RN Cardiac H8000

Number of Job Openings Available:

1

Date Posted:

February 14, 2025

Posting Expiration Date:

February 22, 2025

Department:

31003021 H8000 CV-Telemetry

Shift:

Permanent Nights (United States of America)

Shift Length:

12 hour shift

Hours Per Week:

36

Union Contract:

MNA-01-Abbott Northwestern RN-RAN

Weekend Rotation:

Every 3rd

Job Summary:

Be a part of the team at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, voted the Best Hospital in the Twin Cities (U.S. News & World Report). Our Cardiac/General Telemetry Unit utilizes cutting-edge technologies to treat cardiac patients and provides opportunity for continuous learning. Elevate your skillset in a collaborative environment on the forefront of cardiac nursing.

Key Position Details:

H8000 is a 36-bed cardiac/general Telemetry unit with 24 beds with cardiac monitoring capabilities.  The unit cares for patients with dysrhythmias, chest pain, heart attacks, mild congestive heart, and other general cardiac conditions that require surgical/procedural intervention such as cardiac stent placement, pacemaker, and internal defibrillators. It is a great unit to learn and grow.  
          

• .9 FTE (72 hours every two-week period)
• 12-hour, night shifts
• Every third weekend rotation
• MNA represented position

Tier 1: CV Telemetry experience
Tier 2: Med Surg experience
Tier 3: New Grad RN

Job Description:

Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human response to actual or potential health problems. This includes establishing an intentional therapeutic relationship between a registered nurse and a patient and family. As a leader and the integrator of care, the professional nurse has the responsibility, authority, and accountability for planning, coordinating and evaluating the patient’s care needs.

Specializes in the care of patients who suffer from various conditions of the cardiovascular system.

Principle Responsibilities

• Comprehensive assessment of patient and family needs; identification of outcomes based on needs assessment; establishing the plan of care; supervising the progress; and modification of the plan of care as needed.
• Maintains education and competencies to remain proficient to provide high quality patient care practice and skills.
• Incorporates evidence-based nursing practice taking into consideration current statutes, rules and regulations when developing the plan of care.
• Establishes, in the collaboration with the family and patient, realistic and measurable patient expected outcomes based on nursing diagnoses, patients present and potential capabilities, goals, available resources and plan for continuity of care.
• Identifies outcomes that are age appropriate, culturally appropriate, realistic and attainable.
• Coordinates, collaborates, and delegates appropriately to ensure care is provided in a safe, effective fashion.
• Fulfills all organizational requirements.
• Supplemental roles:
  • Charge Nurse (only when acting in this role).
    ◦ Demonstrates ability to coordinate, delegate, and direct unit operation, collaborates effectively with unit staff, leadership and other disciplines.
  • Preceptor (only when acting in this role).
    ◦ Demonstrates ability to identify the orientee's learning needs, plans appropriate learning experiences and demonstrates ability to validate clinical competence of orientee.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Associate's or Vocational degree
• 1-2 years RN experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 0 to 2 years cardiac, telemetry, or critical care RN experience

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse – MN Board of Nursing required if working in state of MN upon hire / WI Department of Safety & Professional Services required if working in the state of WI upon hire
• Must meet at least ONE of the requirements below:
  ◦ Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association
  ◦ Current BLS certification from the American Red Cross
  ◦ Allina in-house BLS training (within 30 days of hire)
• ACLS Tier 2 required for identified units per hiring manager
• RN-BC Cardiac Vascular Nursing preferred
• CCRN Critical Care RN preferred
• CHRN Certified Heart Failure Nurse preferred

Physical Demands

• Medium Work*:
• Lifting weight Up to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), Up to 25 lbs. frequently