Cardiovascular intensive care unit RN
The Judge Group Inc.

Location: Philadelphia, PA
Description: Our client is currently seeking a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit RN located in Philadelphia PA

This job will have the following responsibilities:

• Follows the nursing process to deliver safe, compassionate, and culturally effective care.
• Gathers and recognizes/synthesizes assessment data to determine the patient/family plan of care, pertinent data to be shared with care team, and tasks to be delegated.
• Recognizes and/or seeks resources to recognize clinical changes that are indicative of patient deterioration; utilizes the CAT team when appropriate.
• Collaborates with the patient, family and multidisciplinary team to coordinate all facets of patient care.
• Care is coordinated across the continuum - understands and utilizes case management resources.
• Recognizes and addresses situations which present ethical dilemmas and/or moral distress. Takes steps to actively address the situation. Seeks resources as needed to resolve the situation.
• Demonstrates competence in teaching patients/families and progresses to an expert educator of patients/families.
• Evaluates and documents the care provided on each assigned shift.
• Accountable for the rapid adoption and implementation of clinical practice changes into own practice.
• Documents the evaluation of nursing interventions and outcomes of nursing care utilizing hospital standards, policies and procedures.
• Consistently follows safe hand-off practices as defined in patient care standards and procedures.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Valid PA RN License
• BLS required
• PALS cert
• At least 12 months of current/recent RN experience in the specialty
• Must have PED's exp
• Prefer BSN but not required
  

If intrested please send your most updated resume to bkehoe@judge.com I am looking forward to speaking with you

Contact: bkehoe@judge.com

This job and many more are available through The Judge Group. Find us on the web at www.judge.com

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