Registered Nurse - EP Lab

TriHealth • Montgomery, OH

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in the Electrophysiology (EP) Lab at Bethesda North Hospital provides specialized care to patients undergoing electrophysiology procedures. The nurse closely monitors patients, assists the clinical team during rhythm-management interventions, and promotes patient safety throughout each phase of care. This fast-paced role requires critical thinking and rhythm-interpretation skills in support of high-quality cardiac care.

The position is full-time, scheduled for 80 hours biweekly from 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. It has no weekend, holiday, or on-call requirements. New hires must obtain a BSN within five years of hire. TriHealth encourages continuing education, advanced education, specialty certification, professional nursing organization membership, community health involvement, nursing research, evidence-based practice, and collaborative relationships among caregivers.

Requirements

• Associate degree or diploma in nursing.
• New hires must obtain a BSN within five years of hire.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification.
• Three years of clinical nursing experience.
• Registered Nurse knowledge, judgment, and skills based on biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex healthcare needs across stages of the life cycle.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a procedural EP lab, catheterization lab, or interventional radiology is preferred.
• Experienced RN with five or more years of ICU or emergency room experience.
• ACLS and/or PALS may be required depending on the unit or department.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients and families initially and on an ongoing basis; complete and document assessments according to unit and TriHealth guidelines, and communicate findings to other providers as appropriate.
• Include health counseling and teaching needs in patient assessments.
• Plan and individualize patient care based on assessments, standards of care, and desired outcomes; develop short- and long-term goals with patients, families, and the healthcare team, including discharge planning.
• Implement and communicate the plan of care, updating it in response to patient and family input and healthcare needs.
• Evaluate the plan of care in relation to patient outcomes and document patient and family responses, including responses to teaching.
• Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare team members to revise plans of care as needed.
• Supervise care delegated to other healthcare team members.
• Provide a safe, therapeutic environment while maintaining patient autonomy, dignity, and rights; act as a patient advocate and deliver nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory care sensitive to patient diversity.
• Determine care plans using ethical principles and seek available resources to support ethical decisions.
• Prioritize workload according to patient needs, requests, and unit or facility needs; recognize emergencies, notify appropriate personnel, and initiate emergency measures.
• Perform technical skills according to policies, procedures, and accepted standards; administer medications and treatments safely and monitor their effects; use equipment safely and appropriately.
• Demonstrate organizational responsibilities, use the chain of command appropriately, and support organizational and unit changes and activities, including committees, meetings, and councils.
• Identify opportunities for self-improvement through self-assessment and peer review, and for process improvement through autonomous action.
• Provide leadership on the unit as needed and requested, build collegial relationships with physicians and other health team members, and cooperate with instructors to facilitate student learning.
• Demonstrate TriHealth SERVE standards and ALWAYS behaviors, including respectful, compassionate service, quality and safety improvement, stewardship of resources, and collaboration.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plans
• Tuition reimbursement
• $3 per hour procedural pay
• $20,000 sign-on bonus for eligible external, experienced candidates, subject to a two-year agreement

What This Job Offers

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