Cardio Pulmonary Resource Nurse

Creating Life Better Here starts with you. At San Juan Regional Medical Center, we're more than a healthcare provider—we're a values-driven organization dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As a team member, you help fulfill our mission to make life better here for our community.The Cardio-Pulmonary Resource Nurse is responsible creating a safe ,productive, and patient centered experience during cardiopulmonary procedures. They are responsible for creating a caring professional environment for the patient, family, and physician. The Cardiopulmonary Resource Nurse will facilitates and guides the growth of the patient by providing timely, compassionate, and appropriate teaching and reinforcement. They provide the nursing experience and knowledge base to complement and enable the other team members in performance of their duties.RequiredBehaviors:As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization:Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability and Creative Vitalityask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.RequiredQualifications:NM State Nursing LicensingBLS CertificationComplete all assigned EKG modules through Health Stream within one year of hire datePreferredQualifications:ACLS Certification (required within six (6) months of transfer/hire)Duties and Responsibilities:Responsible for pre procedural arrangements with Nursing floors and the outpatients in regard to scheduled procedure time, transportation, and instructionsMaintain continuity of patient care through communication with other healthcare team membersResponsible for receiving patients and admitting, periodic, and discharge vital signs per department policyUtilizes assessment skills to help plan an approach of individualized care to each patient and provide safe patient care during pre, intra, and post procedureResponsible for IV access prior to the procedure; all prerequisite medical intervention will be administered according to nursing protocol policy and physician’s ordersResponsible for teaching pre procedure and discharge instructionsCommunicate an attitude of concern to the patient and family through active listening, responding to the needs communicated and giving feedbackResponsible for assisting in procedure set up of equipment, assisting with the procedure, and clean up of equipmentResponsible for proper and accurate documentation stated by department policy of care given and is responsible for patient records and procedure chargesEKG/ Holter monitoring: The tech will obtain complete and reproducible diagnostically accurate EKGS and Holter tests. They will have a thorough knowledge of EKG rhythm interpretation. They will be able to recognize and troubleshoot common artifacts. They will be able to recognize hemodynamically significant arrhythmias (critical values).The Cardiopulmonary Resource Nurse is responsible for adhering to department policy concerning infection control and maintains aseptic laboratory skills.The Cardiopulmonary Resource Nurse is responsible for respecting culture diversity, employing interpreters when needed, note and accommodate hearing and visual impaired patients. The nurse will include family and significant others in patient care, planning education, use age-appropriate teaching when needed, advocate patient rights as needed, understand age-related physiological difference and can implement age-appropriate therapeutic interventions, interact professional with co-workers and promote interdepartmental teamworkStress Testing:Obtain complete and reproducible diagnostically accurate cardiac stress examsHave a thorough knowledge of cardiovascular anatomy and physiologyUnderstand the essentials of EKG interpretation and be able to differentiate artifacts from real dataBe able to identify and troubleshoot suboptimal EKG tracingsBe able to identify potentially life threatening arrhythmias and implement appropriate interventionsCoordinate the stress test with other team membersProvide pre and post procedural teaching and instructionsEKG/ Holter Monitoring:Obtain complete and reproducible diagnostically accurate EKGS and Holter testsHave a thorough knowledge of EKG rhythm interpretationRecognize and troubleshoot common artifactsRecognize hemodynamically significant arrhythmias (critical values)Responsible for adhering to department policy concerning infection control and maintains aseptic laboratory skillsResponsible respecting culture diversity, employing interpreters when needed, note and accommodate hearing and visual impaired patientsInclude family and significant others in patient care, planning education, use age appropriate teaching when needed, advocate patient rights as needed, understand age-related physiological difference and can implement age-appropriate therapeutic interventionsInteract professional with co-workers and promote interdepartmental teamworkEach employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC’s Service Standards into their daily work:Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and StewardshipOther duties as assignedPhysical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:Recognize that potential exposure to blood borne pathogens and/or hazardous materials, noxious/irritating fumes, long hours, and unforeseen conditions that might generate stress may be encounteredRecognize that physical demands such as extensive walking, standing, lifting, positioning, pushing, and or transferring of patients may be requiredCorrectible visual and auditory acuity is required to ensure patient safety