Registered Nurse - Cath Lab

Overview

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! West Anaheim Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

Founded in 1964, West Anaheim Medical Center is a 219-bed acute-care hospital dedicated to providing the community with high-quality, compassionate healthcare. Key services include general medical and surgical inpatient care and treatment, emergency services, surgical services, behavioral health, comprehensive heart center, and diagnostic imaging. For more information visit www.westanaheimmedctr.com.

Responsibilities

Provides direct patient care to adult and geriatric patient populations.  Addresses the psychosocial, physical and general aspects of care related to the surgical environment. Communicate with physicians continuously and as needed about patient condition. Assists with the maintenance of equipment and inventory.  Assesses procedure room or equipment functioning and readiness.  Obtains supplies for individual cases and ensures all appropriate needs of the Cardiovascular Laboratory team are met. Monitors physiologic and hemodynamic data, as related to diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures performed in the cardiovascular lab. This position requires participation in an after-hours, weekend, holiday on-call rotation to support emergent and urgent cardiovascular services, including STEMI activations and other time-sensitive cardiac and non-cardiac interventions.  Monitors and records patient conditions continuously while in the Cardiovascular lab. Participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement activities. 

Procedures in the cath lab department include but are not limited to:

• Coronary angiography and PCI procedures
• STEMI/emergent case response
• Hemodynamic monitoring and interpretation
• Moderate sedation administration and monitoring
• Vascular access management and post-procedure recovery
• Circulating and monitoring roles during invasive cardiac and non-cardiac procedures

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

1.  Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN); preferred.

2.  Active State Registered Nursing (RN) License; required.

3.  Current BLS, ACLS certificate upon hire and maintain current; required.

4.  Full Time and Part Time Cath Lab RN Positions:

• Minimum 2 years of recent Critical Care (ICU) and/or Emergency Department (ED) nursing experience required.
• 2 years recent Cath Lab procedural nursing experience with monitoring, circulating and moderate sedation experience required.
• Candidates with no previous Cath Lab experience may be considered provided they meet the minimum critical care and/or ED experience requirements.

    Per Diem Cath Lab RN Positions

• Minimum 2 years of recent Cardiac Catheterization Lab nursing experience required.
• Previous participation in an on-call Cath Lab rotation preferred.
• Ability to function independently with minimal orientation and supervision required.

5. Basic Arrythmia Interpretation within 30 days of hire.

6. RCIS (Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist) credential preferred.

Pay Transparency

West Anaheim Medical Center offers competitive compensation and a reasonable compensation estimate for this role is $53.12 to $71.40. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

Employment Status

Per Diem
Shift

Variable
Equal Employment Opportunity


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