Employment Type:Full timeShift:12 Hour Day Shift
Description:A member of Trinity Health, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation, Fort Lauderdale-based Holy Cross Hospital, dba Holy Cross Health, is a full-service, not-for-profit, Catholic, teaching hospital operating in the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy. We are the only not-for-profit Catholic hospital in Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Through strategic collaborations and a commitment to being a person-centered, transforming, healing presence, the 557-bed hospital offers progressive inpatient, outpatient and community outreach services and clinical research trials to serve as our community's trusted health partner for life.
•We are committed to providing compassionate and holistic person-centered care.
•Comprehensive benefits that start on your first day of work
•Retirement savings program with employer matching
Job Summary:
•Care provided is appropriate to the age of the patients served, as defined in the scope of
service for the nurses area of practice, to include: Early Adulthood (19-45 years),
Middle Adulthood (46-60 years),Later Adulthood (Over 61 years)
•Demonstrates the ability to obtain information and interpret information in terms of the
patient's needs.
•Demonstrates appropriate knowledge of growth and development
•Demonstrates an understanding of the range of treatment needed by these patients.
procedure, transfer, or discharge.
•Administers medications and treatments as ordered by the physician and in accordance with Policy and Procedure
•Establishes nursing care priorities. Carries out assignments as indicated in a timely
manner.
•Monitor patients pre and post-procedure for vital signs, ECG, O2 saturation, arrhythmias,
cardiovascular status changes, pain, mental status changes. Intervenes appropriately.
•Performs other job related duties within job scope as requested by Director. Monitoring
and managing patient flow into and out of the procedure rooms and ARU.
•Performs other job related duties within job scope as requested by Director. Monitoring
and managing patient flow into and out of the procedure rooms and ARU.
•Responds quickly and appropriately in emergency situations requiring BCLS and/or ACLS. Is effective with ACLS procedure (i.e. Bag/mask ventilation, CPR, defibrillator operation, medication administration).
•Documents thoroughly and accurately pre and post-procedure information, including H&P, lab results, hemodynamic data medication administration, pain assessment, physical assessment, bed assignment information, ARU log book.
•Demonstrates clinical competency with blood draw, IV starts, blood glucose monitoring and quality control techniques and demonstrates clinical competency with ACT monitoring and quality control and running samples.
•Demonstrates clinical competency with ACT monitoring and quality control and running
samples.
•Demonstrates clinical competency with sheath removal and can verbally state the potential hazards associated with this procedure. Demonstrates competency using topical closure patches in conjunction with manual/ C-Clamp pressure
•Demonstrates clinical competency with the administration of IV moderate sedation.
•Verbalizes correct drug dosages, knowledge of drug interactions, contraindications, etc.,
including reversal agents
•Identifies problems, initiates nursing directions, provides direct/indirect nursing
nterventions and maintains appropriate patient clinical records.
•Notifies physician in a timely manner of any pertinent physical/emotional findings and documents appropriately.
•Evaluates and documents the patients response to nursing and medical intervention in
accordance with Policy and Procedure.
•Notifies physician in a timely manner of any pertinent physical/emotional findings and
documents appropriately.
•Evaluates and documents the patients response to nursing and medical intervention in
accordance with Policy and Procedure.
This position is a day shift and rotates from 6am - 6:30pm; 7am - 7:30pm; and 8am - 8:30pm.
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