Registered Nurse EP Lab

Description

Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as a Registered Nurse EP Lab you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join St. David‘s South Austin Medical Center which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses ‘s South Austin Medical Center!

Job Summary and Qualifications

As the Electrophysiology (EP) Lab Registered Nurse (RN), you will be responsible for identifying patient needs and priorities for care through assessment and planning that is consistent with the patient’s expectation of treatment. You will admit and assess patients, provide medication administration, circulate and scrub diagnostic and interventional cases and procedures, and provide direct and indirect patient care. You will also order supplies, maintain inventory, and support process improvement within the Cardiology department.

* You will manage patients with suspected or documented history of cardiac disease undergoing diagnostic or interventional procedures

* You will complete and document a patient assessment, and reassess patient condition as needed

* You will administer medications, including monitoring and documenting response

* You will monitor the patient’s overall status pre, during, and post-procedure

* You will communicate patient changes to physician

* You will manage patients with potentially life-threatening dysrhythmia or hemodynamic change through physician’s orders by using medication and emergency equipment

* You will explain procedures to patient’s and assess their understanding

* You will safely defibrillate, cardiovert, and pace using pacer-defibrillator

* You will schedule procedures, including entering reservations

* You will maintain narcotic counts on a daily basis

Job Requirements

Experience

* 1 year of clinical nursing experience as a Registered Nurse (RN)

* 1 year of Critical Care and/or Cath Lab, Interventional Radiology (IR), or Electrophysiology (EP) experience

* 2 years of Electrophysiology (EP) Lab experience – preferred

Education

* Associate’s degree in Nursing (ADN) from an accredited program

Licenses and Certifications

* Current State of Texas Registered Nurse (RN) license or Compact Registered Nursing License. If Compact License, Texas license must be obtained within 90 days of hire

* Basic Life Support (BLS) certification per St. David’s Healthcare policy

* Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification per St. David’s Healthcare policy

Benefits

St. David‘s South Austin Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence

• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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