RN Cath Lab

Fairview Health Services; Edina (MN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairview Health Services is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Cath Lab at Southdale Hospital in Edina, MN. The RN will assess and deliver care during procedures involving cardiac and radiologic techniques. The position includes M-F scheduling, weekend calls, and a collaborative environment with a diverse healthcare team.

Benefits

Generous benefits package including medical, dental, and vision

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement benefits

PTO/vacation and Safe and Sick Time

Qualifications

• 1 year of RN Cath Lab or IR experience.
• Must be able to respond within 30 minutes when on-call.
• Experience with ICU or ER/ED preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs and develop individualized nursing plans.
• Deliver care during invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Conduct ongoing evaluations and document outcomes.

Skills

Patient assessment

Nursing interventions

Patient communication

BLS for healthcare providers

ACLS certification

Education

Minnesota RN License

BSN or enrolled in BSN completion program

Job description

Job Overview

Bring Your Possibilities to Fairview

At Fairview, we believe in the power of possibility — within ourselves, our teams, and thecommunities we serve. We believe that leadership isn’t just a title — it’s a mindset we allshare. Whether you’re providing hands-on care, innovating behind the scenes, orsupporting those who do, your work matters.

Join Our Team at Fairview! We're Hiring a Registered Nurse for the Cath Lab at Southdale Hospital in Edina, MN!

Fairview Southdale Hospital provides high-quality care to individuals in the southwest Twin Cities metro area. With over 40 specialty services, we bring together a team of experts to integrate advanced technology with compassionate, patient-centered care. Our collaborative approach ensures we meet the diverse needs of our patients and their families with respect and dedication.

About this unit:

• The Cath Lab serves adult populations to provide diagnostic procedures, invasive/intraoperative, electrophysiology procedures, and non-invasive techniques and modalities using ionizing radiation, with the use of contrast media.
• Perform over 2000 CV/EP procedures per year.
• Team members include RN’s, Radiologic Technologists, CV Technologists. Roles are circulator RN, x-ray tech, monitor tech and scrub tech.
• Staff wear hospital scrubs.
• Cath Lab department has 4 procedure rooms to serve both outpatients and inpatients.

To be successful, the Heart Cath RN needs to be able to:

• Assess patient needs and identifies encouraged nursing outcomes
• Develop an individualized nursing plan of care
• Implements nursing interventions based on plan of care
• Deliver care to patients undergoing invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including: cardiac and radiologic procedures
• Demonstrates ability to safely and accurately operate equipment
• Assists with Cath Lab/Interventional Radiology procedures
• Evaluates care and patients response to interventions and encouraged outcomes
• Uses communication strategies to achieve desirable outcomes

Schedule: This position is 72 hours per pay period, M-F, hours are typically 8:00-4:30pm. Call is required during the weekdays and weekends and need to be able to arrive at Hospital in Edina, MN within 30 minutes of being called in. Approximately 1 weekend every 4-5 weeks. Includes a holiday rotation schedule.

The Registered Nurse is responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of nursing care for all assigned patient population(s). The RN is responsible for performing these responsibilities in accordance with all policy, procedures, professional practice guidelines and the MN Nurse Practice Act. The RN coordinates care with members of the health care team and delegates responsibilities to others as appropriate

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient needs and identifies expected nursing outcomes.
• Involves the patient, family and other health team members in gathering data.
• Uses an ongoing, systematic process to gather relevant information (biological, psychological, spiritual and social aspects) from patient and family.
• Analyzes data and information to identify potential risks, prioritize needs and determine priority problems.
• Identifies outcomes that are age appropriate, culturally appropriate, realistic and attainable.
• Validates these with patient, family and other health team members.
• Documents data and identified outcomes.
• Develops an individualized nursing plan of care.
• Collaborates with patient, family and other health team members to develop a nursing plan as part of an integrated, comprehensive plan of care
• Develops an individualized plan based on age, social and cultural considerations, condition and other relevant needs.
• Determines nursing interventions based on identified needs.
• Identifies interdisciplinary resources needed to assist in implementing the nursing plan of care.
• Prioritizes interventions based on patient acuity, available resources, and patient/family preferences and needs.
• Documents and updates the plan of care to assure continuity throughout the continuum of care
• Implements nursing interventions based on the plan of care.
• Provides care according to the plan, and in accordance with all relevant policies, procedures and nursing practice guidelines.
• Coordinates nursing care with the care of all other health team members.
• Initiates age and culturally appropriate measures to support and meet patient needs while achieving expected outcomes.
• Initiates patient/family teaching as appropriate to age, readiness to learn and available resources.
• Collaborates, consults, or makes referrals if unable to perform safely and independently.
• Delegates direct and indirect patient care activities to appropriate personnel based on needs, condition, potential for risk/harm, complexity of the skill and predictability of the outcome.
• Assures all actions are based on scientific, ethical or ecological principles; proven effectiveness; past experience; practice standards; patient/family requests and values; or, legal parameters.
• Uses the full range of therapeutic modalities to support and augment the healing process, moving from least intensive and invasive to more, depending on need and context.
• Documents interventions according to practice guidelines.
• Anticipates, recognizes and responds to emergent situations.

Required Qualifications:

• 1 year of RN Cath Lab or IR experience.
• Minnesota RN License
• BLS for healthcare providers
• ACLS (required upon hire or completed before end of orientation)
• Must be able to respond to the hospital within 30 minutes of receiving a page or stay within this range when on-call.

Preferred qualifications:

• BSN, or enrolled in a BSN completion program
• 2-3 years of ICU (experience with hemodynamic monitoring, advanced airways, vents, critical care drips, iv pressers, and ACLS related drugs) or ER/ED RN work experience

Benefit Overview

Fairview offers a generous benefits package, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, PTO/vacation and Safe and Sick Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement and more! Please follow this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/benefits/tcmnarn

Compensation Disclaimer

The posted compensation range corresponds to the minimum and maximum pay rates outlined in your union agreement for the respective job classifications at the time of job posting. An individual's pay rate within this range may be influenced by various factors, including FTE, skills, knowledge, educational background, and qualifying experience as specified in the contract. If your role is eligible for a sign-on bonus, the bonus program that is approved and in place at the time of offer, is what will be honored.

EEO Statement

EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status