Charge RN - Cardiac Care, Days
On-siteSnellville, Georgia, United States
Job Summary
Coordinate quality nursing care and facilitate patient flow for a 18-bed cardiac unit, managing triage, admissions, discharges, and transfers. Monitor patient care delivery, including protocol implementation, medication administration, and treatment modalities. Equitably distribute staff assignments based on skill mix, acuity, and census while ensuring appropriate staffing levels. Serve as a resource and role model for nursing and ancillary staff, communicating patient care and departmental issues to clinical leaders. Report unresolved shift issues and system-wide productivity concerns to the clinical manager. Maintain high clinical competency in determining patient acuity and implementing medical responses.
Required Qualifications
- Graduate from a recognized, accredited school of nursing
- 1 year of nursing experience in a hospital setting
- RN - Registered Nurse - Georgia State Licensure and/or NLC/eNCL Multistate Licensure
- BCLS - Basic Life Support
- Advanced certification in field of specialty
- ACLS Certification (Cardiac Tele, Critical Care, Surgical Services including Labor and Delivery)
- PALS Certification (Emergency Department)
- Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Certification – prior to independent chemotherapy administration (Infusion/Oncology)
- NRP by the end of orientation period (Women's Services: Labor and Delivery, Mother/Baby, NICU, NAT, Nursery)
- AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Program within 12 months of start date (Labor and Delivery) within 1 Year
- PEARS Certification ( at Piedmont Athens Hospital)
- PALS if unit provides care to pediatric patients (Surgical Services)
- ACLS; PALS if unit provides care to pediatric patients (Surgical Services)
- Experienced Emergency Department nurses will have 30 days to obtain the PALS certification within 30 Days
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree Preferred
- 2 years or more years of nursing experience in a hospital setting
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