Registered Nurse - Cardiovascular Care Unit

About the Role

Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.

Responsibilities

• Use standards of medical‑surgical nursing practice to increase quality of care and quality of life for patients, families, and significant others by systematically evaluating nursing practice.
• Establish effective relationships and serve as an advocate with patients, families, and significant others to develop individualized care plans.
• Apply the nursing process to develop and implement care plans, collect assessment data, determine nursing diagnoses, identify expected outcomes, implement interventions, and evaluate patient outcomes.
• Develop assessment and management strategies that consider physical, functional, cultural, social, economic, developmental, spiritual, vocational, and leisure dimensions of health.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the impact of actual or potential illness on each patient’s multidimensional status.
• Coordinate and collaborate with patients, families, communities, and inter‑professional team members in assessing needs, setting goals, planning interventions, providing care, and evaluating outcomes.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, significant others, and other health‑care providers to support culturally sensitive, ethical, legal, holistic, informed, compassionate, and humane care within available economic resources.
• Educate patients, families, and significant others about measures that promote, maintain, restore health, or promote comfort.
• Foster a healthy work environment by serving as a mentor and role model for nursing colleagues, students, and others.
• Apply evidence‑based practice and scientific knowledge to medical‑surgical nursing, ensuring care is age‑specific and meets clinical needs as described in the department’s Scope of Service.
• Maintain constant alertness and work safely.
• Perform point‑of‑care testing according to policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing.

Experience

No experience required.

Physical Requirements

• Constant use of speech for oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0‑25 lb.
• Frequent sitting, reaching, and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for near (≤ 20 in) and far (≈ 20 ft) distances, and color discrimination.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds, and hear alarms or malfunctioning equipment.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25‑50 lb.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping, and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

Required Licenses and Certifications

• Illinois: Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA) and Registered Professional Nurse (RN) – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR).
• Missouri: BLS HCP – AHA and RN – Missouri Division of Professional Registration, or RN issued by a Compact State.
• Oklahoma: BLS HCP – AHA and RN issued by a Compact State, or RN – Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN).
• Wisconsin: BLS HCP – AHA and RN issued by a Compact State, or RN – Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services.

Work Schedule

Rotating shift (United States of America). Scheduled weekly hours: 32.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package tailored to employee needs.
• One week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro‑rated based on FTE).
• Flexible payment options through DailyPay for eligible hourly team members (fees may apply).
• Upfront tuition coverage via FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.