Registered Nurse (RN) Cardiac Unit

Schedule

Full-Time, 0.9 FTE (72 hours per pay period). Flex shifts: 6 × 12-hour shifts (7 am–7 pm), rotating weekends and holidays.

Pay

$7,500 sign-on bonus available to qualified applicants.

About the role

UP Health System – Marquette is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. The Cardiac Department has 36 beds and cares for cardiac and CVA patients, including post-op day 1–2 CABG, pacemaker, bradycardia, tachycardia, SVT, AFIB with RVR or new atrial fibrillation, acute MIs, PCI, fem/fem bypass, CEA, and step-down (IMCU) patients. Nurses gain exposure to more critical patients, providing a bridge to departments such as ED and ICU.

Responsibilities

• Performs plan of care interventions, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, and other medical care treatments.
• Documents patient care given.
• Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate to care team, physician, patient, and family.
• Assists patients with activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation.
• Collaborates across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including transfer, discharge, referral, and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.
• Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
• Works as an advocate for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient.

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Financial protection & PTO: life, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance; short- and long-term disability; paid family leave; and paid time off.
• Financial & career growth: higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance, 401(k) retirement package with company match.
• Employee well-being: mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services, and discount programs).
• Professional development: ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

Requirements

• Current Michigan RN license.
• Associate’s degree from an accredited nursing school (bachelor’s preferred).
• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS-HCP).
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) – within 1 year.
• IMCU cross-training – within 1 year.
• Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) – within 1 year.