Neuro EP Lab RN: Impactful Diagnostics & Patient Care

HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital; Florida; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The RN in the Neuro EP Lab at HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital provides specialized nursing care to patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic neurophysiology procedures. You will collaborate with neurologists, neurosurgeons, neurodiagnostic technologists, and anesthesia staff to ensure safe, high-quality care before, during, and after procedures.

Responsibilities include assessing patients, reviewing history and labs, obtaining informed consent, monitoring vital signs, administering

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN) with Neuro EP Lab experience or related neurology procedures.
• Ability to educate patients and families and obtain informed consent.
• Experience monitoring neurological status and vital signs during procedures.
• Familiarity with EP lab equipment and interventional procedures is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments before neurological procedures.
• Review patient history, medications, allergies, and laboratory results.
• Educate patients and families about planned procedures and obtain/document informed consent as appropriate.
• Monitor neurological status, cardiac rhythm, oxygenation, and vital signs throughout procedures.
• Administer medications, including moderate sedation when permitted by institutional policy and certification.
• Recognize and respond to neurological or cardiopulmonary emergencies, including seizures and changes in neurologic status.
• Assist physicians and neurodiagnostic technologists during diagnostic and interventional procedures.
• Maintain sterile technique and infection prevention standards when applicable.
• Document assessments, interventions, medications, and patient responses accurately in the electronic medical record.
• Coordinate patient recovery, discharge instructions, and communication with inpatient units or outpatient providers.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and maintain compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.

Skills

Neuro EP Lab experience

Patient assessment

Informed consent

Vital signs monitoring

Medication administration

Emergency response

Job description

As a RN EP Lab, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Job Summary And Qualifications

The Registered Nurse in the Neuro EP Lab provides specialized nursing care to patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic neurophysiology procedures. The RN collaborates with neurologists, neurosurgeons, neurodiagnostic technologists, and anesthesia staff to ensure safe, high-quality patient care before, during, and after procedures. Responsibilities may include care of patients undergoing EEG monitoring, evoked potential testing, epilepsy monitoring, intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring, and other advanced neurological procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments before neurological procedures.
• Review patient history, medications, allergies, and laboratory results.
• Educate patients and families about planned procedures and obtain/document informed consent as appropriate.
• Monitor neurological status, cardiac rhythm, oxygenation, and vital signs throughout procedures.
• Administer medications, including moderate sedation when permitted by institutional policy and certification.
• Recognize and respond to neurological or cardiopulmonary emergencies, including seizures and changes in neurologic status.
• Assist physicians and neurodiagnostic technologists during diagnostic and interventional procedures.
• Maintain sterile technique and infection prevention standards when applicable.
• Document assessments, interventions, medications, and patient responses accurately in the electronic medical record.
• Coordinate patient recovery, discharge instructions, and communication with inpatient units or outpatient providers.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and maintain compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards.
  
  

Benefits

EP Lab or Cath Lab experience required

HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
  
  

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

HCA Healthcare

HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital is a 380-bed acute-care hospital. Offering a full range of services. We are home to the most experienced Heart Institute on the Treasure Coast. Lawnwood Hospital provides interventional and therapeutic care, including open-heart surgery. Other hospital services include labor/delivery, pediatrics, orthopedics, oncology, nuclear medicine, adult and pediatric emergency services, and diagnostic services. We also offer inpatient, and outpatient surgical services.

Lawnwood Hospital is a designated Certified Primary Stroke Center. The Physical Rehabilitation Center is CARF accredited. We are a Level II Trauma Center. We are verified by the American College of Surgeons. We offer a freestanding ER in Vero Beach. We provide emergency treatment for adults and children. We also offer the area’s only Level III Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units. At HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital patients come first – no matter what! We invite you to work in a fast-paced environment while enjoying a vibrant, laid-back quality of life.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our RN EP Lab opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing, apply today!

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