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Baptist Health (Central Alabama)

Faith-based hospital system serving Central Alabama

Registered Nurse Cardiac Part-Time

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Part-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 valid eNLC multistate registered nurse license.
  • Maintain current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification.
  • Maintain ACLS, NRP, PALS, or TNCC certification when required for the assigned area; NRP 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; 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 on the assigned unit or department.
  • Serve as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/or nurse clinician.
  • Communicate and collaborate with medical staff and the interdisciplinary team to plan and manage the unit or department effectively.
  • Serve as a role model for staff and support hospital and nursing department goals and strategies.
  • Apply growth-and-development principles across the lifespan, assess patient-status data, and interpret information needed to identify age-specific patient requirements.
  • Coordinate care and delegate appropriately to other team members for a defined group of patients.
  • Document patient care consistently and skillfully according to required and regulatory standards, including assessments, education, medication administration, treatments, and patient safety.
  • Demonstrate competency in nursing skills and use of patient-care and unit equipment as defined by unit- or department-specific requisite skills.
  • Prioritize patient care on an ongoing basis in accordance with evidence-based practice standards of care.
  • Identify and resolve problems effectively.
  • Delegate tasks and duties to healthcare team members in accordance with patient needs and team members’ capabilities and qualifications.
  • Communicate relevant information about patient conditions or unit concerns to other healthcare team members.
  • Provide compassionate care and a therapeutic environment for patients and families.
  • Maintain awareness of legal issues and patients’ rights.
  • Collaborate with the education department and nursing leadership team to transition and support new team members and/or students effectively.
  • Maintain reasonably regular and punctual attendance consistent with Baptist Health and Orlando Health policies and applicable federal, state, and local standards, including the ADA and FMLA.
  • Comply with Baptist Health and Orlando Health policies and procedures.
  • Contribute to others’ knowledge and skills and to continuous improvement in healthcare practice quality and organizational outcomes.
  • Participate in and may lead unit-level and/or organizational-level nursing-practice and performance-improvement committees.
  • Participate in department and organizational peer review, mentoring, and coaching regarding 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/or nursing committee meetings.
  • Partner with the nursing leadership team to identify professional-development needs.
  • Take responsibility for personal professional development and continuing education.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

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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