Job Category:

Nursing - Registered Nurse

Work Shift/Schedule:

12 Hr Evening - Morning

Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.

About the Role:

Cardiovascular Intermediate Care Unit

Department Overview

Cardiovascular Intermediate Care Unit (CVIMC) is a 24 Bed Unit. This Intermediate Care Unit is monitored at the bedside and through the Central Monitoring Unit. 3:1 or 4:1 ratio.

Patients On this Unit:

• Pre and post open cardiovascular and thoracic surgery patients

• Pre and post cardiac catheterization patients

• Pre and post cardiac intervention patients, including pacemaker insertions and ICD implantations.

• Patients with arterial and venous sheath care, monitoring and removal

• Treatment of patients with cardiac arrhythmia

• Pre and post electrophysiology and ablation therapy

• Pre and post valve replacement, including TAVR

• Pre and post vascular surgery patients, including Carotids, TCAR, Femoral Popliteal Bypass, AAA

• Nurses manage patients on drips such as inotropes, antiarrhythmics, insulin including DKA and HHS.

Earn Up to $15,000 Sign-On Bonus!

Experienced RNs, join our team in an acute care setting and receive up to a $15,000 sign-on bonus!

Why Us?

• Up to $15,000 bonus based on experience
• Competitive salary & benefits
• Career growth opportunities
• Relocation assistance available (over 50-mile radius)

We value your expertise and are here to support your success. Apply now and advance your nursing career with us!

Bonus and relocation terms apply.

Job Summary

Capable clinician with previous specialty experience preferred, focused on expanding knowledge and skills. Consistently provides effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. Seeks as well as provides feedback for improved clinical practice. Assumes a beginning clinical bedside leadership role and seeks mentoring in this process. Participates as a member on PNGC councils and Nursing Quality Teams as appropriate. Actively participates on Unit Council helping with plans to improve NDNQI nursing sensitive indicators, RN Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, Culture of Safety, and Patient Experience data.  Works together with other care team members to recruit and retain an excellent nursing care team.  For the new graduate clinical RN: focuses primarily on developing knowledge and skills and showing growth in ability to care for increasingly complex patients.  Responsible for providing direct and safe patient care based on the nursing process, and for coordinating care for assigned patients on a shift to promote the achievement of clinical outcomes.  Requires consultation with more experienced clinicians and accepts feedback as a constructive professional development tool.

Minimum Job Qualifications

• Licensure or other certifications: Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia.  

• Educational Requirements: Associate's Degree, ADN or Diploma required

• Minimum Experience: At least 1 year of RN experience – Demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire

• Other:

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications: BSN

• Preferred Educational Requirements:

• Preferred Experience:

• Other:

Job Specific and Unique Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Delivery of safe, effective, efficient care that meets population specific guidelines

• Actively works to make own and related teams successful, effectively communicates with patients, families and colleagues at all levels, shows consideration and respect or others and fosters customer service

• Effectively prioritizes, recognizes problems, and utilizes evidence based practice

• Demonstrates personal mastery, leadership of self and others, as appropriate, delegates appropriately, and supports NGHS shared governance model

• Basic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on unit

Essential Tasks and Responsibilities

• Transformational Leadership

• Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:

• Serves as a highly engaged