Registered Nurse RN - Cardiac ICU - Full Time Nights

nghs; Gainesville (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Northeast Georgia Health System is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Cardiac ICU. The role focuses on critical cardiac/vascular patient care on a 24-bed unit with extensive monitoring and advanced therapies.

Shifts are 12 hours, evening to morning, supporting high-acuity patients and complex post-surgical care. The ideal candidate holds an RN license in Georgia with ADN or Diploma education and at least 1 year in a critical care setting, plus strong teamwork and communication skills to

Qualifications

• Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia.
• Associate's Degree, ADN or Diploma required.
• Minimum 1 year of RN experience on a critical care unit.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct, safe patient care on a 24-bed Cardiac ICU unit.
• Lead interdisciplinary rounds and coordinate care transitions.
• Maintain nursing documentation and participate in quality initiatives.

Skills

Cardiac ICU experience

RN licensed Georgia

Team communication

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Diploma

Job description

Job Category: Nursing - Registered Nurse

Work Shift/Schedule: 12 Hr Evening - Morning

Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.

About the Role

Department Overview

The Cardiac ICU is a 24 bed inpatient unit with bedside monitors for hemodynamic monitoring. The unit provides comprehensive care to cardiac/vascular/surgical patients requiring intense monitoring and nursing care. Patient care in the Cardiac ICU includes early detection and prevention of complications, management of complex physiological problems, patient/family education and family psychosocial support systems. The unit's focus is patients requiring cardiac and vascular surgery, TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement), Mitral Clips, ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation), CRRT (continuous renal replacement therapy), ventricular assist device (VAD), IABP (intra-aortic balloon pump), Impella, and advanced ventilator management.

Patients on this unit include:

• Critically ill, unstable patients in the need of intensive treatment such as ventilator support and continuous vasoactive drug therapy.
• Patients who may qualify for Priority 1 include those who suffer from reversible disease or acute illness and are admitted for aggressive medical/surgical treatment that cannot be provided elsewhere in the hospital. Some examples are patients with:
  • Cardiovascular surgeries
  • Vascular surgeries
  • Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation treatment
  • Ventricular Assist Device implantation
  • Unstable patients having undergone cardiac interventions
  • Unstable cardiac or vascular patients
  • Hemodynamically unstable patients requiring invasive monitoring and/or close observation
• Critically ill patients >15 years of age

Job Summary

Capable clinician with previous specialty experience preferred, focused on expanding knowledge and skills. Consistently provides effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. Seeks as well as provides feedback for improved clinical practice. Assumes a beginning clinical bedside leadership role and seeks mentoring in this process. Participates as a member on PNGC councils and Nursing Quality Teams as appropriate. Actively participates on Unit Council helping with plans to improve NDNQI nursing sensitive indicators, RN Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, Culture of Safety, and Patient Experience data. Works together with other care team members to recruit and retain an excellent nursing care team. For the new graduate clinical RN: focuses primarily on developing knowledge and skills and showing growth in ability to care for increasingly complex patients. Responsible for providing direct and safe patient care based on the nursing process, and for coordinating care for assigned patients on a shift to promote the achievement of clinical outcomes. Requires consultation with more experienced clinicians and accepts feedback as a constructive professional development tool.

Minimum Job Qualifications

• Licensure or other certifications: Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia.
• Educational Requirements: Associate's Degree, ADN or Diploma required
• Minimum Experience: At least 1 year of RN experience - Demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire
• Other:

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications: BSN
• Preferred Educational Requirements:
• Preferred Experience:
• Other:

Job Specific and Unique Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Delivery of safe, effective, efficient care that meets population specific guidelines
• Actively works to make own and related teams successful, effectively communicates with patients, families and colleagues at all levels, shows consideration and respect or others and fosters customer service
• Effectively prioritizes, recognizes problems, and utilizes evidence based practice
• Demonstrates personal mastery, leadership of self and others, as appropriate, delegates appropriately, and supports NGHS shared governance model
• Basic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on unit

Essential Tasks and Responsibilities

Transformational Leadership

Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:

Serves as a highly engaged and full partner on the care team and responds willingly to care team member needs for assistance.

Adapts to change and demonstrates flexibility

Leads interdisciplinary rounds to facilitate appropriateness of care and smooth transitions across the continuum

Positively impacts the work environment by displaying respect for individuals and the organization

Exemplary Professional Practice

Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:

Effectively applies the nursing process within the framework of the organization's professional model of care, using the nursing process to meet the clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of the patient and family

Demonstrate