RN - Cath Lab - Travel

Join our dedicated team in NEWTON, NJ, where you will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and supportive environment. This position offers a chance to enhance your skills and contribute to patient care in a meaningful way.

• Assessment
  
  Skills:
  
  Deliver patient care with competent knowledge across all stages of growth from Pediatric to Geriatric. Perform thorough, systematic, comprehensive, and accurate assessments.
• Clinical
  
  Skills:
  
  Demonstrate competent clinical skills by performing direct patient care activities. Provide appropriate nursing care and demonstrate knowledge of emergency equipment and procedures.
• Documentation:
  Maintain complete and accurate documentation. Assume primary responsibility for documenting the nursing process and patient progress, including patient education.
• Professionalism:
  Show professional practice responsibility by understanding policies and procedures and identifying areas for growth.
• Patient Satisfaction:
  Respond to patients, families, and co-workers in a professional manner, promoting a patient-centered environment. Maintain confidentiality according to HIPAA guidelines.
• Safety:
  Follow National Patient Safety Goals, use safe transfer techniques, and proper body mechanics.
• Unit Specific
  
  Job Functions:
  
  Individualize patient care according to surgical procedures and type of anesthesia. Assess patient reactions and understanding.
• Responsibility and Accountability:
  Contribute to the perioperative team by prioritizing patient care based on needs and condition changes.
• Patient Education and Chart Completion:
  Assess patient understanding of surgical procedures and actively involve them and their families in education.
• Duties Specific to PAT RN:
  Support timely completion of patient testing and evaluate Pre Admission Testing (PAT) orders for appropriateness.

• 2 years of critical care experience - required
• RN License - required
• BLS - required
• ACLS - required

This position requires a 4 day / 9.5-hour shift from 7 AM to 5 PM. There is a Stemi on-call requirement of 10-12 shifts per month, including 1 to 2 weekends (Friday 5 PM - Monday 7 AM).