Registered Nurse - High-Risk Cardiology
Valley Park, Missouri
Position Overview: This role involves providing direct patient care in a high-risk Cardiology PCU, focusing on cardiac illnesses such as CAD, HTN, arrhythmias, heart failure, and valve disease.
Posted Sep 25 · New grads welcomed
- Unit and setting
- high-risk Cardiology PCU cardiac illnesses such as CAD, HTN, arrhythmias, heart failure, and valve disease
- License
- RN license Licenses & Certifications: Valid RN license, BLS, ACLS, and extensive EKG certifications preferred.Valid RN license
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed Experience: No prior experience required; less than 2 years preferred for advanced roles.
- Education
- Nursing Diploma or Associate’s Degree Education: Nursing Diploma or Associate’s Degree required; Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
Preferred
- License
- Valid RN license Licenses & Certifications: Valid RN license, BLS, ACLS, and extensive EKG certifications preferred.
- Certification
- BLS
- Certification
- ACLS
- Certification
- extensive EKG certifications
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Experience
- less than 2 years for advanced roles
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
Benefits
- Benefitsrelocation assistance
- Benefitsretirement plans
- Benefitsflexible scheduling
- Benefitscomprehensive health coverage
- Benefitscareer ladder, leadership, and development programs
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care within established standards Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care within established standards.
- Day to day
- Educate patients and families on disease management, post-treatment care, and medication administration Educate patients and families on disease management, post-treatment care, and medication administration.
- Day to day
- Promote patient safety, quality, and regulatory compliance, participating in professional development Promote patient safety, quality, and regulatory compliance, participating in professional development.
- Day to day
- Develop individualized care plans collaboratively with the healthcare team and patients Develop individualized care plans collaboratively with the healthcare team and patients.
- Day to day
- Use critical nursing skills to evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs, considering patient preferences and barriers Use critical nursing skills to evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs, considering patient preferences and barriers.
- Day to day
- Maintain communication across care continuum and ensure a safe working environment Maintain communication across care continuum and ensure a safe working environment, as the position is safety-sensitive.
- Details
- safety-sensitive position
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
Cardiac has an opening for new graduates. This employer welcomes new graduates for this role. See the posting’s qualifications and orientation details.
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Position Overview
This role involves providing direct patient care in a high-risk Cardiology PCU, focusing on cardiac illnesses such as CAD, HTN, arrhythmias, heart failure, and valve disease.
Key Responsibilities
Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care within established standards. Educate patients and families on disease management, post-treatment care, and medication administration. Promote patient safety, quality, and regulatory compliance, participating in professional development. Develop individualized care plans collaboratively with the healthcare team and patients. Use critical nursing skills to evaluate physical, psychosocial, and emotional needs, considering patient preferences and barriers. Maintain communication across care continuum and ensure a safe working environment, as the position is safety-sensitive.
Qualifications & Skills
Education
Nursing Diploma or Associate’s Degree required; Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
Licenses & Certifications
Valid RN license, BLS, ACLS, and extensive EKG certifications preferred.
Experience
No prior experience required; less than 2 years preferred for advanced roles.
Additional Details: Opportunities for professional growth via a career ladder, leadership, and development programs, with benefits including relocation assistance, retirement plans, flexible scheduling, and comprehensive health coverage.
What's around it?
Valley Park, MO
Living costs about 9% below the US average