RN Medical

Job Summary:

• Responsible for assisting the cardiologist in diagnostic and interventional cardiac and peripheral vascular interventions on adult patients.
• Candidate must be focused on high quality patient centered care through assessment and management of cardiac patients with good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Registered nurse will be able to circulate, monitor and/or scrub diagnostic and interventional procedures as well as some pre and post care.
• Performs all activities in accordance with approved policies and guides. Supervises and delegates appropriate duties to ancillary personnel
• Performs plan of care intervention, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, as well as other medical care treatment.
• Documents patient care given.
• Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate to care team, physician, patient, and family.
• Employee supervises others.
• Assists with orientation and training of others as directed.
• Demonstrates a working knowledge of Infection Control Policies and Procedures. Use proper telephone etiquette.
• Remains knowledgeable of areas of high regulatory risk that impacts job duties.
• Adheres to code of conduct and compliance policy especially high risk areas of confidentiality, coding/documentation, conflict of interest, and timekeeping.
• Other duties as assigned by manager.
• Organizational Expectations:
• Provides a positive and professional representation of the organization.
• Promotes a culture of safety for patients and employees through proper identification, reporting, documentation and prevention.
• Maintains hospital and clinic standards for a clean and quiet patient environment to maintain a positive patient care experience.
• Maintains competency and knowledge of current standards of practice, trends, and developments in related scope of role or practice.
• Maintains compliance with organization's policies, as well as established practices, protocols and procedures of the position, department, and applicable professional standards.
• Complies with organizational and regulatory policies for handling confidential patient information.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service through his/her attitude and actions, consistent with the standards contained in the Vision, Mission, and Values of the organization.
• Participates in patient rounding.
• Adheres to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state and local requirements and the TIC standards and or standards from other accrediting bodies.

Qualifications:

• Associate's Degree in Nursing required
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred
• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required
• ACLS required within 3 months of hire
• Licenses: Current RN license to practice in NC (NC licensure or multi-state (compact) license).
• 1-3 years experience in a Cath Lab preferred
• Ability to perform 2 or more roles (Monitor, Scrub, and/or Circulate) within the Cath Lab Department.
• Prior Cath Lab Experience.
• Our standard operating hours are Monday through Friday, from 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM