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SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital Midwest in the United States seeks a Cardiac Cath Lab RN to plan, coordinate and implement care for adult patients in the Cath Lab, ensuring quality and safety in line with unit standards.
The role requires 1 year of nursing experience (Cath Lab/ICU/ED preferred), readiness for a 30-minute call, and active BLS HCP, RN licensure, ALS and PALS per state requirements. Day shift, 40 hours per week.
Worker Type:Regular
Job Summary: Plans coordinates and implements care to the adult patient in the Cardiac Cath Lab. Ensures that quality care is provided in an efficient and safe manner consistent with the unit‘s standards of care and demonstrates competency skills appropriate to the clinical area.
Performs on the Cath Lab procedure team as circulator, scrub, or monitor. Performs in holding by ensuring patient is correctly prepped for the procedure. Ensures needed information, such as history and physical (H&P), is timely. Utilizes critical judgment to analyze patient assessment and administers medications on all patients, including the critically ill patient and reports abnormal information to the physician in a timely manner. Performs hemostasis safely and properly with or without vascular devices. Routinely enters patient orders and charges. Checks charges to ensure accuracy. Provides care of the critically ill patient with the ability to function independently in a stressful situation. Routinely educates patients and families based on assessed needs, documents education provided, and keeps them informed of tests and treatments. Provides clear patient instruction on what to expect during the perioperative procedure. Assists families to the cardiology area or Cath lab area by escorting when necessary. May perform point of care testing according to policies and procedures. Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. Performs other duties as assigned.
Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
Must have 1 year of nursing experience - cath lab, ICU or ED experience preferred. Must be able to respond to a 30 minute or less call time.
Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication. Constant standing and walking. Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs. Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry. Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors. Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. Occasional lifting/moving of patients. Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements. Occasional driving. Rare crawling and running.
State of Work Location: Illinois
State of Work Location: Missouri
State of Work Location: Oklahoma
State of Work Location: Wisconsin
Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America)
Job Type: Employee
Department: 3001000087 CARDIO-CATH LAB 6106
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40