Registered Nurse Pre/Post Procedural Cardiac Care Unit
About The Position
Baystate Health, a nationally recognized leader in healthcare quality and safety, and home to Baystate Medical Center (BMC), a Magnet Hospital for Nursing Excellence is looking for a Registered Nurse to join our Cardiac Assessment and Evaluation (CARE) team. At Baystate Health, RN means more. It stands for our deep respect for nursing professional practice that is essential to our mission. It also stands for Baystate’s many opportunities for growth and learning in the region’s only academic medical center and within our community hospitals, and it stands for our commitment to taking care of all those in the community who need us. The Cardiac Assessment and Evaluation Care Unit offers elbow-to-elbow support and comes fully equipped to help you do what YOU do best, provide for our patients! The 20-bed unit is designed to provide pre-procedural care and post-procedural moderate sedation/anesthesia observation for diagnostic and interventional Cardiac Catheterization, Electrophysiological and Neuro outpatients. Inpatients also arrive and depart from the Care Unit for their pre- and post-procedural care. One of the 20 rooms is utilized for TEE procedures. The Nurse/patient ratio is 4:1, and staffing coverage reflects the standards and practice recommendations of the American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses (ASPAN). This is a busy, energetic unit which requires staff to work as a team to manage the fast-paced workflow. A supportive, individualized and thorough orientation is provided with a knowledgeable, experienced staff member.
Requirements
- Successfully passed Board of Registration in Nursing Examination and is licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Current American Heart Association Health Care Provider CPR certification required.
- Minimum 1 year RN experience required.
- Diploma in Nursing (Required)
- Basic Life Support - American Heart Association
- Registered Nurse - State of Massachusetts
Nice To Haves
- Critical care skills preferred.
- Excellent IV insertion skills preferred.
- BSN preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide pre-procedural care for diagnostic and interventional Cardiac Catheterization, Electrophysiological and Neuro outpatients.
- Provide post-procedural moderate sedation/anesthesia observation for diagnostic and interventional Cardiac Catheterization, Electrophysiological and Neuro outpatients.
- Provide pre- and post-procedural care for inpatients.
- Utilize one of the 20 rooms for TEE procedures.
- Work as a team to manage the fast-paced workflow.
Benefits
- Excellent Compensation
- High-quality, low-cost medical, dental and vision insurance
- Pet, home, auto and personal insurance
- Certification and continuing education reimbursement
- Nursing forgivable loan program
- 403b retirement company match & annual company contribution increase based on years of service
- Life insurance
- First time homebuyer program
- Free money coach advice from a certified professional
- Reimbursement for a variety of wellbeing activities, included but limited to: gym membership and equipment, personal trainer, massage and so much more!
- Wellbeing programs that include but are not limited to mental, physical, and financial health
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
