Cardiac ICU RN: High-Acuity Critical Care

Apex Home Health, Hospice & Home Care; Wailuku (HI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Home Health, Hospice & Home Care in Hawaii seeks a Staff Nurse to provide high-acuity nursing care for complex cardiac and critical patients. You will monitor patients, interpret cardiac rhythms, manage IV drips, and care for ventilated patients, rapidly assessing emergencies and coordinating care with the team.

Join a dedicated interdisciplinary group and contribute to education for patients and families, ensuring safe transitions and thorough documentation using advanced health IT systems.

Qualifications

• Strong critical care and cardiac nursing competencies.
• Ability to interpret cardiac rhythms and recognize deterioration.
• Experience managing drips and supporting ventilated patients.
• Emergency response and high-acuity clinical judgment.
• Effective communication and patient/family education skills.
• Proficient documentation and coordination using health IT.
• Commitment to quality improvement and patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-acuity, evidence-based nursing care for complex cardiac and critical patients.
• Monitor patients continuously, interpret rhythms, and respond to emergencies.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary healthcare team to coordinate care and improve outcomes.
• Educate patients and families to support understanding and safe transitions.
• Document clinical findings and nursing care using advanced health IT systems.

Skills

Critical care

Cardiac nursing

Cardiac rhythms

IV drips

Ventilated patients

Emergency response

Clinical judgment

Patient education

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Tools

Health IT systems

Job description

Apex Home Health, Hospice & Home Care in Hawaii seeks a Staff Nurse to provide high-acuity nursing care for complex cardiac and critical patients. You will monitor patients, interpret cardiac rhythms, manage IV drips, and care for ventilated patients, rapidly assessing emergencies and coordinating care with the team.

Join a dedicated interdisciplinary group and contribute to education for patients and families, ensuring safe transitions and thorough documentation using advanced health IT systems.