What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cardiac Stepdown Registered Nurse position at Northshore Home Health Care?
Registered Nurse – Cardiac Surgery Stepdown Unit
Provide complex post-operative care for cardiac surgery patients in a stepdown setting. Perform continuous assessment and telemetry monitoring, administer medications, and manage surgical wounds. Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to develop and implement individualized care plans and ensure care remains safe, evidence-based, and patient-focused.
Key Duties
Provide complex post-operative care for cardiac surgery patients in a stepdown setting. Perform continuous assessment and telemetry monitoring, administer medications, and manage surgical wounds. Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to develop and implement individualized care plans and ensure care remains safe, evidence-based, and patient-focused.
Key Duties
- Continuously monitor patient status using telemetry and ongoing assessments
- Administer medications and deliver post-operative nursing interventions
- Provide wound and post-surgical site care
- Develop and implement nursing care plans
- Educate patients and families on care needs and recovery
- Coordinate with interdisciplinary team members to support comprehensive care
- Current RN licensure
- Strong clinical judgment for complex post-operative care
- Competence in telemetry monitoring and medication administration
- Effective communication and patient/family education skills
- Ability to work collaboratively and follow evidence-based practice