Registered Nurse, Cath Lab

RN-Cath Lab
- Full Time - Days

North Alabama Medical Center features four Cardiac Catheterization Labs with one room dedicated to electrophysiology studies. The cath lab provides services for 13 cardiologists, two vascular surgeons, and one interventional radiologist. Our cardiac cath lab is a specialized unit that is designed to diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease. Cath labs perform dye test on patients' hearts and other vessels in the body.

When interventions are needed, blockages are treated with balloons and stents. Cath labs are well known for placing stents in a heart during a heart attack. NAMC features the only interventional cath lab within 75 miles of Florence capable of treating heart attack patients.

Responsible for the initiation and continuation of nursing care for the patient before, during, and after the cardiac procedure. Implementing proper nursing care for the patient, administration of drugs and medications, hemodynamic monitoring general knowledge, and set-up of all cardiac procedures.

Education

Requires a high school diploma plus schooling at the college level that leads to certification or registry. (Diploma Nurse)

CPR required

Requires one to three years of work experience.

Job activities are fairly complex and highly diversified but are structured within a predefined work routine. Involves the exercise of judgement in the analysis of facts or conditions regarding patient care or hospital problems to determine what action should be taken within the specifications of standard practice.