RN Cath EP KH

Job Summary

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

Clinical Skills:

• Completes Cath Lab/EP competencies
• Provides intraprocedural care to stable and unstable Cath/PCI/EP patients
• Able to use critical thinking skills
• Able to deliver patient care in complex, multiple problem patient care situations
• Administers conscious sedation per system policy and procedure
• Performs required pre-procedure preparation and safety checks
• Demonstrates and understands sterile technique
• Demonstrates IV administration competence and maintenance
• Performs hemodynamic monitoring and procedural documentation

Job Responsibilities:

• Must be flexible with hours to meet department needs
• Able to work scheduled and On-Call hours if necessary
• Knows existing lines of communication and authority, handles communications properly and is dependable, cooperative and emotionally stable
• Introduces self to patient and/or guardian utilizing proper scripting
• Transports patients as needed
• Provides privacy and comfort for patient/customers
• Assists with maintenance of departmental records, Joint Commission standards, State and Federal Regulations and Performance Improvement
• Completes necessary paperwork
• Answers department phone using proper scripting
• Completes chart reviews as needed
• Performs QA/QC functions as needed
• Maintains current successful completion of BLS and ACLS
• Understands Scope of Service for Cath Lab / EP Lab
• Assists in in-service/training for other Cath Lab / EP Lab staff as appropriate
• Recognizes that total patient care starts when the patient arrives at our facility and ends when the physician/patient has the imaging results
• Meets Service Recovery and Customer Service Guidelines as needed
• Maintains checking the crash cart and procedure rooms

Quality and Patient Safety:

• Verifies patient ID using 2 patient identifiers, i.e. Armband, DOB, verbal identification
• Verifies front of patient chart for same/similar name sticker
• Verifies Written Order, seeks clarification if unclear
• Understands and complies with verbal order RBAC and performs necessary follow-up with written order
• Completes preprocedural verification/time out
• Understands and complies with site/side marking when indicated

Patient Education:

• Responsible for patient, family/support system education
• Provides post procedural home care instructions as needed

Required Minimum Education:

Graduate of an accredited/approved School of Nursing

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

• RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
• BLS - Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor

Required Minimum Experience:

1 year ICU/CCU/ER or previous Cath Lab/EP Lab experience Preferred

Required Minimum Skills:

The individual must be able to communicate and understand verbal and written English language and display a positive attitude.

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