RN Resident – Cardiovascular Surgery Stepdown

RN Resident – Cardiovascular Surgery Stepdown

Requirements

• Current state licensure as Registered Nurse (RN)
• Proof of Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) must be presented upon hire
• If in a Critical Care area an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through American Heart Association (AHA) Certification must be presented upon hire or within first year of employment
• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing
• BSN preferred

Responsibilities

• Participates in a residency core curriculum based on their individual learning needs
• Provides direct nursing care, alongside a coach, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization
• Establishes and/or revises priorities for patient care activities based on the following: acuity of need, patient preference, and resource availability
• Initiates and/or maintains interventions to assure continuity of safe/effective care for patients
• Responds to data indicating risk to individual’s health and initiates action to correct, reduce, or prevent the risk
• Seeks supervision, consultation, assistance when unable to perform safely and independently
• Complies with established hospital/department personnel policies
• Uses communication strategies in order to achieve desirable outcomes
• Documents in patient’s medical record according to established guidelines
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Is a team player
• Has good communication skills
• Can adapt to change
• Has an interest in growing leadership skills
• Can critically think and problem solve for patients’ best interests