Registered Nurse, RN Cath Lab - Per Diem at Tufts Medicine

Job Profile Summary

Tufts Medical Center is recognized by the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® for excellence in nursing. Magnet® recognition is the highest and most prestigious credential a health care organization can achieve for nursing excellence and quality patient care.

Magnet® recognition signals to nurses that the organization is committed to nursing.

The nurses at Tufts Medical Center are integral to everything we do. They are often the ones patients interact with first, and sometimes the ones they interact with the most.

It's a critically important role, so our nurses are well-supported, well-respected, and very well-appreciated!

There's an intensity and a pace to be embraced. You will have responsibility and accountability the minute you pull on the scrubs.

You need to be the kind of person who gives everything you've got. Our patients deserve the best. Our nurses give it to them.

In the Cath lab, our nurses work closely alongside physicians and Radiologic Technologists during cardiac and pulmonary interventional procedures.

Procedures range from diagnostic right heart catheterizations and coronary angiography to emergent PCIs and mechanical circulatory support (MCS).

During procedures nurses are responsible for the monitoring and care of the patient, circulating the procedure, and case documentation.

This includes monitoring vital signs and hemodynamic waveforms, administration of moderate sedation, maintaining any other medications such as vasopressors and anticoagulation, monitoring ACTs, and assisting device activation and maintenance of pacers and MCS.

It is an adult population, the hours range from 0700-1800, and there is an on call component overnights and weekends. Also, the requirement should be for BLS / ACLS (not just BLS)

Position / Job Title : Registered Nurse- Cath Lab

Home Department : Cath Lab

This role focuses on providing professional and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders.

In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Clinical Nurse duties : Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the care needs of a designated group of patients or provides nursing care and identified clinical support tasks within the scope of practice for achievement of the patient's plan of care as directed.

Provides professional nursing care to patients. Requires a nursing license. A professional individual contributor role that may direct the work of other lower level professionals or manage processes and programs.

The majority of time is spent overseeing the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs and policies using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education.

A senior level role that requires advanced knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.

Typically responsible for : managing projects / processes, working independently with limited supervision, coaching and reviewing the work of lower level professionals, resolving difficult and sometimes complex problems.

Job Overview

The professional registered nurse possesses and applies the skills and knowledge necessary for the delivery and management of patient care from admission through discharge.

The professional registered nurse is knowledgeable of current trends in healthcare including but not limited to advances in technology, pharmacology, treatment care modalities, quality and patient safety.

The professional registered nurse serves as a patient and family advocate while facilitating a cooperative and collaborative environment among all health care providers.

The professional registered nurse is responsible for the planning, delivery and management of patient / family centered care utilizing the nursing process and adhering to the standards of nursing practice embedded in research, evidence based practice and / or best practices.

The professional registered nurse at Tufts Medical Center provides clinical excellence, which fosters and supports an environment central to our patient and family centered model of care.

Job Description

Minimum Qualifications :

1. Registered Nurse (RN) license.

2. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Preferred Qualifications :

1. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

2. Specialty Nursing certifications.

Duties and Responsibilities : The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list.

Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.

1.Utilizes theoretical and evidence-based knowledge in partnering with patients and their families to assess, plan, implement and evaluate age appropriate care.

2. Assesses and collaborates with patient, family / significant others and other disciplines to : Identify expected outcomes based on synthesis of data and diagnosis;

and identify cultural needs (i. e. language, etc) to develop a care plan that enhances the health care experience.

• 3. Plans and develops : Individualized outcomes-based care plans incorporating the patient and family's readiness and barrier to learning;
• Orchestrates and validates a plan of care for each shift; Initiates interdisciplinary patient / family meetings to facilitate communication regarding the plan of care;
• Communicates and coordinates the patients discharge plan utilizing unit-based and community resources to ensure a seamless transition for the patient and their family;

Ensures the plan of care utilizes principles and concepts of project, organizational or systems management.

• 4. Implements : The plan in a safe and timely manner; Documents the implementation and any modifications, including changes or omissions, of the identified plan;
• Collaborates with nursing colleagues and others to implement the plan; Utilizes evidence-based interventions and treatments specific to the diagnosis or problem;
• Provides and coordinates health teaching which is required by individuals, families and groups to maintain an optimal level of health;

Documents per hospital and regulatory requirements / policies, all aspects of care, including but not limited to, treatments / procedures performed and patient response.

5. Evaluates : The effectiveness of the planned strategies in relation to patient responses and the attainment of expected outcomes and knowledge;

Uses the evaluation process to update the plan of care as dictated by the patient response and / or if desired outcomes have not been achieved.

6. Demonstrates and applies the skill and judgement necessary to implement the nursing plan of care, nursing interventions and procedures necessary for the care of the patient and family based upon critical thinking skills and a spirit of inquiry.

The plan of care is : Evidence based and utilizes research when appropriate; Incorporates new knowle