Registered Nurse - Cardiology - Triage - Ambulatory
Indiana University Health
Registered Nurse – Cardiology – Triage – Ambulatory
Job Description
Overview
Are you an upcoming nurse graduate or recent nurse graduate? Please apply through our pipeline requisition here: www.iuhealth.org/ApplyRN.This pipeline requisition allows the IU Health Talent Acquisition team to pair upcoming & recent nurse graduates with the best opportunities available to them based on their unique skillset and interests. Thanks for your interest in joining the team!
IU Health is seeking expert RN's who will have the opportunity to collaborate with the brightest minds in medicine. At IU Health, you will develop in significant ways, advancing healthcare for all! Being an IU Health nurse means building a professional nursing career designed with competitive benefits, a culture that accepts your outstanding strengths, and supports your personal and professional goals. If you are seeking an organization where you can engage expertly, develop clinical expertise, embrace learning, cultivate new relationships, and fuel your spirit of inquiry, apply today!
Schedule: 7:00am- 5:30pm - Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
Job Duties include:
- Answering incoming live calls for very busy Cardiology department using nursing judgement to triage appropriately based upon IU Health and departmental protocols for 24 Cardiology providers.
- Calling patients to discuss abnormal test results and provide physician direction.
- Triaging in office patient nurse visits (medication questions, site checks, etc.)
- May occasionally be asked to assist in other departments within the multi-Specialty practice when staffing needs arise.
- Serve as a patient advocate in communications between patient and physician.
Requirements:
- Requires an Associates of Nursing (ASN); Bachelors of Nursing (BSN) preferred.
- Requires an active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Indiana or an active Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) RN license.
- Requires that the RN has graduated from a nationally accredited nursing program.
- Requires Basic Life Support certification through the AHA.
- Other advanced Life Support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies.
- May require ability to assess patients without face-to-face interaction.
- Requires awareness and understanding of legal implications of patient care activities and performance as a Registered Nurse.