SPECIALTY CARE RN - CARDIAC CATH LAB - FT DAYS (62302)

Job DetailsJob Location: Maryville, IL 62062Position Type: Full Time (80 Hours)Salary Range: $35.26 - $57.78 HourlyJob Shift: DaysJob Category: NursingJob Summary:  The cardiac cath lab nurse will function in the role of circulating and monitor RN in addition to the role of scrub as needed.   Job Responsibilities: Exhibits responsibility for departmental and personal work schedules. Supports patient’s rights and responsibilities, including respect of cultural and religious diversity. Provides age-appropriate and population specific patient care in a safe, skillful, accurate and efficient manner to all populations. Maintains current knowledge and practice of hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Conducts self in a professional manner. Completes documentation accurately and in a timely manner, according to hospital policies and procedures to include computerized documentation and ordering. Engages in activities to expand and/or enhance the professional nursing role, which includes integration of research and evidence based practice. Provides leadership and autonomy in the professional practice setting and the profession. Effectively utilizes the nursing process to ensure optimal nursing care and patient outcomes. Assesses the patient’s initial and ongoing condition. Formulates a plan and identifies individualized patient needs. Facilitates interventions in accordance with patient’s established plan of care and provides appropriate nursing interventions for the patient undergoing surgical intervention. Evaluates progress towards the attainment of the patient’s plan of care by constantly individualizing, updating and prioritizing the plan of care. Follows policy and procedure for environmental cleaning and housekeeping. QualificationsEducation Requirements and Other Requirements:               Education Level: Graduate of an accredited nursing program.  Certification/Licensure: Illinois licensed or eligible.  BLS & ACLS required                                       Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) certification within 6 months.                Experience Requirements: Minimum one-year RN experience preferred.