Cardiac Rehab Nurse

About This Role

This part-time day shift role involves providing patient care and assessment for inpatient and outpatient cardiac, vascular, and pulmonary rehabilitation. The nurse maintains daily attendance records, posts charges, and follows up on patient non-compliance and progress with referring physicians. The position requires directing symptomatic patients to the attending physician and rehabilitation staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide Inpatient or Outpatient Cardiac, Vascular, and/or Pulmonary Rehabilitation patient care and assessment
• Maintain daily attendance records
• Post charges on a daily basis
• Follow up on patient non-compliance
• Follow up on Inpatient progress through telephone encounters
• Follow up on Outpatient progress with the referring physician through progress reports
• Direct any symptomatic patient to the attention of the attending physician and the Cardiac, Vascular, and/or Pulmonary Rehabilitation Staff
• Use time constructively to accurately perform and complete work assignments
• Maintain an optimistic and professional image and exhibit excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and coworkers
• Demonstrate ability to perform nursing assessment and patient care assistance, exercise observation and training, and comfort and safety measures appropriate to adult (18-65 years) and geriatric (65+) patient populations
• Provide patient care and supervision of patients in outpatient exercise classes
• Participate in patient educational classes and develop presentations and lectures
• Maintain needed medical supplies in the Cardiac, Pulmonary, and/or Vascular Rehabilitation gym area
• Maintain and check off the Mayday cart and refrigerator log in the rehab area each day of operation
• Provide Case Management for outpatients while in the program
• Provide classroom and bedside education for STEMI, Non-STEMI, Elective PCI, CV Surgery, and TAVR inpatients, including pre-op and discharge teaching
• Provide ambulation for CV Surgery patients
• Provide education for CV Surgery patient families
• Facilitate referrals to outpatient Phase II Cardiac Rehab programs
• Ensure Hazardous Waste or Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals are discarded, stored, and managed with other compatible waste streams in containers that are properly labeled and closed prior to being shipped offsite for proper disposal
• Perform all other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Registered Nurse Licensed in the State of SC
• BLS and ACLS Certified
• Basic arrhythmia interpretation skills
• Initial RCRA training received within 6 months of hire date and continuing with annual RCRA training