Registered Nurse (RN) Cardiac Rehabilitation Day Shift | Charlottesville, VA

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  • Location: Charlottesville, VA

  • Company: Inova Health System

We will consider telemetry nurses from other areas. This unit is open M-F days with no weekend or holiday requirements and schedule will vary. Clinic hours: Monday/Wednesday/Thursday: 7am-7p; Tuesday/Friday 7-4.30Cardiac Rehab is an outpatient lifestyle management program for individuals recovering from a recent cardiac event.

All Inova Cardiac Rehab programs are certified and align with AACVPR guidelines and practice initiatives. Candidates should be comfortable working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team of nurses, exercise physiologists, registered dietitians and behavioral health providers. Our cardiac rehab programs are active environments and require standing/movement

and some lifting throughout the day. Inova Alexandria Hospital is a Magnet recognized 318-bed community hospital that offers a full range of healthcare services and has received national recognition for healthcare excellence.

From babies to seniors, Inova Alexandria Hospital Provides World-Class Medical Care. We are dedicated to continually expanding our programs and services to help ensure we meet the healthcare needs of the communities we serve today and in the future. Job Responsibilities Performs comprehensive backssments by interpreting multiple, sometimes conflicting, data sets and synthesizing their interrelationships. Clinical Practice & Care Coordination- The Inova Registered

Nurse provides knowledgeable and caring clinical practice and care coordination through an understanding of patient, family, nurse and healthcare delivery team.

Consistently provides safe, therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way. Incorporates differences into the provision of care. All patient care and interactions are patient and family centered. Integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum to include patient and family education. Performs a comprehensive backssment by interpreting multiple, sometimes conflicting data and synthesizing the interrelationships of the data.

Formulates an individualized plan of care based on backssment findings, interpreting trends in patient populations to achieve best practice. Supports and empowers patient/family as they progress through the healthcare continuum from health promotion to end of life decisions. Advocates patient rights from the patient/ family perspective; provides counsels and acts as a resource to resolve issues. Anticipates ethical/ spiritual/ cultural needs and intervenes to maximize patient outcomes. Coordinates health care and alternate services for patient/ family transition planning. Makes clinical decisions based on experience, patient population data, and intuition; promotes the development of clinical decision making of all team members.

Documents all patient care activities as per documentation standards and assists healthcare team members with documentation. Evaluates the outcomes of documentation and contributes to performance improvement initiatives related to documentation. Provides validation of clinical decisions for other staff members; seeks validation from others for complex patients or unfamiliar situations. Collaborates with the health care team and leads other disciplines to meet desired outcomes.

Mentors staff in understanding and advocating for the importance of utilizing Relationship- Based Care initiatives in nursing practice. Evaluates the process to achieve outcomes; anticipates patient variances and makes revisions to the plan of care. Communicates effectively and works cooperatively with others. Has respect for and understanding of other clinical disciplines. Uses an integrated approach toward patient outcomes. Demonstrates effective communication skills and assists in the resolution of conflict among health care team members, patients, and families.

Collaborates with the multi-disciplinary team and incorporates the expertise of the team to achieve patient outcomes. Keeps informed of unit initiatives. Incorporates the outcomes of the team or committee work into practice. Delegates patient care activities and coordinates unit activities. Assists staff to backss the patient's learning needs and outcomes measurement of patient education. Accesses resources from all disciplines to achieve patient outcomes. Additional Requirements Minimum of 1 year of experience as Registered Nurse required; prefer prior cardiac or tele unit experience.

Education: BSN from an accredited school of nursing. If RN has an Associates Degree (ADN); must complete BSN within 24 months of start date. BLS for Healthcare Provider certification required from American Heart Association (AHA) ACLS strongly preferred RN licensed, or eligible to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a RNFor internal use only: #LI-KA1 IND1 Associated topics: asn, care, domiciliary, infusion, psychatric, psychiatric, recovery, surgery, surgical, unit

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