Registered Nurse-Cath Lab​/Interventional

Job Summary

Plan, coordinate, and implement adult patient care in the Cardiac Cath Lab. Ensure quality care is delivered efficiently and safely, in line with unit standards, and demonstrate competency appropriate to the clinical area.

• Perform as circulator, scrub, or monitor on the Cath Lab procedure team.
• Assist in patient preparation, ensuring correct pre‑p prep and timely provision of history and physical information.
• Use critical judgment to assess patients, administer medications—including to critically ill patients—and report abnormal findings promptly to the physician.
• Perform hemostasis safely, with or without vascular devices.
• Enter patient orders and charges routinely; check charges for accuracy.
• Provide care to critically ill patients, functioning independently in stressful conditions.
• Educate patients and families, document education, and keep them informed of tests and treatments. Provide clear instructions on perioperative expectations.
• Escort families to cardiology or Cath Lab areas as needed.
• Perform point‑of‑care testing per policies and procedures.
• Maintain constant alertness and act safely.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Graduate of an accredited nursing school or equivalent education for licensing.
• No prior experience required.

• Constant verbal communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting, carrying, and pushing/pulling of objects weighing 0–25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, reaching, and keyboard use/data entry.
• Use of vision and depth perception for near and far distances.
• Use of smell and hearing for alarms, machinery, and body sounds.
• Occasional lifting, carrying, and pushing/pulling of objects weighing 25–50 lbs.
• Occasional patient moving.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping, and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

State of

Work Location:

Illinois

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Professional Nurse (RN) – Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – American Heart Association (AHA)

State of

Work Location:

Missouri

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Nurse (RN) – Missouri Division of Professional Registration
• Or Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – American Heart Association (AHA)

State of

Work Location:

Oklahoma

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
• Or Registered Nurse (RN) – Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – American Heart Association (AHA)

State of

Work Location:

Wisconsin

• Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State
• Or Registered Nurse (RN) – Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) – American Heart Association (AHA)
• Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) – American Heart Association (AHA)

• Day Shift (United States)
• Regular schedule with variable start times between 7:00 am–9:00 am and 8‑hour shifts.
• Call one day per week and weekend rotation (approximately every 5th weekend).
• Scheduled Weekly
  
  Hours:
  
  34

• Paid Parental Leave: one week for newborns or newly adopted children, pro‑rated for FTE.
• Flexible Payment Options: voluntary benefit through Daily Pay, allowing instant access to earned unpaid base pay (fees may apply).
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: tuition coverage through Flex Path Funded for eligible team members.

SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.