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Baptist Health (Central Alabama)

Faith-based hospital system serving Central Alabama

Registered Nurse - Cardiac

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeBirmingham, AL, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
  • Meet all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Baptist Health, Orlando Health, and the assigned unit or department.
  • Maintain a current State of Alabama registered nurse license or a valid eNLC multistate registered nurse license.
  • Maintain current Basic Life Support/Healthcare Provider certification.
  • Hold Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, or Trauma Nursing Core Course certification where required for the assigned area; Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification is required for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Responsibilities

  • Assess patients’ needs and develop or revise individualized plans of care based on patient needs and responses, and evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
  • Build respectful relationships with team members and customers while respecting diversity.
  • Advocate for patients and families.
  • Provide care appropriate to the ages of patients served in the assigned unit or department, applying knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan and interpreting patient data to identify age-specific needs.
  • Serve as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, or nurse clinician.
  • Communicate and collaborate with medical staff and interdisciplinary team members to plan and manage the unit or department effectively.
  • Model professional conduct and support hospital and nursing department goals and strategies.
  • Coordinate care for a defined group of patients and delegate appropriately to other team members based on patient needs and team members’ capabilities and qualifications.
  • Document patient assessments, education, medication administration, treatments, and safety in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner that meets regulatory standards.
  • Demonstrate nursing competencies and use patient care and unit equipment as required by the assigned unit or department.
  • Prioritize patient care continuously in accordance with evidence-based practice standards of care.
  • Identify and resolve problems effectively.
  • Communicate relevant information about patient conditions or unit concerns to other healthcare team members.
  • Provide a compassionate and therapeutic environment for patients and families.
  • Maintain awareness of legal issues and patients’ rights.
  • Collaborate with the education department and nursing leadership to transition and support new team members or students.
  • Maintain reasonably regular and punctual attendance consistent with employer policies and applicable laws.
  • Comply with Baptist Health and Orlando Health policies and procedures.
  • Contribute to others’ knowledge and skills and to continuous improvement in healthcare quality and organizational outcomes.
  • Participate in, and potentially lead, unit-level or organizational nursing practice and performance-improvement committees.
  • Participate in department and organizational peer review, mentoring, and coaching related to professional practice or role performance.
  • Use supplies efficiently and maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area.
  • Attend staff development in-services, department meetings, and nursing committee meetings.
  • Partner with nursing leadership to identify professional development needs.
  • Take responsibility for personal professional development and continuing education.
  • Perform other assigned duties.

About the Company

Baptist Health (Central Alabama)

Faith-based hospital system serving Central Alabama

Baptist Health is a faith-based nonprofit health system caring for communities across Central and Northeast Alabama. Its hospitals, emergency services, physician practices and outpatient clinics combine acute, primary and specialty care, including heart, cancer, surgical, diagnostic and women's services. Baptist Health Medical Group includes community-based physician practices alongside hospital and specialty care, extending services beyond inpatient stays. The system is part of Orlando Health, a nonprofit academic health organization whose network spans Florida, Puerto Rico and Alabama. Baptist Health traces its roots to a hospital ministry founded by Birmingham-area Baptist congregations in 1922.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
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Founded
1922

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