Clinical Nurse - Cath Lab

Tampa General Hospital; Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, FL, seeks a Clinical Nurse – Cath Lab to provide direct patient care in the cath lab setting under general supervision, following established policies and professional guidelines.

The role emphasizes ongoing assessments, planning care, coordinating with the care team, and discharge planning to ensure high-quality patient outcomes. Requires an Associate’s Degree in Nursing, Florida or Compact RN licensure, and BLS/ACLS/PALS credentials.

Qualifications

• Requires nursing licensure (Florida or compact) and an associate degree in nursing.
• Strong assessment, planning, and execution of patient care within a cath lab.
• Ability to communicate plans and progress with the healthcare team.

Responsibilities

• Assess and analyze patients' health status in the cath lab unit.
• Document assessments and plan of care; report significant findings.
• Initiate discharge planning with initial admission assessment.
• Direct and coordinate patient care activities to ensure quality outcomes.
• Communicate and document care plans, interventions, and patient responses.
• Provide patient education based on assessed needs and evaluate understanding.
• Demonstrate knowledge of diverse patient needs and safe care delivery.

Skills

Patient assessment

Care planning

Communication

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

RN licensure in Florida or Compact

Job description

Job Description - Clinical Nurse - Cath Lab (260002BE)

Job Description

Clinical Nurse - Cath Lab

Job Number:

260002BE

Description

Under general supervision, following established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines, delivers nursing care to patients. Plans and implements nursing care; documents nursing assessments; identifies and reports situations requiring further intervention; formulates and communicates goal-directed plan of care; assures patient rights. Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with the mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital and principles of quality improvement

Essential Functions

• Assesses and analyzes the health status of patients in assigned nursing unit in a comprehensive manner. Performs and/or assures completed assessments on all patients admitted within the designated time delineated in policy/unit standards.
• Performs on-going assessments and documents according to policy and procedure, reports significant findings of admission and on-going assessments to appropriate member of heath care team.
• Initiates discharge planning process with initial admission assessment.
• Plans patient care on assigned unit in collaboration with the patient, family, and health care team.
• Formulates individualized patient plan of care based on assessment data within the designated time delineated in policy/unit standards.
• Updates plan of care based on the patient assessment within appropriate time period.
• Directs, implements and coordinates patient care activities on assigned unit to ensure the delivery of quality care.
• Communicates the plan of care to other members of the healthcare team through daily worksheet conferences, verbally during the shift and shift report.
• Directs care team members in accordance with their scope of practice.
• Communicates and documents all patient care given including assessments, plan of care, interventions, patient response, and follow-up. Transcribes and directs the implementation of physician orders. Provides patient education based on assessed needs and evaluates understanding.
• Conducts ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes and documents effectiveness of planned and implemented interventions and strategies in relation to the plan of care within time frames per policy/unit standards. Includes patient and family in the evaluation process.
• Provides appropriate patient assessment and care specific to the needs of the patient populations served (e.g. age groups, patients of size; diagnosis-based).
• Demonstrates knowledge and awareness of the specific physical, psychosocial and developmental needs of patients as appropriate to the populations served.

Qualifications

Education

Associate's Degree Nursing

License/Registration

Registered Nurse- Issued by Florida or Compact State And/Or

Certification

Basic Life Support (BLS) through American Heart Association or American Red Cross

Work Experience and Additional Information

Unit specific certifications may be required. May include but not limited to:

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
• Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS)
• STROKE
• National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)