RN - CMC Cardiac Catheterization Services/Pre-Post Recovery - Per Diem - 8 Hour -Days - CNA

Job Description:

Based on John Muir Health Nursing's Vision of being the innovative leader for the professional role of the registered nurse. Through evidence-based practices and relevant patient care models, the nursing culture will create a compassionate healing environment, ensure interdisciplinary collaboration and foster professional growth and satisfaction. The staff registered nurse (RN) is a licensed professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for planning, delegating, and coordinating the nursing care of a group of patients during a designated time frame utilizing the John Muir Medical Center Standards of Care, ANA's Standards of Practice and Professional Performance, and the California Nurse Practice Act, Title 22, and Title 16. The RN coordinates and provides care through the therapeutic use of self, nursing process, and the environment and technology, in partnership and collaboration with interdisciplinary team members.

Education:

• Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing Required

Experience:

• 6 Months Nursing - Acute Care Preferred

• 2000 hours Nursing - Cardiac Catheterization Must be Obtained within last 2 years - Core Requirement

• 2000 hours Cath Lab Doing no Fewer than 30 case per Month and Full Spectrum of Interventional Procedures Must be Obtained within last 2 years - Core Requirement

• Minimum 1000 hours experience as an RN in a cath lab/angiography PPR

• Demonstrate competency in the care of the interventional patients pre and post procedure.

• Must meet competency standard for assistance with minor procedures, i.e.; cardioversion, TEE, paracentesis, thoracentesis

• Demonstrated competency in current anesthetic agent pharmacology, cardiac pharmacology, vasoactive therapy and ventilator set-up/management, malignant hyperthermia management and airway management.

• Demonstrate competency in caring for hemodynamicly stable and unstable patients including acute MI

• Must meet competency standards for preadmission process and procedure and standardized discharge.

For Special Procedure Positions- Core/ Non Core listed below:
Core: 

• Minimum 2000 hours experience as a Registered Nurse working in a Special Procedures Lab doing no fewer than 200 cases per year, including doing a full spectrum of interventional radiology procedures in the last 2 years.'

• Must meet competency standards for scrubbing, circulating or recording on all interventional radiology procedures.

Skills:

Core:

• Demonstrates competency in caring for post-op patients from CVICU and Critical Care areas: cardiac surgery patients, thoracic/esophageal surgery, carotid stents, TAVR, and other post-op cardiovascular/thoracic patients requiring CVPCU care.

• Demonstrates competency in caring for patients requiring chest tube insertion, thoracentesis, epicardial pacing, set-up for transcutaneous pacing, and moderate sedation.

• Demonstrates competency in the management and regulation of selected vasoactive and antiarrhythmic agents.

• Must be able to assume the role of a relief charge RN.

Work Shift:

08.0 - Per Diem Days No Waive (United States of America)

Pay Range:

$81.09 - $110.48

Hourly

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

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