RN, Unit Coordinator - CICU

Sentara Healthcare Inc; Norfolk (VA); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sentara Heart Hospital on the Sentara Norfolk General campus in Norfolk, VA, is seeking a Registered Nurse Unit Coordinator for the Cardiac ICU (CICU). This role emphasizes nursing care through the nursing process and coordination of critical care with the Medical Response Team.

Minimum 18 months RN experience, BSN or MSN, Virginia compact license, and BLS within 90 days of hire. ACLS within 1 year of hire is required.

Qualifications

• BSN required or MSN.
• Virginia RN license (compact) and BLS within 90 days of hire.
• ACLS within 1 year of hire; Critical Care/IMCU experience preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care using the nursing process.
• Collaborate with the hospital's Medical Response Team and other care teams.
• Educate patients and promote health, safety, and prevention.

Skills

Nursing process

Critical thinking

Leadership

Communication

Education

BSN

MSN

Tools

ACLS

Job description

Sentara Heart Hospital located on the campus of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia is hiring a Registered Nurse Unit Coordinator for the Cardiac ICU (CICU)!

The Sentara Heart Hospital, a 112-bed care facility, is #2 for Cardiology services and Heart Surgery in the State of Virginia and ranks #24 in the nation for best heart programs.

The Registered Nursing (RN) Unit Coordinator is responsible to perform a competent level of nursing care as demonstrated by the critical thinking model known as the nursing process. The standards of practice (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care- teaching and health promotion and evaluation) along with the standards of professional performance (ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence- based practice /nursing research, quality, evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health) encompass the actions and foundation of professional nursing. The RN possesses clinical knowledge and skills to meet standards as required by specific clinical areas.

Cardiac ICU (CICU):

• 12 beds on the 2nd floor.
• Patient population: cardiac non-surgical cases, pulmonary hypertension, heart attack, heart failure, sepsis, shock, and other ICU-level care needs.
• CICU nurses are part of the hospital's Medical Response Team.

The Sentara Heart Hospital, a 112-bed care facility, is #2 for Cardiology services and Heart Surgery in the State of Virginia and ranks #24 in the nation for best heart programs.

Education:

Bachelor of Science Nursing- BSN Required, or MSN

Certification/Licensure:

Virginia RN License Virginia or Compact/Multi-State Eligible.

All Direct Care RN's required to have BLS within 90 days of hire.

Critical Care/IMCU ACLS within 1 year of hire

Experience:

Position requires 18 Months of RN experience

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