Cardiac Catheterization/Electrophysiology Laboratory RN

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Duties

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for providing competent, evidence-based procedural care to assigned patients and oversight of staff, including but not limited to licensed vocational/practical nurses and/or health technicians/nursing assistants, as appropriate in the pre/post procedural setting.
• Assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies, and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization.
• Delivers and manages the care of patients undergoing therapeutic and diagnostic cardiology procedures including both inpatients and outpatients.
• Assesses the patients physical and mental status prior to procedures, educates on procedural and pre/post-procedural care, and documents responses to interventions, findings, and reports any changes.
• Partners with the patient, family, and interdisciplinary team to promote effective and safe transitions across the health care continuum, including Veteran's goals of care.
• Provides patient care, care coordination, health promotion, health education, and coaching.
• May function in several roles to include, pre-procedure assessments, post procedural recovery, and assisting providers during procedures.
• Maintain proficiency on the maintenance, cleaning, and preparation of cardiology specific equipment.
• May be assigned call, in which the CCL RN will follow all facility policies regarding response time.
• This position potentially requires flexibility in schedule and assignments.
• All other duties as assigned.

A offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 0730-1600

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized