Staff RN, Acute Cardiology

Northside Hospital
Northside Hospital Atlanta
Full-time

Overview

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond.

Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Responsibilities

In the Progressive Cardiac Care Unit (PCCU), you will work with patients with Cardiac and Vascular disease, some requiring an intermediate level of care.

We care for patients with congestive heart failure, acute myocardial infarcts (STEMI, NSTEMI), cardiac dysrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, pulmonary edema, amputations, etc.

Patients require many interventions on this unit including, echocardiogram, nuclear studies, pacemakers, percutaneous coronary intervention, vascular surgery, cardioversion and cath lab procedures.

On this unit, you will become an expert at interpreting cardiac rhythms and skilled in drip titration, and post cath interventions such as TR Bands and Femoral Sheath pulls.

Our nurses are trained in ACLS, NIHSS and responds to code blue events throughout the hospital.

The Registered Professional Nurse at Northside Hospital independently plans and provides professional nursing care to patients in accordance with physician orders and established guidelines, and in accordance with the scope of practice as defined by the Georgia Nurse Practice Act.

Qualifications

REQUIRED :

  • Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing and licensed as a RN in the State of Georgia in good standing without limitations.
  • Minimum of two (2) years of full-time experience as a RN post-orientation or post-residency training.
  • Certified in American Heart Association’s Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS).Other REQUIRED cardiopulmonary resuscitation certifications (ACLS, NRP, PALS, are unit specific.

Please refer to the specific clinical unit.

  • Please refer to the specific clinical unit for additional education, competencies and / or certification required as a condition of employment.
  • Other REQUIRED RN attributes are unit specific. Please refer to the specific clinical unit.

PREFERRED :

  • BSN degree preferred
  • National Certification in Clinical Specialty preferred
  • Other preferred RN attributes are unit specific. Please refer to the specific clinical unit.

Work Hours : 7p-7a

7p-7a

Weekend Requirements :

On-Call Requirements :

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