RN Cardiac Cath Lab

HonorHealth • Scottsdale, AZ

12d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) practices according to the ANA Standards of Professional Nursing Practice and Code of Ethics, applying professional nursing principles and procedures to the patients served in the Cardiac Catheterization Lab. The RN assesses patients, establishes or contributes to individualized care plans, implements and evaluates nursing interventions, and documents care. Responsibilities also include administering medications and treatments, managing intravenous lines, monitoring patients, consulting with physicians and other healthcare clinicians, and educating patients and families about illness management and post-treatment care. The RN provides direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides, delegates appropriately, and supports the development of staff and students through precepting and mentoring.

The position is based at HonorHealth Osborn Medical Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. The schedule is four 10-hour day shifts per week, with call required. Employees on call must live within 30 minutes of E. Osborn Road at N. Drinkwater Boulevard.

Requirements

• Associate degree or diploma in nursing.
• Diploma and ADN hires must complete a BSN within 60 months of hire or have at least five years of Registered Nurse experience at the time of hire; experience may be in direct patient care or an indirect RN role.
• More than 10 months of medical-surgical or acute specialty setting experience.
• Current Arizona nursing license or compact-state licensure upon hire; Arizona licensure must be obtained within 60 days of hire.
• Basic Life Support certification from a BLS training course C; unit-specific certification is required as applicable to the specialty.
• Call is required, and employees must live within 30 minutes of E. Osborn Road at N. Drinkwater Boulevard.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• National certification for the unit-specific patient population.

Responsibilities

• Systematically collect and prioritize patient health data, involving the family as appropriate.
• Analyze assessment data and use nursing diagnoses to develop, implement, evaluate, and revise appropriate patient care plans.
• Identify individualized expected patient outcomes and develop evidence-based, developmentally appropriate, culturally relevant, family-centered plans of care.
• Implement care-plan interventions, including treatments, medications, emergency measures, and resuscitative measures under applicable orders, policies, and procedures.
• Provide nursing care addressing patients’ physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs.
• Evaluate patient progress toward expected outcomes and the quality and effectiveness of care plans.
• Document observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, monitoring data, and other relevant patient-care information.
• Administer medications safely, manage intravenous lines, monitor patients, and consult with physicians and other healthcare clinicians.
• Educate patients and families about illness or injury management, post-treatment and home care, diet, nutrition, exercise, and self-administration of medication and therapy.
• Provide direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides, and delegate tasks when appropriate.
• Precept new hires and students and assist them in completing competency requirements.
• Evaluate personal nursing practice against professional standards, statutes, regulations, and applicable system and department policies; maintain current nursing knowledge.
• Integrate ethical principles into practice and enhance knowledge of cultural and diversity needs.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues, patients, families, and other healthcare providers in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care.
• Contribute to the professional development of peers and healthcare providers through role modeling, peer relationships, precepting, and mentoring.
• Develop and evaluate evidence-based standards of care and identify and facilitate improvements in nursing practice.
• Participate in and apply evidence-based research to improve nursing practice and patient outcomes, including integrating research into clinical practice.
• Use resources effectively and efficiently while considering safety, effectiveness, and cost in patient care.

Benefits

• $20,000 sign-on bonus available.

What This Job Offers

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