Cardiac Rehabilitation Assistant Jobs (NOW HIRING)

At Insight Hospital and Medical Center- Chicago, we believe there is a better way to provide quality healthcare while achieving health equity. Our Chicago location looks forward to working closely with our neighbors and residents, to build a full-service community hospital in the Bronzeville area of Chicago; creating a comprehensive plan to increase services and meet community needs. With a growing team that is dedicated to delivering world-class service to everyone we meet, it is our mission to deliver the most compassionate, loving, expert, and impactful care in the world to our patients. Be a part of the Insight Chicago team that provides patient care second to none! If you would like to be a part of our future team, please apply now!

Under minimal supervision, the RN, Level III Nurse is responsible for coordinating the activities of patients in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation, pulmonary rehabilitation, and employee fitness programs. The RN, Level III Nurse will also be responsible for evaluating, educating, and referring inpatients to the outpatient programs. The coordinator of the cardiac rehabilitation program will oversee the activities of the RN, Level III Nurse. These duties are to be performed in a highly confidential manner, following the mission, values, and behaviors of Insight Hospital and Medical Center. Employees are further expected to provide a high quality of care, service, and kindness toward all patients, staff, physicians, volunteers, and guests.

Job Responsibilities:

• Accountable to the Director of the Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Wellness Program and the Coordinator of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program.
• Recruits and schedules new patients, and assists with orientating the patients to all phases of the cardiopulmonary programs.
• Performs all duties of a cardiopulmonary nurse such as family/patient education risk factor identification, monitoring exercise sessions, phase one education and evaluations, dietary counseling, and smoking cessation.
• Documents patient's responses to these cardiopulmonary nurse duties in the patient's chart.
• Reports patient's progress/problems to the appropriate physician.
• Maintains an adequate inventory of supplies for the department.
• Serves as a role model of cardiovascular health.
• Performs heart scans and fitness testing for the community and public service agencies.
• Recognizes and appropriately acts upon electrocardiographic signs of dysrhythmias, ischemic and injury patterns, and evolving patterns of infarction, and reports this information to the appropriate personnel.
• Responsible for knowing how to operate emergency equipment, and having it immediately available during exercise sessions.
• Meets with the medical director to review and discuss the patient's progress and patient exercise prescription, and to discuss any patient concerns or problems.
• Functions as a liaison with physicians.
• Maintains knowledge of current advances, techniques, and procedures in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation.
• Assist in continuous quality improvement completing necessary audits and providing findings to the Director.
• Assists in the pulmonary rehabilitation program and the employee fitness program.
• Alteration of schedule or work assignments may occur in response to the workload and/or staffing situations.
• Provides for patient safety; monitors equipment and notifies the appropriate person of all broken or unsafe equipment.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing preferred.
• A current RN License in the State of Illinois is required.
• CCU or telemetry experience or 1 – 3 years of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation experience preferred.
• Must have ECG (Electrocardiogram) monitoring experience required.
• Current CPR and ACLS certification is required.
• Knowledge of basic EKGs and arrhythmia interpretation is required.
• Knowledge of emergency equipment use is required.
• Familiarity with exercise equipment is required.
• Excellent communication skills are required.
• Able to identify cardiac arrhythmias and be able to intervene when necessary required.
• Ability to function in a stressful environment required.

Insight Employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of employment, subject to accommodation for medical or sincerely held religious beliefs. Insight is an equal-opportunity employer and values workplace diversity!