Cardiac Cath Electrophysiology Lab Nurse

SUMMARY
The Cardiac Cath/EP Nurse provides patient care in a surgical setting in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice with the policies, values, and mission of the organization. Monitors and manages the patient and operative environment during surgery to maintain a safe environment, optimize outcomes and maximize available resources. Provides direct guidance and oversight of new graduate nurses and newly hired team members in all patient care and clinical activities and ensures that behaviors adhere to documentation standards, standards of excellence and all other policies and procedures

Duties & Responsibilities

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

1. Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate procedural patient care plans in a surgical/procedural setting.
2. Perform the duties of Circulator, Monitor, and Scrub in the Cardiac Cath and Electrophysiology Labs to include pre-operative assessment and patient care, Intraoperative and procedural care, charting, counts, equipment, supplies, specimen collection, and post op hand-off. Work with the members of the team to ensure all standards are met for quality and safety.
3. Perform the basic duties of Circulator in the CVOR to include pre-operative assessment and patient care, Intraoperative and procedural care, charting, counts, equipment, supplies, specimen collection, and post op hand-off. Work with the members of the team to ensure all standards are met for quality and safety.
4. Responsible for the care of patients pre and post procedure/surgery in the CPPU to include coordination of care among multiple disciplines, pre and post procedure/surgical assessments, teaching, medication administration, transplant infusions, sedated procedures such as PICC line insertion and echo as well as monitoring and intervening in post procedure/surgical complications.
5. Serves as the communication liaison to patients, families and members of the procedure team
6. Prepares procedure room for patient and procedure
7. Delivers patient and family centered care incorporating the nursing process while providing developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, evidence-based care. Actively anticipates changes in patient outcomes/ unit needs in the provision of care.
8. Communicate and advocate patient values, preferences and expressed needs as part of implementation of care plan, evaluation of care and assessment of patient/family learning needs to the interdisciplinary team. Initiates and anticipates individualized care and education for patients/families across the continuum using an interdisciplinary approach
9. Utilizes outcome data at the patient level to make care decisions.
10. Participates in the quality improvement activities and uses quality measures to understand individual and unit performance.
11. Communicates observations or concerns related to unsafe situations that pose a risk to patients, families or the health care team.
12. Recognizes and applies information and technology of patient and unit outcomes to facilitate communication, clinical decision making, error prevention, and care coordination.
13. Navigates and documents in the EMR to support patient care.
14. Works within scope of practice and delegates according to Nurse Practice Act.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Experience: 2 years of nursing and one-year experience in a critical care or cath lab
• Certification(s): BLS/CPR, ACLS, and PALS from the American Heart Association with at least 6 months left before expiration is required upon hire.
• Licensure(s): Current State licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)
  

Department Name: Cath Lab
Job Status: full time, 40 hours per week, eligible for benefits
Shift: Monday through Friday, four 10-hour shifts per week (day off during the week will vary). Weeknight, weekend, holiday on-call required.

Salary Information
Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.

Hourly Range: $40.26 to $60.39

Benefits Information
Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

EEO Statement
It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

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