Cardiovascular Clinical Nurse Coordinator (RN) | PCU 2AB

Independence Health System; Greensburg (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Independence Health System in Greensburg, PA seeks a Clinical Nurse Coordinator (RN) for Cardiovascular Services PCU 2AB to lead frontline care, coordinate the healthcare team, and optimize patient outcomes. You will apply the nursing process at the unit level to guide safe, effective, evidence-based care and to improve interdisciplinary collaboration.

The role requires a nursing program graduate and 1 year in a relevant field, with strong leadership, communication, and clinical judgment.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program required.
• One (1) year experience in relevant nursing field.
• Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.
• Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending education workshops, review professional publications, establish personal networks, and participate in professional societies.
• Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following system/hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
• Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Document patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Maintain continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs using Nurse Knowledge Exchange techniques.
• Maintain patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Identify patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients, and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promote patient's independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching patient/family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills, and answering questions.
• Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Resolve patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintain a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information, responding to requests, building rapport, and participating in team continuous quality improvement and problem-solving methods.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Ensure operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements by following manufacturer's instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories, and evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Maintain nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies, verifying receipt of supplies, and using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• CNC functions in compliance with the specialty standards, practice guidelines and protocols to the assigned unit.
• The Registered Nurse may provide direct oversight of the GN, LPN, Technical Partner, ALS Technician, Nurse Extern and Unit Clerks. This oversight includes the Registered Nurse conducting the initial comprehensive assessment and interpreting the assessment to initiate the interprofessional plan of care. This oversight includes supervision of the delegation of duties that are within the scope and capability of the care team supervised.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Organizational skills

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Legal knowledge

Education

Nursing program graduate

Job description

Independence Health System in Greensburg, PA seeks a Clinical Nurse Coordinator (RN) for Cardiovascular Services PCU 2AB to lead frontline care, coordinate the healthcare team, and optimize patient outcomes. You will apply the nursing process at the unit level to guide safe, effective, evidence-based care and to improve interdisciplinary collaboration.

The role requires a nursing program graduate and 1 year in a relevant field, with strong leadership, communication, and clinical judgment.