Charge RN, Jewish Hospital, Cardiac Angioplasty PCU, 7p-7a

Address

201 Abraham Flexner Way Louisville, KY 40202

Shift

Nights 7P - 7A (United States of America)

Job Description Summary

The Charge Nurse assists the Clinical Manager and / or Nursing Director with the management of the unit including participating in employee evaluation, staffing and scheduling, patient and preceptor assignments, oversight of resource utilization, and initiating and overseeing quality improvement activities. The Charge Nurse acts as a resource and provides information / education to unit staff. The charge nurse is involved in service recovery, promoting customer service to both internal and external customers. The Charge Nurse is a role model and proponent of the professional nurse as exemplified by their presence on the unit, participation in nursing department initiatives such as the acquisition of Magnet Certification, and organizational committee meetings.

Job Description

We are Hiring at Jewish Hospital

Location : 200 Abraham Flexner Way Louisville, KY 40202

Shift Options : Full Time, 7p-7a

About The Unit

PTCA (Angioplasty Recovery) is a 14-bed advanced cardiovascular interventional unit that provide pre & post procedural care for acute cardiology patients : cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology which includes ablations, pacemaker insertions, ICD placement, and TAVRs. We also do Watchmans and Mitraclips.

About Jewish Hospital

Jewish Hospital, part of UofL Health, is an internationally renowned, high-tech tertiary referral center, developing leading-edge advancements in hand and microsurgery, heart and lung care, orthopedics and sports medicine, neuroscience, organ transplantation and outpatient care. The hospital is the site of the world's first successful hand transplant and AbioCor® implantable replacement heart procedures, in addition to the first trial of adult cardiac stem cells in chronic heart failure. Jewish Hospital continues to be recognized for its specialized heart care procedures, including the implantation of ventricular assist devices (VAD), and transcatheter aortic valve replacement. The UofL Health - Trager Transplant Center is in a select group of hospitals nationwide that perform heart, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas and hand transplantation. The center also includes a Pancreas Disease Center, a GI Motility Clinic, and Advanced Heart Failure and VAD programs.

Additional Job Description

Required Qualifications

• Licensed or eligible for license in Kentucky
• Basic Life Support (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) may be required for some units
• Associate's degree from accredited college or University

Preferred Qualifications

Benefits & Perks