Core Competencies

• Adheres to infection prevention guidelines

• Adheres to policies, procedures, and standards of practice to deliver safe and optimal care

• Assesses patient history, physiological, and psychosocial status

• Communicates with the patient, family, medical staff and others during the continuum of care

• Complies with Joint Commission’s national patient safety goals

• Complies with organizational quality dashboard/benchmarking goals

• Interprets common variables affecting patient care and follows reporting process

• Maintains regulatory compliance consistent with quality standards and ethical obligations of the profession

• Participates in activities in alignment with the Magnet Model

• Participates in organizational activities

• Participates in Peer Review

• Participates in professional development activities

• Performs as a preceptor in an active and engaged manner

• Provides age-specific individualized care that supports protection from harm and complies with patient safety centered interventions/bundles

• Provides patient and family education throughout the care of patient

• Uses critical thinking to formulate and carry out a care plan according to patient needs

• Utilizes resources in an economical manner

• Utilizes safe administration of medications

• Utilizes Safe Patient Handling

Department Specific Competencies

• Confirms order for cardiac teaching; provides appropriate cardiac teaching and materials and assists with ambulating as needed.

• Completes appropriate documentation of cardiac rehabilitation orientation of each patient and appropriately documents each session.
  
  

• Documents patient information in appropriate clinical format in Cardiac Rehab and completes in a timely manner, ie Medicare reports, patient charts.

• Interprets cardiac rhythms and provide appropriate intervention.

• Maintain certification in: Basic Cardiac Life Support , Advanced Cardiac Life Support and mandatory education to include fire/electrical safety, infection control, etc.
  
  

• Patient/Family Involvement - Provides cardiac education to support the patient and family understanding of CAD and recovery in order to reduce risk factors.

• Provides all services of Cardiac Rehabilitation Program to adult patients.

• Works with MD to provide for Cardiac Rehab, Physical Therapy, Dietary and/or Respiratory Therapy when needed.

• Leads, monitors, and supervises a wide range of individual and group and therapeutic exercise sessions appropriate to patients who represent the full range of risk strata.

• Patient Care: Phase II - Conducts initial interviews and organizes and monitors exercise therapy.

• Provides education and materials, including but not limited to, nutrition, exercise, stress, blood pressure, and other areas of self care.

• Participates in Emergency Management/Disaster planning safety exercises to ensure appropriate care and treatment is provided for our pediatric population during a disaster.

• Refers patient's for diabetics educator, dietitian, respiratory therapist, and other support groups as needed

Education

Experience

License / Certification Requirements

Compensation Range

$48.66 - $78.11 / Hour