Registered Nurse RN - Cardiac Cath Lab

Work Schedule:

5 days per week, 8 hour shifts; 30-minute commutable address to facility for On-Call.

Advance your cardiovascular nursing career at HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast and deliver life-saving clinical interventions as a Cardiac Cath Lab Registered Nurse (RN). This high-impact role is strategically designed to attract elite Cath Lab, Interventional Cardiology, Circulating Cath Lab, and Cath Lab Scrub RNs who thrive under pressure in high-acuity environments. Operating within our advanced interventional suites, you will provide critical care across a comprehensive spectrum of procedures—including diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterizations, percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), pacemaker and AICD insertions, peripheral vascular interventions, and emergent STEMI treatments.

As the only hospital in Pasadena recognized by the American College of Cardiology as an accredited Chest Pain Center with Primary PCI and Resuscitation, our cardiovascular service line is highly decorated with elite national accolades. Our program proudly boasts the American Heart Association’s Coronary Artery Disease STEMI Receiving
- Gold Plus and NSTEMI
- Gold performance honors, alongside the Health grades Critical Care Excellence Award, the Health grades Patient Safety Excellence Award, and America's 250 Best Hospitals Award, offering you a premier, award-winning environment to practice at the absolute peak of your license.

The RN in the Cardiac Cath Lab is responsible for performing either scrubbing duties, documentation of the procedure on the hemodynamic system, and circulating for diagnostic or interventional cardiology/radiology procedures. Responsibilities also include assessing the needs of the patient, providing age specific patient care based on assessment data, current knowledge/skills which include policies and procedures of the department and physician orders.

Accepts assignments that coincide with her/his experience, knowledge, and ability.

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate comprehensive patient care from pre-admission through hospitalization and post-discharge using an interdisciplinary approach.
• Safely administer medications, carry out complex physician treatment orders, and monitor patient clinical reactions through the established chain of command.
• Educate patients to encourage active care participation while strictly respecting their diverse cultural, psychosocial, spiritual values, and a restraint-free environment.
• Ensure exact documentation, practice rigorous infection control, and strictly follow all laws, regulations, and hospital policies regarding controlled substances.
• Participate actively in hospital performance initiatives, champion leadership activities, and support organizational vision to improve overall safety and clinical outcomes.
• Cultivate teamwork, share specialized knowledge across the interdisciplinary team, and proactively identify personal clinical learning needs to present to management.

• Graduate of an accredited diploma, associates, or baccalaureate degree registered nursing program.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date)
• Current BLS and ACLS issued from American Heart Association required
• Minimum of one (1) year Cath Lab experience in an interventional lab is preferred.
• Previous experience must include: defibrillation, utilization of emergency drugs, cardiac monitoring with identification and treatment of dysrhythmias and elective cardioversion.
• 1 year of clinical Cardiac Cath…