Registered Nurse; RN; Cardiology Testing

Position: Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiology Testing

National Jewish Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to join the collaborative outpatient Cardiology Testing team focused on delivering exceptional patient care across a variety of diagnostic and procedural services. This position offers a unique blend of direct patient care, patient education, procedural preparation, and care coordination while supporting both Cardiology and Radiology services. With a Monday-Friday schedule and no nights, weekends, holidays, or on-call responsibilities, this role provides an excellent opportunity for nurses seeking work-life balance in a specialized clinical setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and educate patients for cardiac and radiology procedures, including transesophageal echocardiograms (TEE), cardiac catheterizations, electrophysiology procedures, cardiac CT angiography (CTA), and cardiac MRI.
• Perform IV placement and administer saline, contrast agents, and medications for diagnostic cardiac testing and imaging procedures.
• Collaborate closely with cardiologists, radiologists, and multidisciplinary care teams to support safe, efficient procedural workflows and patient monitoring.
• Provide comprehensive patient education and nursing care while coordinating services, documenting care, and ensuring an exceptional patient experience.

As the nation's leading respiratory hospital, National Jewish Health is known for excellence in the treatment of respiratory, cardiac, immune, and related conditions.

This role offers the opportunity to work with advanced cardiac diagnostics and imaging technologies while contributing to an organization recognized worldwide for clinical care, research, and innovation. Position Summary Accurately plans and provides professional nursing care utilizing a systematic approach incorporating assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of plan of care. The Inpatient or Procedural RN is responsible and accountable for facilitation and management of care coordination across the healthcare continuum.

Utilizes the nursing process to work with interdisciplinary teams to provide safe and personalized care. Demonstrates core competencies in their area of practice. The Inpatient/Procedural RN assists in providing crisis intervention, providing answering service coverage, interdepartmental problem-solving, and ensuring safe care. Essential Duties

• Collects and analyzes pertinent data and information relative to the patient’s needs. Demonstrates proficient, skillful, and rapid assessment of patient problems and needs in the inpatient or procedural areas.
• Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential problems or issues and communicates concerns to the provider.
• Identifies expected and/or desired outcomes in a plan of care individualized for a specific patient and ensures the plan of care reflects the cultural, spiritual, intellectual, age, educational, and psychosocial differences of patient.
• Collaborates with providers and other healthcare professionals to facilitate smooth and efficient inpatient or procedural workflows.
• Provides professional nursing care exercising independent judgment in utilizing the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate.
• Facilitates appropriate medical care, carries out provider orders, and documents care in EMR.
• Provides patient education using methods and approaches recognizing the specific needs and concerns of the individual patient.
• Completes and maintains competence in assigned area.
• Participates in projects, activities, committees, related to nursing and health care in clinical and organizational settings.
• Participates in evidenced based practice and research strategies to advance inpatient or procedural nursing practice and improve patient outcomes.
• Participates as a member…