Staff RN
Cumming, GA 
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Job Description

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

The Registered Professional Nurse at Northside Hospital independently plans and provides professional nursing care to patients in accordance with physician orders and established guidelines, and in accordance with the scope of practice as defined by the Georgia Nurse Practice Act.

The 9T Cardiology is a 32-bed unit designed to provide 24/7 care to adolescents, adults, and a geriatric patient population with acute illness or varying stages of recuperation from diagnostic, therapeutic, and/or surgical intervention. The unit features all acute care private rooms with telemetry capabilities. There is a diversity of patients with alterations of the cardiovascular system, including those with: Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, ACS/Angina/Chest Pain, NSTEMI, Coronary Artery Disease, Arrhythmic Dysfunction, Peripheral Vascular Disease, and DVT. This unit is also equipped to provide care to patients who are post-diagnostic cardiac catheterization, cardiac device implant and electrophysiology study and/or ablation.

REQUIRED:

  1. Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing and licensed as a RN in the State of Georgia in good standing without limitations.
  2. Minimum of two (2) years of full-time experience as a RN post-orientation or post-residency training.
  3. Certified in American Heart Association's Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS).
    • Other REQUIRED cardiopulmonary resuscitation certifications (ACLS, NRP, PALS, etc.) are unit specific. Please refer to the specific clinical unit.
  4. Please refer to the specific clinical unit for additional education, competencies and/or certification required as a condition of employment.
  5. Other REQUIRED RN attributes are unit specific. Please refer to the specific clinical unit.

PREFERRED:

  1. BSN degree preferred
  2. National Certification in Clinical Specialty preferred
  3. Other preferred RN attributes are unit specific. Please refer to the specific clinical unit.

Northside Hospital is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status.

 

Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Experience
2 years
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