RN - Cardiac Critical Care

Location: 1100 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106-4930

About the Role

Join our Cardiac Critical Care team and make a life-changing impact for patients facing complex cardiovascular conditions. In this highly specialized role, you will provide advanced critical care, monitor and manage life-support therapies, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver exceptional patient outcomes. We are seeking skilled, compassionate professionals who thrive in a fast-paced ICU environment and are committed to clinical excellence.

Responsibilities

• Act as clinical resource by overseeing the delivery of patient care, directs and delegates patient care assignments to home health aides and nursing staff based on acuteness of patient care needs and staff capability, and anticipates future needs.
• Maintains clinically competent in providing direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, consults with other specialists as required, and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.
• Coordinates patient care through collaboration with the patient, family, all other disciplines, primary and secondary physicians, and community resources/programs.
• Demonstrates knowledge philosophy and provides support to patients and their families.
• Ensures that patients understand their rights and responsibilities, advanced directives, and the meaning of informed consent during the admission process.
• Assesses and directs patient and family teaching needs and is proficient in the use of return demonstration and teaching aids in the home setting.
• Maintains professional responsibility for knowledge of current nursing research, practice standards, guidelines, and protocols, and hospital policies, procedures, and programs to improve patient care quality.
• Maintains proficiency in the use of all equipment used in practice.
• Effectively communicates and assists other members of the nursing team and/or other disciplines. Actively participates in problem-solving and conflict resolution to maintain team cohesiveness.
• Performs on-call duties effectively with the ability to triage patients over the phone and visit when needed.
• Directs own educational needs for the top 10 ICD9 codes and/or diagnoses for diabetes, wounds/post-surgical, arthritis, newborns, Coumadin dependency, malnutrition/nutrition needs, medication instruction, pain and symptom control/hospice care.
• Supervises the home health aides in compliance with the Medicare/Medicaid rules and regulations.
• Performs other functions as required.

Requirements

• Associate Degree in Nursing
• State of New Mexico or Compact State Nursing License or Compact Licensure
• BLS certification required at time of hire

Benefits

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Staff Safety: a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern
• Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications, and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system
• Sign-on and relocation benefits available to qualified candidates
• Access to a fun, engaging, and unique wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges, and more

Pay

Pay Range: $39.69 – $58.17 per hour

Schedule

• Full time, 0.90 FTE
• 12-hour night shifts (7:00 AM – 7:00 PM)
• No call ratio: 3-1:1

About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are a locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan, and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees, including more than 1,600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses. Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care), and Commercial health plans.