Asst Director Patient Care (Registered Nurse), Full Time, Day

About the role

The Assistant Director Patient Care (Registered Nurse) oversees the day-to-day operations of the Cardiac Catheter Lab, collaborating with anesthesia, physician leadership, and Cardiac Cath Nursing Leadership. They ensure adequate staffing and appropriate assignments within the department, adjust staffing as needed, and prioritize cases/emergencies/add-on to meet patient and unit needs. They also collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to improve efficiency and establish and achieve quality and safety metrics.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for daily CCL and OR room staff assignments.
• Able to scrub and monitor cases.
• Able to triage various phone calls, patient and family needs, as well as physician and case requests.
• Acts as a liaison between patients, families, and the medical team.
• Addresses concerns in real time and ensures patient comfort and understanding.
• Attends departmental meetings.
• Ensures all scheduled and add-on procedures have a completed electronic record and documents appropriately in the electronic chart as needed.
• Organizes and administers individualized age-specific professional care to patients in the procedure rooms.
• Participates in staff orientation in relation to appropriate documentation and training.
• Participates in unit performance improvement evaluation initiatives.
• Maintains and role models clinical skills necessary to provide care to patients.
• Practices an understanding of the principles of growth and development to assess each patient’s age-specific needs and provide age-specific treatment and care.

Requirements

• Must be a graduate from an accredited school of Nursing with a Bachelor of Science of Nursing (BSN).
• 2–5 years’ experience in a Cardiac Catheter Lab setting.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Goal and outcome oriented.
• Demonstrated leadership and/or Charge Nurse experience.
• Successful completion of all required Orientation Programs.
• Participates in ongoing education as required.

Qualifications

• Active and current Registered Nurse License in the state of New Jersey.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification Required via America Heart Association.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification Required.

Skills

• Ability to scrub and monitor cases.
• Ability to triage various phone calls, patient and family needs, as well as physician and case requests.
• Ability to act as a liaison between patients, families, and the medical team.
• Ability to address concerns in real time and ensure patient comfort and understanding.
• Ability to attend departmental meetings.
• Ability to organize and administer individualized age-specific professional care to patients in the procedure rooms.
• Ability to participate in staff orientation in relation to appropriate documentation and training.
• Ability to participate in unit performance improvement evaluation initiatives.
• Ability to maintain and role model clinical skills necessary to provide care to patients.
• Ability to practice an understanding of the principles of growth and development to assess each patient’s age-specific needs and provide age-specific treatment and care.

Benefits

At RWJBarnabas Health, our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Our market-competitive Total Rewards package includes comprehensive benefits and resources to support your physical, emotional, financial, personal, career, and community wellbeing. These benefits and resources include, but are not limited to:

• Paid Time Off including Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
• Retirement Plans
• Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Disability and Life Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Wellness Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
• Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, and Verizon… and more!