Registered Nurse Cath Lab

HCA Healthcare; McAllen (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

401(k) match

Education assistance

Employee stock plan

Job summary

HCA Healthcare's Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, TX is hiring a Registered Nurse for the Cardiac Cath Lab. You will provide patient-centered care, scrub for diagnostic/interventional procedures, and collaborate with physicians and the care team.

This role requires RN licensure and BLS/ACLS within specified timeframes, along with NIH Stroke Scale certification. We offer a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification within 6 months of employment.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 30 days of employment start date.
• NIH Stroke Scale certification within 30 days of employment start date.
• RN licensure as a Registered Nurse.
• Bachelor's Degree or Associate Degree required.

Responsibilities

• May perform scrubbing duties for diagnostic/interventional cardiology and radiology procedures.
• Assesses and reassesses the patient to gather data relevant to the patient’s individual, age specific needs, and disease process.
• Provides age specific patient care according to the assessment data, departmental policies and procedures and physician orders.
• Evaluates the patient’s response to interventions.
• Documents assessment data, patient care, interventions, and evaluations in the medical record.
• Documents drug procedure and equipment data required for generating patient billing information and for departmental inventory control.
• Participates in multidisciplinary discharge planning.
• Ensures a safe environment for the patient.
• Participates in teaching the patient and family.
• Quality assurance and Core Measures for Cath Lab.
• Completes continuing education and in-service training in order to maintain current knowledge or skills to perform job responsibilities.

Skills

ACLS

BLS

NIH Stroke Scale

Education

RN - Registered Nurse

Bachelor's Degree or Associate Degree

Job description

As the nation’s largest private employer of Registered Nurses, we’re honored by the trust of over 100,000 nurses and committed to supporting safe, high-quality care for which they can practice. That’s why more than 80% of our hospitals earn an A or B Leapfrog safety grade, rank in the top 5% nationally for patient outcomes through Health Grades, or are recognized as Magnet or Pathway to Excellence facilities. Join us!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Registered Nurse Cardiac Cath 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.

What you will do in this role:

• May perform scrubbing duties for diagnostic/interventional cardiology and radiology procedures.

• Assesses and reassesses the patient to gather data relevant to the patient’s individual, age specific needs, and disease process.

• Provides age specific patient care according to the assessment data, departmental policies and procedures and physician orders.

• Evaluates the patient’s response to interventions.

• Documents assessment data, patient care, interventions, and evaluations in the medical record.

• Documents drug procedure and equipment data required for generating patient billing information and for departmental inventory control.

• Participates in multidisciplinary discharge planning.

• Ensures a safe environment for the patient.

• Participates in teaching the patient and family.

• Quality assurance and Core Measures for Cath Lab.

• Completes continuing education and in-service training in order to maintain current knowledge or skills to perform job responsibilities.

• Category I exposure are tasks that involve exposure to blood and body fluids. Therefore, personal protective equipment is required.

What qualifications you will need:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Spt must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date

• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

• NIH Stroke Scale must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date

• (RN) Registered Nurse

• Bachelors Degree, or Associate Degree

Benefits

Rio Grande Regional 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 (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

\"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it.\"- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

Rio Grande Regional Hospital (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/rio-grande-regional-hospital) in McAllen, Texas has been serving the Rio Grande Valley for more than 30 years. Our full service hospital has 320+ beds and a team of more than 500 physicians representing 35+ specialties. Rio Grande Regional Hospital offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services. Our Emergency Room is a Level III Trauma Center and we have extended our ER services into the Rio Grande Valley with our three remote ERs in McAllen/Mission, Edinburg, and San Juan. Our Women’s Services include L&D and a 30+ bed NICU. We also have an entire children’s hospital within our main facility to care for the children in our community. We work with Texas Transplant Institute, which serves local patients in need of organ, tissue or stem cell transplants . Our proven track record of serving the medical needs of the Valley communities we serve has led to Rio Grande Regional Hospital being recognized for patient safety and clinical excellence time and time again.

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.

Be a part of an organization that leverages our size to make a real impact in our industry! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Registered Nurse Cath Lab opening.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.