Clinic RN, Northwestern Cardiology, Part-Time

Clinic RN, Northwestern Cardiology, Part‑Time

Join to apply for the Clinic RN, Northwestern Cardiology, Part‑Time role at Northwestern Medical Center. NMC is currently recruiting a Clinic RN in Northwestern Cardiology. The position is part‑time (40 hours bi‑weekly), generally M‑F 8a‑4:30p. Northwestern Medical Center’s mission is to provide exceptional health care to our community. Join our high reliability team! With “people” as one of our core values, valuing our employees is a top priority for Northwestern.

We care about our employees, their families, and their overall health & well‑being. We are proud to offer a generous benefits package, with recognized national carriers, designed to help our people stay healthy, balance work & life responsibilities, protect your assets & plan for a secure financial future.

Hourly Range: $30.00 USD to $42.42 USD

The RN provides safe nursing care in a timely manner to patients, within the scope of an RN as defined by the Vermont State Board of Nursing.

• Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or enrolled in an accredited Direct Entry to Master of Science in Nursing Program preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of two years non‑hospital nursing experience.
• Licensure: Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Vermont (VT RN license or Compact State RN).
• Certifications: BLS required.

• Reports To: Department Leader
• Other Contacts: Providers and their staff, patients and their families, hospital staff & community resource staff

• Machinery or Equipment Used: Computer, basic office equipment, exercise equipment, patient monitoring and care and resuscitation equipment
• Physical Demands: Extensive sitting, walking, typing, listening, bending, finger dexterity, standing, reaching, color vision, talking, and eye/hand coordination
• Working Conditions: Medical clinic environment with patients at high risk of cardiac arrest or arrhythmias. Subject to high stress of multiple calls, interruptions, demands and crisis situations
• Required Protective Equipment: PPE as situation and patient condition dictates
• Essential Functions:
  • Incorporates appropriate assessment and intervention skills in all interactions and delivery of nursing care including:
  • Provides comprehensive patient orientation to ensure patient safety
  • Performs admission assessment
  • Develops outcome goals based on best practice and patient response
  • Evaluates patient's progress through program by use of lab data, ECG interp and patient's exercise tolerance
  • Equipment use and management
  • Communicates with patients, team members, and management in an accurate and timely manner evidenced by:
  • Talks with and listens to patients/team members
  • Reports pertinent, concise information
  • Complete timely clinical documentation/order entry
  • Protects confidentiality of patient/colleagues
  • Applies critical thinking skills and considers alternatives
  • Organizes multitask workload
  • Prioritizes tasks/work
  • Appropriately seeks assistance
  • Collects/integrates data from multiple sources
  • Organizes/delivers care for multiple patient assignment
  • Develops and maintain human care relationships
  • Integrates the influence of the human experience of health, illness and/or healing
  • Adapts care management for diverse populations and environment
  • Advocates for needs of patients
  • Provides care in ethical and legal manner
  • Refers concerns/issues to appropriate resources
  • Manages self and resources effectively
  • Acknowledges limits of experience and capability
  • Identifies learning needs and seeks resources
  • Utilizes equipment and supplies appropriately
  • Maintain clean, orderly environment of care
  • Ensures traffic control in “sensitive areas”
  • Seeks out and accepts feedback
  • Applies leadership skills
  • Interacts with others in professional manner
  • Manages conflict
  • Coordinates care within multi-disciplinary team
  • Utilizes process improvement techniques to evaluate and improve program
  • Incorporates teaching in delivery of care with a focus on health promotion
  • Provides appropriate information to patient
  • Assess for barriers to learning
  • Uses colleagues as a learning resource
  • Provides counseling about health behaviors
  • Supports the preceptorship program, job shadow and student experiences
  • Applies knowledge integration skills for the patient population served within clinic
  • Provides age specific care
  • Applies knowledge of expected norms in planning care
  • Applies new data to improve care
  • Integrates technical, psychological, social, intellectual and physical skills
  • Demonstrates the unit specific skills requisite for patient population served
  • See unit specific competencies