What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN - CARDIOTHORACIC STEP-DOWN UNIT position at East Alabama Medical Center Health System?
EAMC MISSION
- At East Alabama Medical Center, our mission is high quality, compassionate health care, and that statement guides everything we do. We set high standards for customer service, quality, and keeping costs under control.
- POSITION SUMMARY
- Provides safe therapeutic care for the progressive care patient in a holistic and systematic way. Incorporates differences into the provision of care. Integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum to include patient and family education. Utilizes standards, guidelines, protocols, or pathways for care delivery. Incorporates data and information to continuously improve care and practice to enhance outcomes. Administers medications according to standard nursing practice. Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development.
- POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum Education
- Graduate of a school of nursing
Minimum Experience- N/A
Required Registration/License/Certification- Active Alabama Board of Nursing License
- BLS obtained within 90 days of hire
- ACLS obtained within 12 months of hire
Preferred Education- BSN
Preferred Experience- 1 to 2 years of step-down or med/surg experience
Preferred Registration/License/Certification- PCCN
Other Requirements- N/A
- Minimum Education