RN - Cardiac Surgical Stepdown

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with hospital standards and unit policies/procedures for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating patient functional status.

Job Responsibilities

• Utilize the nursing process to care for patients.
• Assess, organize, and complete patient care with consideration for patient age, cultural, and psychosocial factors.
• Document steps of the nursing process.
• Utilize proper medical terminology; address problems and progress toward goals.
• Facilitate patient discharge through timely, appropriate referrals and utilization of patient education resources, suitable to patient age and cultural/psychosocial factors.
• Collaborate with other disciplines as appropriate.
• Support unit/hospital goals through PI and educational activities as evidenced by attending in-services, meeting unit education standards, and completing variance reports.
• Exercise independent judgment in making decisions from many diversified alternatives that are subject to general review in final stages only.

Working Relationship

• Coordinate activities of others (does not supervise).
• Lead others in the same work performed (does not supervise).
• Provide input on performance evaluations but do not prepare or give.
• Work directly with patients and/or customers.
• Interact with internal customers via telephone or face-to-face interaction.
• Interact with external customers via telephone or face-to-face interaction.
• Collaborate with other healthcare professionals and staff.
• Frequently work with individuals at Director level or above.

Required Skills & Experience

• Two years of work-related experience.
• Working knowledge of general disease state management processes, bio-psychosocial model, and clinical pathways.
• Effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work in an effective and efficient manner.
• Detail-oriented as required in the examination of clinical and numerical data.

Schedule Notes

Direct Hire

Pay Rate starts at [Redacted]

Unit: Cardiac Surgical Step Down

Looking for a minimum of 2 years of experience.