Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiac Cath Lab

Lifepoint Health • Johnstown, PA

5h • Onsite

About The Position

Registered Nurse (RN), Cardiac Cath Lab. This is a full-time position with 4 10-hour shifts, including on-call duties for weekends and holidays. Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, part of Lifepoint Health, is seeking a dedicated RN to join their busy Cardiac Catheterization/EP lab team. The lab performs various procedures including cardiac catheterization with stents, shockwave, CSI, Rota bladder, Laser, Impalla, balloon pump procedures, TEE, ablations, and Cardioversions. Some patients have same-day discharge after a 4-hour recovery period. The schedule is published monthly. Staff work 4 (10-hour) shifts with daily on-call duties for weekends and holidays, typically 2-3 days per week and every 3rd weekend, which may vary. Conemaugh Hospital has chest pain accreditation, requiring 24/7 STEMI call. EP lab staff work 5 (8-hour) shifts with no on-call duties, weekends, or holidays. Experience in ER, ICU, or PCU/telemetry is preferred.

Requirements

• Current state RN license
• Associates or bachelor’s degree from an accredited nursing school
• Basic Life Support certification (required within 30 days of hire)
• Critical Care Course (or completed within 6 months)
• CPR certification
• ACLS certification (or obtained within 6 months)
• One year nursing experience
• Arrhythmia course and critical care course (or obtained within one year)

Nice To Haves

• One year nursing experience in cath lab preferred
• RCIS Certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Coordinates the Patient Care Team’s delivery of personalized, efficient care with respect for patients’ spiritual and cultural differences.
• Considers factors related to safety and effectiveness of and cost in planning and delivering patient care.
• Initiates individualized patient and family teaching.
• Administers medication including initiation and maintenance of IV therapy.
• Implements physician orders and records verbal orders.
• Makes decisions and judgements in preventing, analyzing, and resolving patient care concerns.
• Reports patient status, refers problems when necessary and anticipates situations that prevent/minimize adverse outcomes.
• Maintains competency in Pain Assessment and management of pain.
• Maintains confidentiality of all patients, hospital, and employee-related information.
• Exhibits flexibility in scheduling given the urgent case nature as well as participates in the on call coverage of the STEMI Team.
• Attends and participates as a minimum requirement of 6 Staff meetings annually. Reads and signs off all staff meeting minutes of meetings not attended.
• Participates in Performance Improvement based activities and hospital based as directed.
• Commits to Service Excellence and continually strives toward achievement of the Standards of Care.
• Demonstrates ability to adapt to various age specific patient populations.

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree