Registered Nurse - Cardiac Cath Lab

Position Summary

Registered Nurse (Cath Lab) 

Position Summary

Administers patient care in an area in a hospital or inpatient setting where patients have an advanced illness or injury that routinelyrequires timely, intense, and complex care to stabilize and support the patient’s medical condition. These areas require a lowercaregiver-to-patient ratio and highly trained team members with advanced skills.

At Baptist Health, our mission is to improve the health and quality of life for the individuals and communities we serve.

Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital offers great, new competitive pay and a great benefits package, which includes: 

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Paid Time Off (Up to 5 weeks accrued)
• Life Insurance
• Extended Leave Plan (ELP)
• Family Care (child care, elder care, pet care)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Pet Insurance 
• Car Insurance 
• Educational benefits including tuition reimbursement & student loan assistance 
• All benefits start day one!

Our people are passionate about what they do, the product they sell, and the customers they serve. If you're looking for an opportunity to be a part of a work family that values collaboration, innovation and dedication, we're the right company for you.Section 1557 Non-DiscriminationThe Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (Section 1557), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics), in covered health programs or activities. 42 U.S.C. 18116. Company is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer including veterans and people with disabilities.

Schedule: 3/12 hr day shifts

Responsibilities

Essential Functions• Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, highintensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance.• Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patientconditions.• Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient focused action.• Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays, such as intracranialpressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators,ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc.• Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol.• Observes, monitors, and assesses patients’ condition, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations and calls Physicianor takes preplanned emergency measures when Physician is not immediately available.• Assesses patient’s needs and develops/revises an individualized plan of care based on patient needs and responses. Evaluatesthe patient’s progress toward attaining expected outcomes.• Respects diversity by building respectful relationships with all team members and customers.• Functions as a patient and family advocate.• Demonstrates advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his orher assigned unit/ department.• Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/ or nurse clinician.• Communicates and collaborates with medical staff and interdisciplinary team to effectively plan and manage theunit/department.• Serves as a role model for staff and supports the hospital and nursing department’s goals and strategies.• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses the data reflective of thepatient’s status, and interprets the necessary information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or herage specific needs.• Coordinates the care and delegates as appropriate to other team members on a defined group of patients.• Documents patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner meeting all required and regulatory standards. Thisincludes but is not limited to patient assessment, education, medication administration, treatments, and patient safety.• Demonstrates competency in nursing skills and use of patient care/unit equipment as defined by unit/department-specificrequisite skills.• Prioritizes patient care in an ongoing manner in accordance with Evidence-Based Practice Standards of Care.• Practices effective problem identification and resolution.• Delegates tasks and duties to healthcare team members in accordance with the patient’s needs and the team member’scapabilities and qualifications.• Communicates appropriate information regarding patient condition or unit concerns to other health care team members.• Demonstrates caring practices by providing a compassionate and therapeutic environment for patients and their families.• Demonstrates awareness of legal issues and patients’ rights.

Qualifications

Education/Training• Graduate of an approved school of nursing.• Meets all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Orlando Health and unit/department.

Licensure/Certification• Maintains current State of Alabama RN license or valid eNLC multistate RN license• Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification.• ACLS, NRP, PALS, TNCC are required for certain areas. NRP required for Neonatal Intensive care Unit (NICU).

Experience• 1 year experience required