Registered Nurse (RN) - EP Lab

Wellstar Health System • Marietta, GA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited/approved School of Nursing
• Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN - Multi-state Compact
• Basic Life Support or BLS - Instructor
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ACLS - Instructor or ACLS - Provisional
• The individual must be able to communicate and understand verbal and written English language and display a positive attitude (see WellStars Standards of Gold and Values).

Nice To Haves

• 1 year ICU/CCU/ER or previous Cath Lab/EP Lab experience

Responsibilities

• Completes Cath Lab/EP competencies
• Provides intraprocedural care to stable and unstable Cath/PCI/EP patients
• Able to use critical thinking skills
• Able to deliver patient care in complex, multiple problem patient care situations
• Administers conscious sedation per system policy and procedure
• Performs required pre-procedure preparation and safety checks
• Demonstrates and understands sterile technique
• Demonstrates IV administration competence and maintenance
• Performs hemodynamic monitoring and procedural documentation
• Must be flexible with hours to meet department needs
• Able to work scheduled and On-Call hours if necessary
• Knows existing lines of communication and authority, handles communications properly and is dependable, cooperative and emotionally stable.
• Introduces self to patient and/or guardian utilizing proper scripting
• Transports patients as needed
• Provides privacy and comfort for patient/customers
• Assists with maintenance of departmental records, Joint Commission standards, State and Federal Regulations and Performance Improvement
• Completes necessary paperwork
• Answers department phone using proper scripting
• Completes chart reviews as needed
• Performs QA/QC functions as needed
• Maintains current successful completion of BLS and ACLS
• Understands Scope of Service for Cath Lab / EP Lab
• Assists in in-service/training for other Cath Lab / EP Lab staff as appropriate
• Recognizes that total patient care starts when the patient arrives at our facility and ends when the physician/patient has the imaging results.
• Meets Service Recovery and Customer Service Guidelines as needed.
• Maintains checking the crash cart and procedure rooms
• Verifies patient ID using 2 patient identifiers, i.e. Armband, DOB, verbal identification
• Verifies front of patient chart for same/similar name sticker
• Verifies Written Order, seeks clarification is unclear
• Understands and complies with verbal order RBAC and performs necessary follow-up with written order
• Completes preprocedural verification/time out
• Understands and complies with site/side marking when indicated
• Responsible for patient, family/support system education
• Provides post procedural home care instructions as needed.
• Builds a culture of trust and engagement as reflected in the Great Place to Work Trust Index Survey at a direct report, workgroup and hospital/entity level.
• Holds leaders accountable for behaviors that create trust and engagement.
• Performs all duties and responsibilities of this position in a manner that reflects the values of WellStar.
• Maintains and strengthens relationships with physicians and assures their involvement in developing systems to assure the growth of the service and the cost effective delivery of quality patient care in a manner that fosters patient and employee satisfaction.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Benefits

• Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more.

What This Job Offers

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