Registered Nurse II - ART Adult Echo
About The Position
The Registered Nurse II position is for the Adult Echo Labs located at Ashley River Tower (ART) and Main Hospital. The teams provide various procedures to all inpatients and outpatients, with an emphasis on cardiology, transplant, vascular, thoracic, and oncology patients. Nurses in this role are BLS and ACLS certified and competent in reading and performing EKGs. They perform stress testing, cardiac biopsies, catheterizations, transesophageal echoes, cardioversions, and provide bedside care to P&R patients. They are also trained in high-level disinfection and clean and process transesophageal scopes. This is a rotating position across various procedural areas within the Heart and Vascular area, including Echo, EKG, Cath & EP Labs, and the Prep and Recovery area. The RN operates within the nursing scope of practice to deliver high-quality, individualized, goal-directed patient care to a broad patient population, ensuring patient and family understanding of procedures and care plans. The role involves assisting in procedure room preparation, maintaining sterile technique, administering conscious sedation and other drugs, monitoring patient vital signs, and overseeing patient safety and comfort before, during, and after procedures. The RN II is expected to apply working knowledge and experience in a high-volume procedural environment, delivering safe and effective care and collaborating with the healthcare team.
Requirements
- Licensure as a registered nurse by the South Carolina Board of Nursing or a compact state
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification (American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers or AHA recognized equivalent, or an American Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuer and Healthcare Provider)
- Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
- A minimum of one year of work experience as a registered nurse
- Telemetry or EKG monitoring experience
- RN staff hired on or after July 1, 2013 with an Associate or Diploma degree in nursing are required to be enrolled in an accredited BSN program within two years and successfully obtain a BSN degree within four years of the RN hire or reclassification date
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Nursing degree
- Emergency, procedural, or ICU experience
Responsibilities
- Provide high quality care for a broad patient population
- Ensure the patient and family members understand the procedure & plan of care
- Assist in procedure room preparation
- Maintain sterile technique
- Administer conscious sedation and other drugs as needed
- Monitor patient patterns & vital signs throughout the procedure
- Oversee the safety & comfort of patients before during and after procedures
- Apply working knowledge and experience in high volume procedural environment
- Provide individualized, goal-directed patient care to families and patients utilizing the principles and practices of the nursing process
- Deliver safe and effective care
- Interact with other members of the health care team to achieve desired results
- Perform stress testing
- Perform cardiac biopsies
- Perform catheterizations
- Perform transesophageal echoes
- Perform cardioversions
- Provide bedside care to P&R patients
- Perform high level disinfection and clean and process transesophageal scopes
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
