Registered Nurse Cardio Lab Full Time Days New

POSITION SUMMARY

The Registered Nurse, using critical thinking skills, coordinates and provides safe, quality care to patients utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The Cardiovascular RN as part of an integrated lab (Cardiac/EP & IR) plans, delivers and evaluates nursing care to designated patients under the direction and supervision of the Director and/or designee. Functions as a team leader and facilitator providing communications with other health team members. The nurse closely monitors the patient for complications, administers medications including moderate sedation, documents the procedure, and also may circulate or scrub into procedures. Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances. Effectively delegates patient care to ancillary personnel. May precept student nurses and new hires. Within scope of the job, it requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and take appropriate action while working in a critical care environment. Will take call for emergent procedures with on-call arrival time requirement of 30min. Understands and follows hospital policy and procedures. Other duties as assigned.

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.