Nurse Practitioner Cath Lab
About The Position
The Cath Lab Nurse Practitioner provides direct care to patients undergoing cardiac interventional procedures. The role helps streamline patient flow by evaluating normal and abnormal findings, initiating treatment, and coordinating admissions and discharges in accordance with approved Standardized Procedures. The Nurse Practitioner enters pre- and post-procedure orders, facilitates and triages transfer patients being evaluated for procedures, and collaborates with cardiologists and cardiac interventionalists on new consults and ongoing treatment plans. The position follows patients through discharge, manages unexpected post-procedure complications, provides patient education and counseling, manages incisions and dressings, and completes consults and documentation in collaboration with the cardiologist. The Nurse Practitioner also discharges patients from the Cardiac Interventional Unit and Cardiac Support Unit, including medication reconciliation, and documents medication changes or complications in a brief progress note. Care must follow Standardized Procedures approved by Mercy General Hospital committees for Credentials, Interdisciplinary Practice, and Cardiology. Program coverage is six days a week, Monday through Saturday.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Completion of an accredited nurse practitioner program and certification as a nurse practitioner.
- Provider number (NPI).
- Eligible to apply for furnishing and DEA license to prescribe medications within approved standardized procedures.
- BLS certification through the American Heart Association (AHA).
- ACLS certification through the American Heart Association (AHA).
- Master’s degree in nursing.
Nice To Haves
- Experience as an acute care Cardiovascular Nurse Practitioner.
- Acute Care NP Certification.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct care to patients undergoing cardiac interventional procedures.
- Evaluate normal and abnormal findings, initiate treatments, and coordinate admissions and discharges according to approved Standardized Procedures.
- Enter pre- and post-procedure orders.
- Facilitate and triage transfer patients being evaluated for procedures.
- Collaborate with cardiologists and cardiac interventionalists on new consults and ongoing treatment plans.
- Follow patients through discharge and manage unexpected post-procedure complications.
- Provide patient education and counseling.
- Manage incisions and dressings.
- Complete consults and documentation in collaboration with the cardiologist.
- Discharge patients from the Cardiac Interventional Unit and Cardiac Support Unit, including medication reconciliation.
- Document medication changes or complications in a brief progress note.
- Provide care in accordance with the approved Standardized Procedures.
Benefits
- $15,000 sign-on bonus for new hires who meet eligibility requirements.
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Job Type
Full-time
