Baptist Health Princeton Hospital

Heart and Vascular Care

If you or someone with you is experiencing any symptoms of a heart attack, call 911 immediately or go directly to the nearest emergency room.

The heart care experts at Baptist Health focus on preventing, diagnosing and treating disorders of the heart and circulatory system that can lead to heart attack, stroke and other serious conditions. Our multidisciplinary specialists provide the latest in diagnostic imaging and treatment options designed around the needs of our patients and their families. We follow a collaborative approach to care, where board-certified doctors, surgeons, nurses and clinicians provide personalized and compassionate care and support — partnering with the patient and their loved ones to help promote healing and recovery. We understand the importance of communication and giving you a voice in your care plan.

Our expert team of cardiac specialists, combined with state-of-the-art facilities and advanced technology, are why so many choose us to care for their hearts.

Our Heart and Vascular Services and Specialties

We offer complete care — from wellness services, imaging and rehabilitation to minor and complex surgery. You can find all the care you need at the Baptist Health. We offer the following specialties:

• Adult ECMO services
• Cardiology: stress testing, EKG
• Cardiovascular catheterization
• Certified Chest Pain Centers
• Coronary angioplasty
• Coronary/peripheral intervention
• Echocardiology, TEE, stress echo
• Electrophysiology services
• Neuroangiography biplane system
• Open-heart surgery
• Peripheral vascular diagnostic intervention and surgery
• Structural heart services and procedures
• Valve clinic
• Vein center

Position Summary 

Administers patient care in an area in a hospital or inpatient setting where patients have an advanced illness or injury that routinely requires timely, intense, and complex care to stabilize and support the patient’s medical condition. These areas require a lower caregiver-to-patient ratio and highly trained team members with advanced skills. 

Essential Functions 

• Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance.  

• Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions.  

• Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient focused action.    

• Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays, such as intracranial pressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc.  

• Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol.  

• Observes, monitors, and assesses patients’ condition, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations and calls Physician or takes preplanned emergency measures when Physician is not immediately available.  

• Assesses patient’s needs and develops/revises an individualized plan of care based on patient needs and responses. Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attaining expected outcomes.  

• Functions as a patient and family advocate.  

• Demonstrates advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit/ department.  

• Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/ or nurse clinician.  

• Communicates and collaborates with medical staff and interdisciplinary team to effectively plan and manage the unit/department.  

• Serves as a role model for staff and supports the hospital and nursing department’s goals and strategies.  

• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses the data reflective of the patient’s status, and interprets the necessary information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age specific needs.  

• Coordinates the care and delegates as appropriate to other team members on a defined group of patients.  

• Documents patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner meeting all required and regulatory standards. This includes but is not limited to patient assessment, education, medication administration, treatments, and patient safety.  

• Demonstrates competency in nursing skills and use of patient care/unit equipment as defined by unit/department-specific requisite skills.  

• Prioritizes patient care in an ongoing manner in accordance with Evidence-Based Practice Standards of Care.  

• Practices effective problem identification and resolution.  

• Delegates tasks and duties to healthcare team members in accordance with the patient’s needs and the team member’s capabilities and qualifications.  

• Communicates appropriate information regarding patient condition or unit concerns to other health care team members.  

• Demonstrates caring practices by providing a compassionate and therapeutic environment for patients and their families.  

• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues and patients’ rights. 

Education/Training  

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing. Meets all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Baptist Health unit/department. 

Licensure/Certification  

• Maintains current State of Alabama RN license or valid eNLC multistate RN license  

• Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification.  

• ACLS, NRP, PALS, TNCC are required for certain areas. NRP required for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). 

Experience  

• 1 year experience required unless approved by AVP level or above; New Graduate RNs may be considered.