Registered Nurse - B5 Medical Cardiac PCU

Lakeland Regional Health is a leading medical center located in Central Florida. With a legacy spanning over a century, we have been dedicated to serving our community with excellence in healthcare. As the only designated Level 1 Trauma Center for Polk, Highlands, and Hardee counties, and the second busiest Emergency Department in the US, we are committed to providing high-quality care to our diverse patient population. Our facility is licensed for 910 beds and handles over 200,000 emergency room visits annually, along with 49,000 inpatient admissions, 21,000 surgical cases, 4,000 births, and 101,000 outpatient visits.

The Medical Cardiology Unit has 48 beds. This floor sees patients with heart failure and arrhythmias. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:4-5. Common procedures on this floor include pulling sheaths, providing cardiac IV drugs, treating patients with pacemakers and defibrillators. Preferred traits for employees in this department include being a fast learner, highly motivated, and proud of their work.

Active - Benefit Eligible and Accrues Time Off

The Clinical Registered Nurse (RN) will promote relationship-centered care that appreciates vulnerability of patients, anticipates needs, and incorporates the patient as a full partner in care. The RN will deliver high quality care based on therapeutic caring relationships that are individualized to the patients and their families' needs and values. The RN will practice competently and uphold the standards of nursing practice to promote positive patient outcomes. The RN will assure proactive, protective, and safe practice resulting in the elimination of all preventable harm. The RN will adhere to organizational policies and procedures; regulatory accrediting body requirements and professional practice standards. The Clinical RN practices the scope and standards of nursing care including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The Clinical RN demonstrates scope and standards of professional performance including quality of professional practice, evaluation of practice, lifelong learning, collegiality, ethics, collaboration, clinical inquiry, resource utilization, and leadership.

Essential Experience Needed:

-Minimum of 1 year as a licensed RN

-Ability to practice as a licensed RN in the State of Florida

-Active BLS card from AHA or ARC

-If licensed after 2016, an signed agreement to complete a BSN

Salary : $38 - $46