Job Description

Employment Type: Part time Shift: Rotating Shift

Description: Center for Cardiac Recovery/Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Unit

Trinity Health Of New England is looking for a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our team of mission-driven healthcare innovators at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center. Our vision is to provide state-of-the-art healthcare to those within our local communities, creating a positive impact for everyone that walks through our doors.

Our newly renovated 32 bed unit is a nationally recognized Center Of Excellence for Heart Failure. Primary patient diagnosis on this unit is acute or chronic CHF, while we also care for patients with other cardiac conditions such as AFIB, CAD, STEMI, pacemaker, ICD placements and soon LVADs.

We offer an individualized orientation program supporting both recently graduated and experienced nurses, ongoing professional development opportunities, and support for specialty certification attainment. We have 24/7 support and partnership with our inpatient CHF Medical Team and work closely with the outpatient team to ensure quality care along the health care continuum. In this role you will be part of a collaborative team, play an active part in unit shared decision making, and enjoy practice autonomy using nurse driven protocols.

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The ideal candidate will demonstrate a drive to provide patient-centered experiences through scholarly scientific inquiry, compassion for the human spirit and mind, advocacy and education for the patient and families, and collaboration with all those who touch our patients.

Top Reasons to Work at Trinity Health Of New England:

• Day 1 benefits, no waiting period!
• Health Insurance Coverage
• Career growth and advancement potential
• Favorable tuition reimbursement to further your nursing career
• Supportive team-driven environment
• Culturally Diverse Community
• Engaged leadership and colleague collaboration

Work Hours/Shift:

• Per Diem
• Rotating Weekends and Holidays

You Will Be Responsible For:

• Exceptional Patient Care: Contributes to overall quality of nursing care through performance improvement techniques that impact patient care positively.
• Excellent Communicator: Communicate effectively (written and verbal) with admin, colleagues, patients, and family member.
• Strong Educator: Educate patients and family members so that they have a transparent understanding of the care being provided.
• Technical Familiarity: Understanding in computer-based applications (E-MAR, clinical documentation), email, and standard applications such as Microsoft Office.
• Active Teamwork: Demonstrates problem solving, conflict resolution, and positive communication through teamwork.

Requirements:

• Education: Graduate of an accredited college or university affiliated nursing program. BSN graduate preferred.
• Licensure: Current Licensure as a registered nurse (RN) in Connecticut.
• Certification: BLS (AHA/ARC).
• Basic computer skills required.
• Effective communication, organizational and critical thinking skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree preferred.
• Experience: Acute care, Medical-Surgical, Congestive Heart Failure experience preferred.
• Certification: ACLS preferred.

About Trinity Health Of New England:

Trinity Health Of New England is an integrated health care delivery system that is comprised of world-class providers and facilities dedicated to full spectrum preventative, acute, and post-acute care. We aim to deliver top level care to increase our community\'s overall health at lower costs. While we serve nearly 3 million people, we are proud to be a part of a national system that focuses on putting our patients first and having the best colleagues to do so.

Trinity Health Of New England benefits include health insurance, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation, sick time, and professional advancement just to name a few. Employees can also take advantage of extra benefits specific to each hospital.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

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