• Develops individualized, result-oriented plan of care in corporation with client, referring physician.
• Evaluates new cardiac patients to obtain accurate medical history, identify cardiopulmonary risk factors and determine psychosocial disease manifestation.
• Completes assigned data collection, documents patient outcomes and otherwise demonstrates progress towards benchmarks.
• Provides formal and informal instruction in rehabilitation concepts under the direction of the manager of cardiac rehabilitation and wellness. Focuses on cardiac anatomy and proper nutrition, medication usage, physical retraining and life style modification.
• Explains and demonstrates appropriate use of exercise equipment.
• Motivates the patient and guides the rehabilitation process.
• Modifies patient program according to individual progress.
• Addresses patient and family concerning recovery potential and program protocol.
• Performs ongoing patient assessments to include:
• Monitors EKG and interprets to assure patient is in a stable cardiac rhythm.
• Monitors blood pressure to assure patient is stable hemodynamically for exercise.
• Performs pulse oximetry and checks breath sounds to assure patient not compromised in pulmonary cardiac capacity.
• Checks incisions to assure incisions are well healed without signs of infection.
• Monitors patient for signs of congestive heart failure to assure patient safety.
• Demonstrates competency in all procedures within scope of practice, as appropriate to the age of the patient served, and maintains a knowledge of the development with an understanding of the range of treatment by diagnosis needed by these patients:
  * Adolescent
  * Adult
  * Geriatric
• Documents in accordance with insurance guidelines/requirements and posts charges accordingly in Cerner/series.
• Documents in Cerner, accurately reflecting treatment provided, and utilizing approved format/abbreviations to allow for continuity of care.
• Selects appropriate charge for treatment intervention based on CPT code definition.
• Posts charges accurately via computer to reflect each treatment provided.
• Recognizes and appropriately responds or alerts physician to any changes in patient condition resulting from the disease process and/or induced by exercise.
• Checks crash cart daily to assure ACLS drugs available.
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