Registered Nurse - Cardiovascular Unit

Department: Cardiovascular Unit

Shift: Days

Daily Work Times: 7:00am-7:30pm

Scheduled Biweekly Hours: 72

About the Unit:

Our 40-bed specialized telemetry unit delivers continuous cardiac monitoring and progressive critical care to a high-acuity adult patient population. Designed as a vital step-down and post-procedural bridge, the unit specializes in managing complex cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions, recovering open-heart and lung surgical patients, and providing dedicated care following interventional diagnostic procedures.

A clinical focus on cardiovascular and Heart failure Care, Cardiothoracic surgical recovery, respiratory management and post interventional care.

Driven by an interprofessional team of cardiologists, surgeons, pulmonologists, and specialized nurses, our unit combines advanced technological monitoring with compassionate, evidence-based care to drive optimal patient outcomes and seamless recovery.”

Position Summary:

Responsible for the delivery of nursing care within the assigned unit scope of practice following hospital policies and procedures, nursing process guidelines, standards of care, and standards of practice.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Assesses each assigned patient, documents and evaluates their response to plan of care, and takes appropriate corrective action.

2. Plans and implements the patient’s plan of care/standard of care and provides patient teaching using the plan of care/standard of care.

3. Oversee all ancillary personnel for technical tasks.

Required:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Experience in a specialty area will be considered. Experience specific to the unit/position may be required to maintain overall competency level of unit, as required by regulatory agency.
• Current State of Michigan Registered Nurse license.
• American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS certification as Healthcare Provider.
• Within six months of hire into department, ACLS required for RNs in Critical Care, Emergency, Endoscopy, Cardiac Cath Lab, Cardiac Rehab, Intensive Care Unit and Step-Down, Telemetry Floats. NRP required for RNs in Labor and Delivery; and PALS required for RNs in Pediatrics; PALS and TNCC within one year for the Emergency Department.

Preferred:

• One year of professional nursing experience.
• ACLS preferred in other units.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26011558
• Daily Work Times: 7:00am-7:30pm
• Hours Per Pay Period: 72
• On Call: Yes
• Weekends: Yes

About Us

The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company.

McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.