Cardiac Nurse Clinician NEX

Akron Children's; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 41,000 - 63,000; Part time

Job summary

Akron Children's is seeking a Part-Time Nurse Clinician to coordinate and deliver nursing care for patients across invasive cardiovascular procedures. Requires BSN, RN licensure, PALS/ACLS, OR nursing experience, and two years pediatric cardiovascular nursing experience preferred.

This role involves pre-procedure assessments, scrubbing/circulating in OR and Cath Lab, and on-call duties. Join a dedicated Heart Center team focused on high-quality care, data maintenance, teaching, and program

Qualifications

• BSN is required for this role
• MSN is preferred
• RN licensure is required
• PALS, BLS, and ACLS certifications are required
• OR nursing experience is required
• Two years pediatric cardiovascular nursing experience is preferred

Responsibilities

• Delivers high-quality care to patients and families using the nursing process and coordinating with the cardiac clinical team.
• Gains advanced knowledge of cardiac anatomy/physiology related to cardio-thoracic surgery, interventional cath, electrophysiology, and pacemaker/defibrillator procedures.
• Performs pre-procedure assessment for outpatients and serves in scrub and circulating roles in the OR and Cath Lab.
• Participates in on-call duties shared among Nurse Clinicians.
• Supports other Heart Center areas, participates in research, maintains databases, and assists in teaching/program development.
• Performs other duties as required.

Skills

Pediatric cardiovascular nursing

Nursing coordination

Scrub nurse

Circulating nurse

Pre-procedure assessment

Education

BSN

MSN

RN licensure

PALS

BLS

ACLS

Tools

Epic EMR

MS Office

Job description

Part Time Days

32 hours/week

Summary:

Assumes accountability and overarching responsibility for the coordination and delivery of nursing care for patients across the continuum of invasive cardiovascular procedures.

Responsibilities:

1. Delivers excellent quality care to the patients and families through the nursing process and anticipating the patients, families, physicians and other members of the cardiac clinical team.
2. Develops advanced level of knowledge of cardiac anatomy and physiology in relation to cardio-thoracic surgery, diagnostic cardiac catheterization, interventional cardiac catheterization as well as electrophysiology study, ablation and pacemaker/defibrillator insertion.
3. Provides pre-procedure assessment for outpatients scheduled in the Cath Lab and serve in the scrubbing and circulating role in both the cardiac OR and Cath Lab.
4. Takes call that is shared equally among the other department Nurse Clinicians.
5. Additional responsibilities include assisting in other clinical areas within the Heart Center, research and maintaining databases, teaching, program development and other administrative functions in order to further the mission and vision of the Heart Center.
6. Other duties as required.

Other information:

Technical Expertise

1. Proficiency with equipment and supplies used in cardiac invasive procedures is required.
2. Experience working with all levels within an organization is preferred.
3. Experience in healthcare is preferred.
4. Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required. Epic EMR experience preferred.

Education and Experience

1. Education: BSN required. MSN preferred.
2. Certification: Registered Nurse licensure. Pediatric Advanced Life Support provider required. Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support provider required.
3. OR Nursing experience required.
4. Years of experience: Two (2) years pediatric cardiovascular nursing experience preferred.
5. Years of experience supervising: None

Part Time

FTE: 0.800000

Status: Onsite