Cath Lab RN
About The Position
As a Registered Nurse, provide compassionate, high-quality, individualized care and support patients’ well-being and recovery. Conduct assessments, perform skilled procedures, and implement patient care plans while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal outcomes. The role requires sound assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment. The position includes admission and ongoing assessment; planning, implementing, and evaluating individualized care; preparing patients for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies; communicating patient changes to the appropriate clinical staff; following patient-safety and medication-safety practices; and providing accurate shift reports to support continuity of care.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
- One year of RN experience upon hire, or meet the stated experience requirements upon hire.
- Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations, or meet the stated experience requirements upon hire.
- Texas Registered Nurse license upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR) within 14 days.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 6 months.
Responsibilities
- Conduct admission and ongoing assessments of patients’ conditions and provide nursing care for their physical, psychological, and spiritual needs.
- Notify the doctor of assessment changes requiring attention.
- Design, direct, evaluate, and document the plan of care, patient and family teaching, and safe transition and discharge plans.
- Coordinate with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized care and discharge needs, and establish individualized plans of care and daily goals.
- Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies.
- Report significant changes in patient condition to the Charge Nurse/Team Leader and/or physician.
- Implement patient-safety initiatives and protocols, including medication-safety practices, physician orders, and consult notifications.
- Reassess patients at appropriate intervals after interventions, notify the physician as necessary, and adjust care to meet changing needs.
- Give and receive bedside shift reports, including family participation, and provide accurate, comprehensive reports to the oncoming shift.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
