Position Name: Cardiac Care RN

Facility Name: Research Medical Center

Shifts Available: Days and Nights (Rotating Weekends)

2316 E MEYER BLVD, Kansas City, MO 64132RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER MO

At Research Medical Center, above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. Located in beautiful Kansas City, Missouri, RMC embodies the mission and heart of HCA MidAmerica. We are recognized as a healthcare leader due to our skilled, compassionate and dedicated doctors and nurses. To ensure that we exceed our patients' health care needs, we staff over 700 doctors who represent 29 medical specialties in our 590-bed facility.

Several of our renowned programs, including Level I Trauma, Sarah Cannon Cancer Care, Grossman Burn Center, Neuroscience Institute and Women's Care Center, feature advanced technological resources used to diagnose and treat patients. Whether your healthcare needs are urgent and critical or simply routine and preventative, our advanced capabilities allow us to be one of the most comprehensive hospitals in the Kansas City region.

Job Summary:

Our Cardiac Telemetry unit is unique in that our nurses take care of patients recovering from open heart surgeries, heart catheterization with stent placement, ablations, pace maker/AICD placement, cardiovascular surgeries and we are a comprehensive stoke/stemi facility.

About this unit:

· Advancement in knowledge of caring for critically ill patients

· Team-oriented and fast-paced environment serving a diverse patient population

· Problem solving team - accepts the challenges and finds solutions.

Responsibilities:

· Under the general direction of the Director, Manager or Nurse Manager, Registered Nurse (RN) coordinates and provides patient care and assumes individual responsibility and accountability for the provision of nursing care.

· Registered Nurse (RN) provides nursing care is in accordance with hospital policies and procedures, applicable state Nursing Practice Acts, ANA Standards of Practice and the generic and unit structure standards

Qualifications

· Looking for candidates that have 1 year of acute care Cardiac Care RN experience or something similar

· Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing

· Current state of Missouri RN licensure required.

· BLS certification required at hire and maintained.

· ACLS required within 6 months.

· Basic computer skills

· Excellent oral/written communication, interpersonal, organizational and leadership skills required.

· Previous clinical experience preferred, but not required.