Cardiac Rehab Nurse

Cardiac Rehab

Join our team in a full-time position for Cardiac Rehabilitation. This role offers a day shift with varying hours. Lexington Medical Center is consistently named the best hospital and anchors an expansive health care network that includes nearly 600 physicians and advanced practice providers at nearly 80 locations across the Midlands of South Carolina, making it the region's third largest employer. From general medicine and orthopaedics to oncology, cardiology, and neurosurgery, these dedicated professionals combine the highest quality care with advanced medicine and state-of-the-art technology to help patients achieve the best possible outcomes. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies.

Job Description

• Responsible for inpatient or outpatient cardiac, vascular, and/or pulmonary rehabilitation patient care and assessment.
• Maintain daily attendance, post charges on a daily basis, and follow up on patient non-compliance.
• Follow up inpatient progress through telephone encounters and outpatient progress to the referring physician through physician progress reports.
• Direct any symptomatic patient to the attention of the attending physician and the cardiac, vascular, and/or pulmonary rehabilitation staff.

Requirements

• Minimum Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Minimum Years of Experience: None.
• Required Certifications/Licensure: Registered Nurse licensed in the State of SC; BLS and ACLS certified.
• Required Training: Basic arrhythmia interpretation skills.

Essential Functions

• Recognize the dignity and worth of each individual and treat others with respect and compassion.
• Work in a positive and friendly manner with fellow employees, patients, patient families, visitors, and medical staff.
• Accept and follow chain of command, work assignments, supervisory guidance and direction, and constructive criticism.
• Maintain a clean work environment.
• Treat others as you would like to be treated without discrimination for race, gender, disabilities, religious beliefs, or national origin.
• Utilize telephone courtesy skills.
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Use time constructively to accurately perform and complete work assignments.
• Dress neatly and professionally according to hospital and departmental dress codes.
• Maintain an optimistic and professional image and exhibit excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and coworkers.
• Demonstrate ability to perform nursing assessment and patient care assistance, exercise observation and training, and comfort and safety measures that are appropriate to the following patient populations:
  • Adults - 18 years through 65 years.
  • Geriatric - 65+.
• Outpatient Cardiac, Pulmonary, and/or Vascular Rehabilitation:
  • Maintain daily attendance, post charges on a daily basis, and follow up on patient non-compliance.
  • Provide patient care and supervision of patients in outpatient exercise classes.
  • Participate in patient educational classes and develop presentations and lectures.
  • Maintain needed medical supplies in the cardiac, pulmonary, and/or vascular rehabilitation gym area.
  • Maintain and check off the Mayday cart and refrigerator log in the rehab area each day of operation.
  • Provide case management for outpatients while in the program.
• Inpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation:
  • Provide classroom and bedside education for STEMI, Non-STEMI, Elective PCI, CV Surgery, and TAVR inpatients, including pre-op and discharge teaching.
  • Provide ambulation for CV Surgery patients.
  • Provide education for CV Surgery patient families.
  • Facilitate referrals to outpatient Phase II Cardiac Rehab programs.
  • Ensure hazardous waste or hazardous waste pharmaceuticals are discarded, stored, and managed with other compatible waste streams in containers that are properly labeled and closed prior to being shipped offsite for proper disposal. Initial RCRA training is received within 6 months of the hire date and continuing with annual RCRA training.
  • Perform all other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Day one medical, dental, and life insurance benefits.
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs).
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance - equal to 1x salary.
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low-cost premiums up to 3x salary.
• Adoption assistance.
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Student loan forgiveness.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of LMC to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. LMC strives to provide a discrimination-free environment and to recruit, select, onboard, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to lactation. LMC endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee's desires and abilities and the hospital's needs.