RN

Nature of Duties:

Under the supervision and guidance of physicians, the registered nurse assists in planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating care by providing holistic and professional care to patients within the scope of practice defined by their Resident State Board of Nursing.

Qualifications:

1. Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing.
2. Current and unencumbered licensure with the Resident State Board of Registered Nurses
3. Basic Life Support certification (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification (ACLS) are both required.
4. Successful completion of EKG, stress testing, and general cardiology courses assigned via virtual learning platform within 12 months of hire.
5. Effective Communication Skills

Desired:
-Advanced certification in field of Cardiology/Cardiovascular nursing
-Two years of critical care experience

Specific Duties:

Direct Patient Care Items
Non-Pharmacologic, pharmacologic, and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) stress tests are to be initiated, monitored, reported and completed by the RN with the support of the Nuclear Technologist. 

1. Participates as a member of a holistic health care team to achieve a goal of maximum wellness by offering or conveying suggestions to the physician concerning the plan of care.
2. Assists team members in giving care to patients or administers direct care when professional nursing skills and judgments are needed.
3. Assists physicians with special tests and procedures as needed under his/her supervision and/or direction.
4. Interprets, implements, and assists others in implementing physician orders accurately.  Clarifies and consults with the physician regularly and as needed.
5. Assists with or institutes emergency measures, within the legal realm, for sudden adverse developments in patient’s condition.
6. Monitors results of therapeutic tests and procedures in accordance with patient’s clinical diagnosis, reports findings to physicians and institutes appropriate nursing instructions.
7. Administers prescribed medications and treatments with proper technique and with professional knowledge.

Skills Necessary:

• IV management – including vein selection, initiation of IV with venipuncture using aseptic technique, and removal of IV catheter achieving hemostasis
• Ability to understand and identify EKG/rhythm pattern abnormalities.
• EKG preparation, recording and preliminary interpretation of the EKG and communicating abnormalities to provider.
• Monitor and document vital signs.
• Identify and Treat adverse effects of stress agent under the guidance of the provider.
• Strong social skills and time management.
• Notify patients of procedure and diet limitations as well as pharmaceutical limitations 24-48 hours prior to testing

Documentation/Records/Billings

1. Completes all necessary and required documentation for each patient encounter in the patient’s electronic medical record in a timely and accurate manner.
2. Creates and completes all treadmill reports and history and physical documentation into the electronic medical record (EMR), as required, and enters electronic messages to other departments to assist with patient flow to document patient wait times.

Communication & Coordination of Patient Care

1. Monitors the results of therapeutic tests and procedures in accordance with patient’s clinical diagnosis, report findings to physicians, and institute appropriate nursing instructions.
2. Acts as a liaison between the patient, family physician, nursing staff, ancillary personnel, social services, administrative and clerical personnel to assure optimum patient care.
3. Respects the patient by conveying his wishes concerning medical therapies advance directives, and the use of extraordinary care to the family or physician.
4. Respects the patient’s religious wishes both in medical treatment and at the time of death by making these wishes known to family and physicians.
5. Utilizes the nursing process to assess the patient’s physical, psychological, emotional rehabilitative and social needs and conveys those needs to appropriate health team members as the patient advocate.
6. Identifies teaching needs of patients and provide them with information or appropriate resources.
7. Functions in a general leadership position in the clinic setting over all office ancillary staff and be a reliable medical resource.
8. Performs patient and family teaching in all settings when required.

Professional Duties

1. Maintains current proficiency and certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and advanced cardiac life support.
2. Participates in continuing education to improve quality of care provided and assure competency.
3. Accepts responsibility for actions performed.
4. Attends monthly team meetings and committee meetings as needed.
5. Participates in quality and performance improvements activities.
6. Participates in orientation of new team members and fosters a learning environment when mentoring and providing preceptorship.
7. Performs community presentations representing CIS for the purposes of primary prevention and community education.
8. Provides care based upon current standards of practice and clinical guidelines/protocols.
9. Utilizes principles of ethical decision-making, patient advocacy, and risk/benefit factors assessment in determining the best plan of care.

Other Duties & Responsibilities

1. Performs other related duties as assigned and serves in whatever other capacity deemed necessary for successful completion of the mission and goals of CIS and in concordance with its patient philosophy.
2. Assists in CIS staff education efforts by supporting and/or providing staff education and training.