Registered Nurse Heart Trained

At Sharon Regional Medical Center, we are committed to improving the health of our communities by delivering exceptional, personalized health care with dignity, compassion, and respect. Our continued focus on the patient experience informs our caregivers in how to provide care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient and family preferences, needs and values.

We dedicate ourselves in the communities we serve to delivering affordable health care to all and being responsible partners. No matter what your role, as a member of the Steward family, you are a specialist in making every patient and family feel right at home, every co-worker a key to our success, and every referring practice, a team of prized colleagues.

In support of this, we commit ourselves to the following values:

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Excellence

Stewardship

If you are seeking a fast-paced, challenging position in an organization committed to achieving and maintaining a standard of excellence in all we do, our organization may be a good fit for you.

Job Summary:

The Registered Nurse utilizes all aspects of the Nursing Process in the perioperative setting. Policies/procedures as well as the AORN and ASPN standards govern their practices. The nurse can perform as a circulating nurse or scrub nurse. Other duties may be assigned as needed.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Demonstrates comprehensive clinical knowledge in cardiac surgery patients.
2. Assesses that pre-operative preparation is correctly performed on patients receiving elective, urgent and emergent cardiac surgery.
3. Participates in performance improvement activities for the cardiac surgery patient and cardiac patient database. (STS)
4. STS responsibilities include completion of pre-op STS Risk Stratifications, STS data abstraction, data submission, continued education/webinars, quarterly presentation of data and action plans for process improvement, monthly Cardiac M&M case preparation and meeting coordination.
5. Cardiac Surgery Responsibilities include open-heart skills checklist and competency checks, surgery/procedure scheduling, coordination of pre-operative testing, staff education for pre-operative and post-operative care of the cardiac patient, family education, team rounding with surgeon, discharge planning/coordination with social services and follow-up phone calls after discharge.
6. Participation in quarterly resuscitation committee, perform and evaluate mock arrests utilizing SIM Man quarterly, tracking evaluation of all chest pain alerts, RRTs and Code Blues to create action plans for deficiencies identified.
7. Collaborates with nursing leadership as well as manages and oversees the workforce to ensure quality patient care services.
8. Participate in Chest Pain Accreditation Committee, policy/procedure development, and staff/physician education.
9. Communicates effectively with patients, visitors, physicians, co-workers, nursing management, and other departments.
10. Oversees the regional provision of high-quality cost-effective care through direct participation, staff development, and patient teaching.
11. Regional Cardiovascular representative for off-site events. (Health Fairs, etc.)
12. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• PA – RN License
• Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing - BSN Preferred
• 2 years Critical Care or PACU experience
• CPR/BLS by AHA within 90 days of hire
• ACLS and PALS within 6 months of hire
• Clearances as required by Federal and State law

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401K
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Vacation and Paid Sick time

About Steward Health Care
Nearly a decade ago, Steward Health Care System emerged as a different kind of health care company designed to usher in a new era of wellness. One that provides our patients better, more proactive care at a sustainable cost, our providers unrivaled coordination of care, and our communities greater prosperity and stability.
As the country's largest physician-led, minority-owned, integrated health care system, our doctors can be certain that we share their interests and those of their patients. Together we are on a mission to revolutionize the way health care is delivered - creating healthier lives, thriving communities and a better world.
Steward is among the nation’s largest and most successful accountable care organizations (ACO), with more than 5,500 providers and 43,000 health care professionals who care for 12.3 million patients a year through a closely integrated network of hospitals, multispecialty medical groups, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities and behavioral health centers.
Based in Dallas, Steward currently operates 33 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

Steward Health Care is proud to be a minority, physician-owned organization. Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are at the foundation of the care we provide, the community services we support and all our employment practices. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other non-job-related characteristic.