Registered Nurse Cath Lab

Medical City Healthcare; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Plan with match

Tuition assistance

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Medical City Plano seeks a Registered Nurse for the Cath Lab to deliver goal-directed nursing care for adults undergoing invasive cardiovascular procedures. You will coordinate care autonomously using evidence-based practices in a fast-paced lab.

The role requires Texas RN licensure, BLS, and at least 1 year Cath Lab experience, with BSN preferred. Comprehensive benefits and opportunities for professional growth are offered in a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an Accredited school of nursing.
• TX State RN license or compact license required.
• BLS certification required by AHA or Red Cross.
• National specialty certification preferred.
• Minimum 1 year RN Cath Lab experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care for adults undergoing invasive, diagnostic, and interventional procedures.
• Maintain a safe, therapeutic cardiovascular invasive lab environment.
• Perform pre-, intra-, and post-procedure nursing care.
• Monitor hemodynamics and EKG; interpret data.
• Administer sedation analgesia and monitor responses.
• Manage high-risk IV therapies and patient education.

Skills

Basic computer knowledge

Education

Associate's Degree

BSN/MSN preferred

Job description

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized.

Registered Nurse Cath Lab

The Registered Staff Nurse is responsible for planning and providing individual goal directed nursing care that promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the individual, family and community. The nurse possesses knowledge of the principles of growth and development and the particular skills necessary to provide optimum patient care to the population for which he or she is employed. The Cardiac Cath RN is accountable for their practice and care coordination and with emphasis on the adult patient receiving invasive, diagnostic, and interventional procedures. The RN is expected to practice autonomously utilizing evidence based practices.

What You Will Do In This Role

• Perform direct patient care within the scope of the Registered Nurse Practice Act, with emphasis on the adult patient receiving invasive, diagnostic, and interventional procedures
• Promote and maintain a safe and therapeutic cardiovascular invasive lab environment.
• Provide high quality care -pre, post, and during procedures
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the nursing process.
• Hemodynamic and EKG monitoring including interpretation of information obtained
• Administration of Sedation Analgesia and monitoring patients response
• Management of high-risk intravenous therapies.
• Provide emotional support of the patient and significant others to make informed choices regarding health care.
• Use therapeutic communication in daily practice.
• Delegate tasks to the appropriate personnel
• Basic knowledge of purpose CVI supplies while assisting in Inventory control and ordering
• Basic computer knowledge
• Participate in Cardiovascular Department specific initiatives and process improvement.
• Promote a supportive environment.

What qualifications you will need

• Graduate of an Accredited school of nursing
• Associate's Degree required, BSN/MSN preferred
• TX State RN license or compact licensed required
• BLS required issued by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• National specialty certification preferred
• Must have at least 1 year recent RN Cath Lab Experience

Benefits

• 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

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Medical City Plano opened in 1975 and provides Plano and Collin County with advanced health care. Medical City Plano is a 600+ bed acute care hospital. We have more than 2,000 employees and over 1,400 physicians on staff. Our main campus in Plano has a cancer treatment center and cardiovascular programs. We have The Bariatric Surgery Institute, a Wound Care Center and inpatient rehabilitation. We also offer complete women's and children's services. This includes a high-risk antepartum unit and a Level 3 neonatal intensive-care unit. We were the first hospital in Dallas, Collin or Denton counties to be named a Comprehensive Stroke Center by the Texas Department of State Health Services. Medical City Plano was the first Level I Trauma Center in Collin County and The Burn & Reconstructive Center of Texas was the first burn center in Collin County. As a part of the Medical City network of hospitals and specialists, patients are ensured access to leading medical experts and advanced healthcare innovations.

“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

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.