RN Outpatient Specialty Practice Cardiac Surgery Specialists NJ & Newtown PA

RN Outpatient Specialty Practice – Full Time – Day – Cardiac Surgery Specialists (NJ)

Apply for the RN Outpatient Specialty Practice – Full Time – Day – Cardiac Surgery Specialists (NJ) role at Capital Health (US).
Capital Health is a five‑time Magnet‑Recognized health system for nursing excellence, comprising two hospitals. The Capital Health Medical Group offers primary and specialty care to patients throughout the region.
The detailed information below outlines the responsibilities, requirements, physical demands, offers, and benefits related to this position.

$34.90

• Perform nursing care and treatment modalities appropriate for individual patients.
• Assist LIP with procedures, remove sutures, clean wounds, and apply dressings.
• Reference policies and procedures to ensure Capital Health best practices are followed.
• Support principles from Capital Health core mission, including quality care, compassion, dignity, and comprehensive continuum of care.
• Seek to understand the patient's illness, pain, fear, anxiety, or other stressful emotions.
• Engage patients’ families in communication as appropriate and designated.
• Assess need for patient education; plan, implement, document, and evaluate educational activities.
• Inform patients about laboratory and test results, preparations, and procedures under the direction of the LIP.
• Obtain and record patient history; review laboratory and other test results daily and prioritize for LIPs according to protocol.
• Prepare patients, exam rooms, and medical records for scheduled and non‑scheduled patients.
• Obtain specimens and cultures, identifying patients and specimens according to CH policy.
• Recognize important changes in patient condition and react appropriately in the ambulatory setting.
• Administer medications accurately and safely; document patient records according to protocol.
• Demonstrate technical skills specific to the assigned ambulatory setting; administer immunizations and other injections as ordered by LIP.
• Call in prescriptions to pharmacies under the direction of the LIP.
• Complete competency checklist with preceptors.
• Document quality control for waived testing and sterilization of instruments as required.
• Maintain logs of laboratory work, X‑rays and other tests; monitor receipt of results to assure continuity of care.
• Document refrigerator temperatures for proper storage of medications and specimens and take appropriate action if outside acceptable range.
• Participate in research studies depending on practice.
• Triage patient medical phone calls, assess patient status, and schedule according to protocol.
• Document part of the physical assessment, including chief complaint and vital signs.
• Assist co‑workers during periods of heightened patient care activity.
• Perform other duties as assigned and may be assigned to other Capital Health Medical Group practices as needed.

• Associate’s degree or graduation from an accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred.
• NJ or PA license based on primary state office location or a multi‑state compact license. Must have applied for second out of state RN license within three months of hire. If working in CH Clinics, Wound Management, Maternal Fetal Medicine, or Occupational Health, only NJ RN license is required.
• One year experience in an acute, urgent care or outpatient setting.
• AHA BLS – Healthcare Provider certification.

• Frequent physical demands include standing, walking, carrying objects, push/pull, twisting, bending, wrist position deviation, pinching/fine motor activities, keyboard use/repetitive motion.
• Occasional physical demands include sitting, climbing (e.g., stairs or ladders), reaching forward, reaching overhead, squat/kneel/crawl.
• Continuous physical demands include talking or hearing.
• Lifting floor to waist 25 lbs; lifting waist level and above 25 lbs.
• Sensory requirements include near vision 20/40, far vision 20/40, color discrimination, accurate depth perception, accurate hearing.
• Anticipated occupational exposure risks include blood borne pathogens, chemicals, airborne communicable disease, dust/particulate matter.

Offers are contingent…