RN - Cath Lab

Registered Nurse - Cath Lab

Profession: Registered Nurse

Specialty: Cath Lab

Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: 8H Days

Hours per Shift: 40

Experience: Minimum 3 years of RN experience, at least 1.5 years in Cath Lab within the last year

License: Valid Driver's License required to float between facilities

Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSS

Must-Have:

• Must be able to scrub, monitor, and circulate
• Experience in circulating, scrubbing, and/or hemodynamic monitoring
• Comfort with cardiac and peripheral vascular procedures
• Vasoactive drug administration experience
• Sedation administration experience
• Critical patient assessment skills
• Sterile technique
• Experience with Impella, Rotoblater, IABP, Pnumbra, Laser, and lithotripsy atherectomy

Description: This position involves floating between two facilities. The RN will have three different functions in the Cath Lab: circulating, monitoring, or scrubbing. Candidates should be proficient in multiple functions. Experience with patient types includes coronary artery disease, STEMI, cardiogenic shock, and complex total occlusions. The unit performs diagnostic catheter procedures, valvular disease interventions, renal disease management, carotid stenosis treatments, limb salvage, peripheral stenosis, thrombosis disease management, TAVR, and MitraClip procedures. The patient ratio is 1:1. Required certifications include BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS for RNs. Experience in hemodynamic monitoring is strongly preferred. Operation of imaging systems and ability to scrub is essential for X-ray technicians. Candidates should be familiar with imaging systems and various ancillary equipment. Call is required 2 days a week overnight and every third weekend. Holiday expectations are done in rotation. Candidates should be prepared for a typical schedule of Monday to Friday from 0700 to 1530. Scrub colors are pewter.