About This Role
This night-shift post on the cardiac ward pairs patient care with mentoring new nurses. This role involves promoting and maintaining mental health through high-quality patient care, showing respect for patients' integrity, information, and rights, and performing tasks to maintain a therapeutic environment.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate expertise in mental health promotion and maintenance of high-quality comprehensive patient care
- Display respect for patients
- Demonstrate expertise in the performance of tasks necessary to maintain a therapeutic milieu and optimum patient care
- Escort patients to and from scheduled activities in a safe and professional manner
- Perform all specific skills assigned including monitoring vital signs in a complete and accurate manner
- Assist with maintaining the cleanliness of the unit
- Maintain high level of interpersonal relationships with program staff
- Utilize appropriate skills in telephone etiquette when answering the telephone, making sure to record correct messages and pass along to appropriate staff, including patient inquiries
- Demonstrate efficiency in maintaining support services, which are vital to effective program operation
- Maintain unit filing and paperwork system, if assigned by Nurse Manager or Charge Nurse
- Assist with maintaining patients
- Demonstrate ability to maintain a safe environment
- Document observations and baseline measurements in the medical record
Requirements
- Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
- Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
