Registered Nurse (RN)-Cardiology-New Albany

Overview

Looking to join our dynamic team at Ohio State University Physicians where excellence meets compassion!?

With over 100 cutting-edge outpatient center locations, dedicated to providing exceptional patient care while fostering a collaborative work environment, our buckeye team includes more than 1,800 nurses, medical assistants, physicians, advanced practice providers, administrative support staff, IT specialists, financial specialists and leaders that all play an important part. As an employee of OSUP, you'll be an integral part of a team committed to advancing healthcare, education, and professional growth.

 

Our culture

At OSUP, we foster a culture grounded in the values of inclusion, empathy, sincerity, and determination. We meet our teams where they are, coming together to serve each other and our community.

 

Our benefits

We know that having options and robust benefit plans are important to you. OSUP prioritizes the wellbeing of our team and that’s why we offer our employees a flexible, competitive benefit package. In addition to medical, dental, vision, health reimbursement accounts, flexible spending accounts, and retirement, we also offer an employee assistance program, paid time off, holidays, and a wellness program designed to support our employees so they can live their best lives. As an OSUP employee, you will be eligible for these various benefits depending on your employment status.

Responsibilities

• Performs non-invasive testing; nuclear cardiovascular stress testing in collaboration with a nuclear cardiologist, stress echocardiogram stress testing in collaboration with a cardiovascular sonographer,  treadmill stress testing, ventilation perfusion (VO2) stress testing, holter monitors, electrocardiograms
• Performs intravenous (IV) insertion, assessment and discontinuation of therapy
• Administers IV cardiovascular imaging enhancement agents during select echocardiogram procedures
• Administers IV agitated saline during select echocardiogram procedures
• Working within scope of license, provide direct nursing care to patients by assessing their physical, psychological, and emotional status. Develop and implement nursing plan of care for patients.  Communicate the plan of care to patients as prescribed by physician:  test results, scheduling of specialized tests and treatment modalities, prescription drug instructions and other patient education including procedures and/or disease processes.
• Measure and record patients' vital signs/conditions, such as but not limited to height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration.  When in a preoperative unit, collects vital signs at the patient visit including heart rate, respirations, oxygen saturation, blood pressure and temperature.  Performs and transmits 12 lead EKG according to Anesthesia guidelines. Completes medication reconciliation process.
• Using the nursing process, triage patient concerns in clinic as well as over the telephone and provide nursing advice.  Receive phone calls relating to appointments, urgent care, inpatient admissions, prescription refills and test results in accordance with clinic protocols and coordinate proper disposition of each.  Make pre and post procedure phone calls to patients.  Follow guidelines for managing, addressing, and responding to IHIS in-basket tasks and communications received via other electronic means.
• Obtain, review, verify and/or complete health care forms related to home health care, referrals, medical equipment and other patient/physician needs as appropriate.  Responsible for managed care authorization process and completes insurance and medical forms for patients or assist patients in completing the forms.
• Administers medications safely and assesses patient’ responses. Documents all medications administered, diagnostic procedures and treatments performed; patient/family education provided; and patient responses observed. 
• Observe patients and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
• Help maintain patient flow and workflow.  Work collaboratively as a team member of the clinic staff to provide a high quality and efficient service to patients and clinic. 
• Coordinates patient care diagnostic testing, which has been ordered by physicians.  This may include communications with the OSU Medical Center.  Must be able to prepare and process laboratory samples using established protocols. Performs venipuncture for collection of ordered lab tests safety device equipment or existing peripheral IV line, coordinates lab collection in the patient with central venous lines, discontinuation of existing peripheral IV lines after diagnostic testing complete.
• Recognizes pat