Clinical Nurse III : D4N : Medical Cardiology

Clinical Nurse III : D4N : Medical Cardiology at Albany Medical Center summary :

The Clinical Nurse III in the Medical Cardiology unit at Albany Medical Center is responsible for assessing, planning, and coordinating patient care for individuals with cardiac conditions. Managing a 29-bed unit, the nurse ensures competent and compassionate care during the patient’s acute stay, emphasizing safe transitions and monitoring throughout the treatment process. This role requires collaboration with various healthcare teams and a commitment to maintaining patient privacy and safety, particularly concerning sensitive health information.

Department / Unit :

Medical / Surgical Cardiac Hospitalist - D4N

Work Shift :

Day (United States of America)

Hourly Range : $36.73 - $60.93

Medical Cardiology (D4N)

The Registered Professional Nurse assesses, coordinates, plans, directs, implements and manages the needs of assigned patients throughout the episode of care with a focus on progress toward discharge, including during transitions within the acute care stay. The Registered Professional Nurse is responsible for the delivery and coordination of patient care provided by the caregiving team. S / he assures that competent, compassionate patient care is uniformly provided to customers including referring facilities, hospital staff and patients in the inpatient, ambulatory, and community settings.

The Medical Cardiology unit is a 29-bed unit consisting of 1 private room, 13 semi-private rooms and one 4 bedroom. Patients are received from the Emergency Department, Cardiac Catheterization Lab, CCU, MICU, physician offices, and other facilities when inpatient admission is necessary.

The patient population served includes male and female, acute and chronically ill patients with a variety of cardiac and medical diagnoses. Most patients admitted to the unit require telemetry monitoring after receiving minimally-invasive and invasive cardiac procedures. The age range is from young adult (18 years) to geriatric (100+) years.

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This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that :

Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.

Keywords :

Clinical Nurse, Cardiology, Patient Care, Healthcare, Telemetry Monitoring, Nursing, Acute Care, Compassionate Care, HIPAA Compliance, Medical Unit