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About the Role

Join our Cardiac Critical Care team and make a life-changing impact for patients facing complex cardiovascular conditions. In this highly specialized role, you will provide advanced critical care, monitor and manage life-support therapies, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver exceptional patient outcomes. We are seeking skilled, compassionate professionals who thrive in a fast-paced ICU environment and are committed to clinical excellence.

Responsibilities

Acts as clinical resource by overseeing the delivery of patient care, directs and delegates patient care assignments to home health aides and nursing staff based on acuteness of patient care needs and staff capability and anticipates future needs.
Maintains clinical competence in providing direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, consults with other specialists as required and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.
Coordinates patient care through collaboration with the patient, family, all other disciplines, primary and secondary physicians and community resources/programs.
Demonstrates knowledge of philosophy and provides support to patients and their families.
Ensures that patients understand their rights and responsibilities, advanced directives and the meaning of informed consent during the admission process.
Assesses and directs patient and family teaching needs and is proficient in the use of return demonstration and teaching aids in the home setting.
Maintains professional responsibility for knowledge of current nursing research, practice standards, guidelines and protocols, and hospital policies, procedures, and programs to improve patient care quality.
Maintains proficiency in the use of all equipment used in his/her practice.
Effectively communicates and assists other members of the nursing team and/or other disciplines. Actively participates in problem solving and conflict resolution to maintain team cohesiveness.
Performs on-call duties effectively with the ability to triage patients over the phone and visit when needed.
Directs own educational needs for the top 10 ICD9 codes and/or diagnoses for diabetes, wounds/post-surgical, arthritis, newborns, Coumadin dependency, malnutrition/nutrition needs, medication instruction, pain and symptom control/hospice care.
Supervises the home health aides in compliance with the Medicare/Medicaid rules and regulations.
Performs other functions as required.

Requirements

Associate Degree in Nursing
State of New Mexico or Compact State Nursing License or Compact Licensure
BLS certification REQUIRED at time of hire

Location

1100 Central Ave SE Albuquerque, NM 87106-4930

Work Type

Full time
12 Hour Nights

Education Level

Associate Degree in Nursing

Salary/Compensations

$39.69 - $58.17

Benefits

Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
Malpractice liability insurance
Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
EPIC electronic charting system
Sign on and relocation benefits available to qualified candidates!
Presbyterian employees have access to a fun, engaging and unique wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges and more.

About the Company

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses. Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

Equal Opportunity

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.