Registered Nurse - Cardiac PCU / CPCU

Position Summary

Department: Cardiac Progressive Care Unit (CPCU)

Status: Part-Time (Two 12 hour shifts) w/ rotating weekends

Shift: Nights (7pm - 7am)

Title: Registered Nurse - Cardiac PCU

Qualifications

Education/Training

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing.

Licensure/Certification

• Maintains current State of Florida RN license or valid eNLC multistate RN license (must have passed NCLEX).
• Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification.

Experience

• 1+ year RN experience

Essential Functions

• Assesses patient’s needs and develops/revises an individualized plan of care based on patient needs and responses. Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attaining expected outcomes.
• Respects diversity by building respectful relationships with all team members and customers.
• Functions as a patient and family advocate.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned.
• Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/ or nurse clinician.
• Communicates and collaborates with medical staff and interdisciplinary team to effectively plan and manage the unit/department.
• Serves as a role model for staff and supports the hospital and nursing department’s goals and strategies.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses the data reflective of the patient’s status, and interprets the necessary information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs.
• Coordinates the care and delegates as appropriate to other team members on a defined group of patients.