Device Registered Nurse - Heart Rhythm Center

St. Luke's Health System•Meridian, ID

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

At St. Luke’s, our patients come from all walks of life and so do we! We strive to foster an environment that embraces our employees' unique strengths, experiences, and perspectives which drives our exceptional, patient-centered care. We're hiring a Device Registered Nurse at SL Heart Rhythm Center in Meridian. St. Luke’s Heart Rhythm Center is a service of St. Luke’s Clinic – Idaho Cardiology Associates. The clinic offers a wide range of services and are committed to providing expert care and treatment of heart arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation. The team specializes in electro-physiology and nuclear cardiology.

Requirements

Nursing Degree
1 years’ experience
Current RN licensure from the State of Practice
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider Certified through American Safety and Health Institute, American Heart Association, or American Red Cross.

Nice To Haves

1+ years of experience in telemetry, general cardiology, or critical care
ECG, arrhythmia/dysrhythmia knowledge
Effective communicator and excellent critical thinking skills needed

Responsibilities

Provide thorough, competent interrogations and reprogramming of cardiac devices implanted in patients, including, but not limited to Pacemakers, Implantable Loop Recorders, and Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators.
Enroll patients in Device Management Systems and complete device interrogations in outpatient settings as well as for remotely monitored patients.
Triage patients for remote alert notifications.
Perform telephone triage for cardiac patients and device question phone calls.
Assist the cardiologists in managing device recalls and alerts.
Act as a liaison with cardiac device company representatives regarding device upgrades, recalls and alerts.
Accurately identify malfunctions, alerts, and sub-optimal device operations and follow appropriate protocols with making programming changes and notifying physicians.
Complete initial interrogations, report generation, charges, and documentation in the Electronic Health Record and Device Management Systems.
Bring acute/urgent issues to the attention of providers.
Perform incisions/wound assessments on new device patients and remove stitches/staples as appropriate.
Collaborate with Cardiologists, Electrophysiologists, Advanced practitioners, cardiac device technologists and other members of the patient care team to achieve optimal clinical outcomes.
Provide education to patients and their significant other regarding basic pacemaker function; follow-up care needed; medications; process steps for in-clinic visits and remote device transmissions; and other clinical care needs.