Description

American Traveler is hiring an experienced RN for a high-acuity Cardiac Step Down position requiring strong telemetry skills and 18 months of recent cardiac unit experience.

Details

• Cardiac-focused PCU/Step Down unit within a hospital setting
• Nurse-to-patient ratio of 1:4 to 1:5 with high patient acuity and frequent admissions/discharges
• Patient population includes heart failure, A-Fib, A-Flutter, SVT, VTach, VFib, FVO, chest pain, HTN, heart transplant, congenital heart disease, and LVAD patients
• Common procedures include right and left heart catheterizations, TR band management, sheath removal, stent placement, valve replacement, STEMI/NSTEMI care, pacemakers, ICDs, cardioversions, ablations, and groin site management
• No ventilator patients on this unit
• AM shift, 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, 3x12-hour shifts per week (36 hours/week)
• No on-call requirements
• May float to similar cardiac/PCU units but not to Cardiac Monitor Tech roles

Requirements

• Active GA or Compact RN license required in hand
• Minimum 18 months of recent cardiac unit experience required
• EPIC EMR experience required
• Must independently interpret cardiac rhythms and pass a proctored, paper-based Dysrhythmia Exam using calipers on the first attempt, with no tech assistance or remediation opportunities
• Experience with cardiac drips required, including Insulin, Milrinone, Dobutamine, Amiodarone, Heparin, Lasix, and Nitroglycerin
• Chest tube experience required
• Must rate a 4 on all cardiac skills on the skills checklist
• Heart transplant and LVAD experience preferred, with training available if needed

Additional Information

• Provide high-acuity cardiac nursing care with significant procedural volume
• Must reside more than 50 miles from the facility, as no local candidates are accepted
• Former Emory or Houston perm staff must be separated for 1 year before returning to the health system, or 18 months if returning to the same facility
• RTO is limited to a maximum of 5 days if not falling on or near a holiday, or 3 days if it does, with only one holiday request allowed
• Candidates requesting several consecutive days of RTO around holidays will not be approved