Employment Type:Full timeShift:Day Shift

Description:Position Title: RN Department: Cardiac Cath Lab Purpose: Provides and directs safe, effective, and culturally-competent care for pediatric through aging adult patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic cardiac procedures. Key accountabilities include assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care using critical thinking and evidenced-based practice; adherence to Professional Practice Standards as defined by ANA; and active participation in quality monitoring and performance improvement activities. monitoring and performance improvement activities. During procedures, the nurse will function in one of three roles with distinct competencies applied to each role: circulating nurse, scrub nurse, or recorder. Report To: Manager, Cath Lab Supervisory Responsibility: Direction: The job requires some accountability for scheduling, assigning or coordinating work. Employees check the quality of work and provide guidance, instruction, training and direction to others. Although the job does not require formal or official supervisory responsibility, the incumbent serves as group leader or acts in an informal \"assistant supervisory\" or \"lead\" role. In addition, the employee may be expected to provide information or suggestions on human resources matters. Materials Responsibility: Limited: Work requires limited responsibility for material resources. Examples of resources could include supplies, equipment, inventories, small budgets, and other similar material assets. The employee has a limited amount of control over these resources. The cost of errors is also limited in terms of damage, waste or financial loss. Problems associated with material resources are not complex. The volume of resources may vary, but the level of difficulty in dealing with these resources is uncomplicated. Key Relationship: Co-workers/Health System Employees, General Public/Visitors/Volunteers, Physicians/Medical Office Staff, Students/Interns/Residents/Outside Instructors, Patients, Families, and Significant Others, Vendors/Clients POSITION SPECIFICATION Education: Associate's Degree Field Of Study: Nursing Special Training: ACLS within 6 months; Basic Life Support. Training Preferred: One year work experience in Critical Care of Cardiac related field. Previous invasive cardiovascular experience. Baccalaureate in Nursing. Licensure/Registration: Registered Nurse in Iowa Experience: More than 2 years experience required. Interpersonal Skills: Interaction is with a variety of people inside or outside the organization. Communications are of moderate difficulty and sensitivity. Contact with others may involve detailed & lengthy dialogues & exchanges of information. Requires a moderate amount of interpersonal skills. Interactions involve dealing with moderately complicated problem situations or stressful encounters. Working Conditions: There is routine exposure to highly adverse environmental conditions including physical hazards, health and safety risks, and otherwise undesirable characteristics in the environment. Personal risks require safety equipment or precautions to be followed closely. The time the employee is exposed to these conditions exceed 70% of their work day. Possible Exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens: Yes Miscellaneous:

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