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St. Elizabeth Healthcare is hiring a Registered Nurse for our Cardiac Rehab.Shift/Hours: PRN As needed, day shift
Role requires travel to Edgewood, Ft. Thomas, Dearborn, and Grant facilities.
Job Description:
The best nursing career is right here.
Join our nursing team and find out what it means to be Right Here. 60% of our nurses have been with us 10 years or more! A nursing career at St. Elizabeth means inspiring hope and healing in those who need it most. Youll enjoy the culture, compensation, and benefits you want, while receiving the support you need to advance your career.
With five Magnet-recognized facilities and a tradition of excellence unmatched in our region, St. Elizabeth is a place where nurses can flourish, and where their commitment to patients is mirrored by our administrations commitment to them. Come see why we continue to be one of the most highly awarded health systems in our region.
The Cardiac Rehab RN is a professional with a nursing license to perform patient assessments, monitor patients, interpret EKGs, supervise exercise therapy, assist with education, and counsel patients regarding risk factor modification. To includes:
- Patient Assessment: Performs initial assessment of new patient. Develops care plan with other staff. Develops daily assignment/assessment of patients exercise as well as their progress with the exercise. Involves family as much as possible with care plan.
- Documentation: Documents initial and daily assessment in to corresponding data base (EPIC or Quinton). Updates Individual Treatment Plan at least every 30 days and has signed by MD.
- Report patient condition and changes to physician. Monitor Patients EKG and response to exercise and report as appropriate to physician. Performs emergency procedures as needed.
- Education: Must keep current in the field of Cardiac Rehab through continuing education, core competencies and self- learning. Share knowledge with other staff. Maintains state licensure requirements.
- Assists with daily and quarterly Performance Improvement duties as appropriate.
- Check emergency equipment daily.
- Teach Education classes as scheduled and provide 1:1 teaching with patients
- Communicate with physicians and offices utilizing Epic
- Calculate Exercise Prescription/THRR and communicate Home Exercise Prescription with patients
Demonstrates respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background. Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education, Credentials, Licenses:
Licensed to practice nursing in the state where work is being performed.
Specialized Knowledge:
BLS & ACLS certification
EKG arrhythmia recognition
Kind and Length of Experience:
2 years Critical Care Nursing Experience with telemetry
FLSA Status:
Non-ExemptRight Career. Right Here. If you're looking for the right careers in healthcare, the right place to be is at St. Elizabeth. Join us, and you'll take pride in the level of care we offer our community.
