RN, Acute Cardiac Unit

Northside Hospital
Northside Hospital Gwinnett
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

Our Cardiac Acute Care Unit is a 31-bed patient

care area. Nurses on this unit care for patients

with dysrhythmias, heart failure, myocardial

infarction and other cardiac conditions. We also

care for patients, pre- and post-procedure, who

require intervention in the cardiac catheterization

lab (., coronary intervention, ablation and

device deployment), and post open heart

surgery patients. BLS and ACLS are essential. 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 :

30+ days ago
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