Registered Nurse Cath Lab RN

Banner Health•Glendale, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in a high-acuity cardiac catheterization lab at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center, specializing in percutaneous interventional heart procedures. Procedures include angioplasty, stent placement, rotoblators, peripheral studies and interventions, and structural heart repairs, including transcatheter aortic valve replacement and left atrial appendage closures. As part of a team of special procedure technicians, registered nurses, and interventional cardiologists, the RN may scrub, circulate, monitor, and document cases. Under physician direction, the RN provides procedural sedation and maintains patient safety. The RN assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents patient care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. The role requires specialized nursing knowledge and judgment to provide care appropriate to patients’ physical and developmental needs. The nurse is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by themselves or others under their direction and may supervise staff and departmental workflow in some roles. The position is based at Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale, Arizona. The listed schedule is three 12-hour day shifts, 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The ideal candidate has at least two years of Cath Lab or other critical-care experience, BLS and ACLS, and lives within 30 minutes of the facility because of the call requirement. New graduates with less than 12 months of experience are directed to a separate RN New Grad posting.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited nursing program with an Associate’s, Bachelor’s, or Master’s degree in Nursing, or completion of a specialized nursing diploma program that includes at least two years of specialized training and/or experience.
Current, valid RN license in the state of practice, a temporary/interim RN license in the state of practice, or compact RN licensure applicable to the state of practice.
BLS certification.
Maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the work area through annual validations.
The ideal candidate has at least two years of Cath Lab experience or experience in another critical-care area; the experience should be reflected in the attached resume.
The ideal candidate has BLS and ACLS certifications uploaded with the application.
The ideal candidate lives within 30 minutes of the facility due to the call requirement.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.
Professional certification.
Additional related education and/or experience.
Experience in the clinical area for which the applicant is applying.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs; review patient history, physical information, diagnostics, and laboratory results; and report abnormal findings to appropriate caregivers.
Complete patient assessments and reassessments according to patient needs and organizational policy.
Formulate and initiate individualized plans of care, including discharge plans, using assessment data and input from patients, families, and the health care team; review and revise plans as patient needs change.
Provide direct patient care and coordinate, delegate, and supervise health care team activities in accordance with physician orders, care plans, policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
Promote continuity of care by communicating patient status accurately and completely to other caregivers.
Evaluate patient and family responses to care and teaching, assess progress toward goals, and revise care plans as needed.
Document assessments, plans, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders legibly, accurately, and promptly in the patient record.
Provide evidence-based care and may participate in clinical research, shared leadership, professional organizations, and activities that improve nursing quality and patient outcomes.
Participate in education, role development, and orientation for personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors; precept and mentor others when appropriate.
Collaborate and communicate with staff, physicians, patients, families, external health care contacts, and clergy regarding patient care and support.
In the Cath Lab, scrub, circulate, monitor, and document procedures; provide procedural sedation under physician direction and maintain patient safety.
In some roles, supervise staff and departmental workflow.