Registered Nurse - Outpatient Cardiology

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse (RN), Outpatient Cardiology

• Setting: Outpatient clinic

• Schedule: Full-Time, M-F 0700-1530 (tour may vary)

Description

The Registered Nurse (RN) Outpatient Cardiology provides competent, evidence-based specialty nursing care in an outpatient setting. The role emphasizes self-directed planning for complex patient needs, care coordination, and patient education focused on self-management and satisfaction/safety across the continuum of care. Responsibilities include medication administration and delivering technically competent care aligned with ANA Standards of Nursing Practice.

Role & Responsibilities

• Provide specialty care with oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants as appropriate

• Coordinate care and support health promotion, disease prevention, wellness coaching, and chronic care management

• Assist in directing nursing education, orientation, competencies, and quality improvement initiatives

• Plan, organize, and prioritize patient care needs; ensure assigned tasks are completed

• Validate specialty care rationales and question clinical practices to ensure evidence-based care

• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to achieve the plan of care

• Act as an emerging leader by identifying, implementing, and evaluating patient care needs

• Provide patient-driven care to optimize patient experience, satisfaction, and/or safety

• Maintain professional/ethical boundaries; recognize and model appropriate responses to ethical issues

• Model high reliability principles and I CARE values to improve patient outcomes

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular salary increases and potential performance awards

• 50 days of paid time off per year (26 annual leave, 13 sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays)

• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% contribution

• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance options

Licensure

Maintain 1 full and unrestricted RN license from a U.S. state or territory