RN / REGISTERED NURSE - CARDIAC CATH LAB - Beebe Healthcare
Lewes, DE 19958
About the Job
Become part of the Beebe team - an inclusive team positioned in a vibrant, coastal community. Enjoy a fulfilling career as you support the health of our patients and a team focused on excellence.
Join our Nursing Team and Cultivate your Career:
At Beebe, we care about your professional nursing path and want to foster the growth and development of your career. Whether you decide to further your education, gain professional certifications, learn a new specialty area, educate or lead – we support it all. We do so by offering a nursing graduate residency program, clinical ladder, professional certification reimbursement, certification preparation curriculums, generous tuition assistance, flexible scheduling and shared governance where you can help guide nursing professional practice and have a voice as a bedside nurse.
Benefits
In addition to competitive compensation and wellness benefits (medical, dental, vision and prescription) Beebe Healthcare also offers:
- Sign-on and Referral Bonuses for select positions
- Currently offering $20,000 Sign-on for the Cath Lab
- Tuition Assistance up to $5,000
- Paid Time Off
- Long Term Sick accrual
- Employer Contribution Plan
- Free Short and Long-Term Disability for Full Time employees
- Zero copay for drugs on prescription plan for certain conditions
- College Bound 529 Savings Plan
- Life Insurance
- Beebe Perks via WorkAdvantage
- Employee Assistance Program
- Pet Insurance
Able to communicate effectively, pleasantly, cooperatively, and discreetly with patients, physicians, team members, and the general public. Able to work under pressure and maintain patient confidentiality. Excellent communication skills and ability to relate well with people of diverse backgrounds, training, and experience. Demonstration of creativity, initiative, and problem-solving.
Responsibilities:- Demonstrate a complete working knowledge of all equipment within the department.
- Maintains a knowledge of sterile supplies and techniques utilized for procedures in the area of responsibilities.
- Assists physician with scrub duties utilizing sterile technique to prevent cross-contamination, set-up trays and prepare and position patient.
- Assists physician in circulator role by positioning the patient to obtain digital films and by giving medications / contrast (if tech/RN certified) under MD supervision in accordance with departmental policy.
- Assists physician in the recorder/monitor role documenting the case, balancing calibration and operating physiologic recorder and calculates and reports patient information from data gathered in the cardiac cath lab.
- Reviews patient chart for appropriate information such as indicators which may indicate risk to the patient, maintains the holding area and assists in transporting patients.
- Provides radiation protection to patient, staff and self according to prescribed safety standards.
- Maintains controlled drug inventory according to prescribed controlled drug policy.
- Assures that the crash cart and drug box are accurately supplied and dated.
- Recognizes emergency situations and can initiate code procedures or administer first aid or CPR as needed.
- Prepare and administer contrast media or medications under supervision of the Cardiologist.
- Assists in maintaining inventory and ordering supplies.
- Actively participates in product evaluation to determine best and most cost effective
- product.
- Notifies coordinator when supplies are low.
- Maintains daily work log and participates in the follow-up on patients.
- Rotates in an on-call status.
- Actively participates in performance improvement process to include evaluating, reporting and follow-up recommendations.
A minimum one year critical care experience preferred. One year experience in a cardiac cath laboratory preferred. Must complete Point of Care Testing training as part of Department Orientation.
- Required - Registered Nurse (RN)
- Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ACLS), and National Institute Health (NIH)
- Preferred - Minimum one-year Critical Care experience
* Experience In Hospital Or Acute Care Setting
* Clear Communication Skills Both Written And Verbal
* Able To Keep Confidential Information Regarding Patients, Team Members
* Able To Withstand Crisis Situations
* Has Skills To Provides Customer Service To Patients, Team Members And Visitors
* Knowledge And Experience With Electronic Health Records
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* RN - Registered Nurse
* BLS - Basic Life Saving certification
* ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support
* NIH - Stroke Certification
* RN Diploma/RN Graduate Program