This is a Cardiovascular Stepdown & Intensive Care Unit and includes recovery for CVOR patients. The patient population includes late adolescent to geriatric patients who have undergone cardiac, thoracic, or vascular surgeries such as coronary artery bypass grafts, valve replacement, lung surgery/thorocotomy, VATS, carotid endartectomy, aortic abdominal aneurysm repair, vascular bypass, etc. We are looking for someone with post-op/cardiac surgery, cath lab, IMCU level, surgery/medicine or mixed population experience.
Put Your Skills to Work and Join the VHC Team!
VHC Health is a 437-bed nationally recognized Hospital and teaching facility that has been delivering high quality care to the Washington, DC metropolitan area for over 75 years. VHC is a proud member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network (a national network of independent healthcare organizations), a designated Level II Trauma Center and a recognized Magnet Facility by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. We are proud to announce that the Leapfrog Group has awarded the hospital with an 'A' grade in Hospital Safety for the 19th year in a row, achieved an Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ for the 10th year in a row and has ranked Number 2 in “Best Hospitals” in the Washington, DC area by U.S. News and World Report's 2021-2022 rankings. At VHC we are always striving to provide continued excellence and growth for our employees as well as top notch care for our patients.
Qualifications:
- RN Licensure with Reciprocity in the state of Virginia
- BLS for the Healthcare Provider CPR
- Telemetry or stepdown unit experience helpful
Job Responsibilities:
- Actively participates in working towards the organizational and departmental goals for providing exceptional patient experiences.
- Collaborates with patient and healthcare team to assess, plan, implement, and/or evaluate patient's plan of care.
- Assures quality of care by adhering to industry standards and measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and benchmarks.
- Consistently assesses, identifies and addresses patient's educational needs and barriers to learning.
- Maintains safe working environment and patient safety by complying with hospital policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Demonstrates knowledge and technical skills to perform all duties required to care for patients.
Benefits:
- Paid Major Holidays
- Generous Paid Time Off / Vacation
- Sick Time
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Student Loan Repayment
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Health Fitness & Education Class Discounts
- Employee Wellness Benefits
- Hospital Discount for Employees and Family
- VHC Retirement Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Free onsite parking
- Commuter Benefits
- Career Coaching
- Family Leave
- 401(k) + Match
- and much more!
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Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Continuing education credits
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Free parking
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Loan forgiveness
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Relocation assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Physical setting:
Standard shift:
Experience:
- Nursing: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
Work Location: In person