RN-Cardiac Cath Lab

Overview

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Promotes and restores patients' cardiovascular health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and the multidisciplinary team while providing physical and psychological support in a holistic manner to patients and their families.

Maintains a practice environment that reflects the ANA Code for Nurses. Performs various roles in the Cardiology Service Line and Catheterization Lab settings safely and sufficiently including but not limited to;

Primary Circulating, Secondary Circulating and Monitoring.

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Responsibilities

Direct Patient Care

• Maintains knowledge of effectively caring for a patient under moderate conscious sedation.
• Possesses / exhibits strong EKG rhythm interpretation skills.
• Provides leadership in emergent situations.
• Establishes a climate of mutual respect and trust with patients and families.
• Maintains an assertive yet supportive manner when functioning with physicians in the procedural setting.
• Follows departmental and hospital infection control policies.
• Documents patient status and care given while the patient is in the Cardiovascular and Radiology Departments.
• Purposefully conducts all aspects of the job in an ethical manner.

Patient Education and Support

• Provides pre-, intra- and / or post-procedure education for diagnostic and interventional procedures.
• Instructs patients and / or families regarding examination, procedure, treatment, discharge and outcomes and allows time for questions.
• Utilizes visual / teaching aids as needed.
• Provides teach-back / return demonstrations when appropriate.
• Encourages family participation.
• Verbalizes where to find interpreter services.

Safety and Equipment Knowledge

• Understands and adheres to all safety practices (ALARA) while performing duties to minimize any risk of injury and / or exposure to unnecessary ionizing radiation.
• Maintains knowledge of patient equipment and therapeutic modalities utilized in the Catheterization Lab.
• Conducts and participates in procedural Time Outs and proper patient identification.
• Assesses the need for additional safety measures.

Departmental Support

• Performs and provides nursing support in various roles within the Cardiology Service Line to include but not limited to the Cath Lab and Radiology Departments.
• Makes independent decisions based on the knowledge of departmental functions, policies and procedures.
• Promotes the development, preparation, implementation and attainment of departmental goals, policies and projects.
• Communicates with the department supervisors as necessary when problems or unusual circumstances arise and documents as necessary.
• Provides on-call emergency coverage (as defined by departmental policy) for Cardiovascular procedures.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

Identify items that are minimally required to perform the essential functions of this position.

Preferred or Specialized

Not required to perform the essential functions of the position.

Education :

Graduate of accredited nursing program (Must obtain BSN within 5 years of hire)

Bachelor of Science (BSN) degree in Nursing

Experience :

At least 1 year of experience in Critical Care setting

• Previous Cath Lab experience
• EPIC EMR system experience
• Apollo Documentation knowledge

License(s) / Certification(s) :

• Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in Iowa.
• Must possess and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or within three (3) months from date of hire.
• ACLS certified within 1 year

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities :

• Organizational
• Verbal
• Interpersonal / Communication Skills
• Customer Relations
• Mathematical
• Grammar / Spelling
• Comprehend written instruction
• Follow verbal instruction
• Basic computer skills
• Analytical
• Clerical

Other :

• Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.
• Area of Interest : Nursing;
• FTE / Hours per pay period : .90;
• Department : Cardiac Cath Lab;
• Shift : (4) 9 hour shifts : 6 : 45 am - 4 : 15 pm, for 72 hours per pay period. This position does take call 50% of the month.
• You must be back to the unit within 30 minutes of call.;
• Job ID : 152684;
2 days ago