What are the responsibilities and job description for the Outpatient Cardiology RN position at Woodlawn Health?
Join the Woodlawn Team as a Registered Nurse (RN) in our Outpatient Cardiology Services department!
Our Mission is to provide excellent healthcare services by highly skilled staff in a compassionate and caring manner. We know that our employees are essential to the care we provide!
Our core values are as follows: Courtesy, Respect, Caring, Professionalism, Confidentiality, Integrity, and Accountability.
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing and be currently licensed in the state of Indiana.
- Experience in a cardiology setting required.
- Maintains licensure and provides Director of Cardiac Rehab Services with any licensure renewals or changes.
- Must possess Basic Life Support (BLS) and ACLS certification or obtain prior to providing direct patient care. As well as maintain these certifications throughout employment. PALS certification is encouraged.
- Possess and demonstrates advanced ECG rhythm recognition.
- Must have the ability to perform Stress Tests.
- Ability to assess and command emergency situations and readily adapt to change.
PRIMARY DUTIES:
- Coordinates the total nursing care of the patient through the use of the nursing process and provides patient and family or significant other education regarding their procedure.
- Maintains standards of professional nursing practice for the pre and post test phase of the cardiopulmonary and diagnostic imaging patient, their family and/or significant other.
- Assess assigned patients for overall conditions and needs, coordinates and gives care appropriately including treatments, all medications, initiates and maintains IV therapy, blood/blood product administration, etc. Initiates and modifies care plans and goals. Prescribes appropriate nursing actions to meet the goals and the physical, psychological, social, and rehabilitative needs of the patient.
- Assist nuclear medicine as needed in the performance of nuclear stress testing and imaging.
- Assist physicians as needed to transcribe and implement physician’s orders appropriately and accurately. Report to the physician or appropriate person any pertinent observations and reactions regarding patients and record these accurately in the medical record.
- Coordinate patient care with other team members and assigns duties in accordance with patient’s needs and the personnel’s capabilities and qualifications. Directs, supervises, and evaluates nursing care provided to patient.
- Performs assessments, interprets data, and delivers all nursing care with an age-appropriate focus.
- Assumes on call responsibilities for Cardiac Rehab and Diagnostic Imaging outpatient services.
Position: Days; Full-time; Monday-Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm
BENEFITS:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance & Disability
- 403(b) with matching
- Vacation Time
- Sick Time
- FSA
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Medical Specialty:
- Cardiology
Work Location: In person
