Cardiac Catheterization Lab RN
Pikeville, KY
GHR Healthcare - PH Division
4x12 hrs

Job Opportunity: Cardiac Catheterization Lab Staff RN

Location: Pikeville, Kentucky
Employment Type: Nursing
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Description

Pre/Post Area Responsibilities

• Assess and reassess young adult, adult, and elderly patients using the nursing process
• Competency in specialized procedures and equipment including:

  • Cardiac Monitoring
  • Care and recovery of patients pre/post interventional cardiac procedures
  • Care of patients with vascular closure devices (application, maintenance, removal)
  • Maintain and pull arterial and/or venous sheaths
  • Use of ACT machine
  • Use of Angioseal/Vasoseal devices
  • Minimal and moderate sedation administration with safety guidelines
  • Assist with transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) and perform “Bubble” method as required
  • Pain management and follow-up pain reassessment
  • Blood draws following proper order-of-draw protocols
  • IV therapy and IV ADD
  • Infusion of blood and blood products
  • Information management
  • Synchronized cardioversion
  • Care for ICDs and pacemakers (temporary and permanent) pre/post procedure

Procedural Area Responsibilities

• Assess and reassess patients pre/post various interventional procedures including:

  • Cardiac, electrophysiology, and interventional radiology procedures
  • Vascular procedures such as IVC filters, run-offs, acute and chronic occlusions
  • Maintain and pull arterial and/or venous sheaths
  • Use of ACT machine
  • Assist with peripheral balloons, stents, thermodilution, invasive monitoring, IVUS, FFR, EP procedures, RF and cryoablations
  • Assist with insertion, maintenance, and troubleshooting of intra-aortic balloon pump
  • Assist with loop recorder insertion
  • Assist with ICDs, pacemakers, and Spectranetics laser procedures
  • Synchronized cardioversion/defibrillation
  • Monitor and manage anaphylactic reactions using anaphylactic kit
  • MAC Lab system monitoring

Experience Requirements

• Specialty: Cardiac Catheterization Lab Nursing
• Required Years of Experience: Not explicitly stated (default to standard expectations for this specialty, typically 1-2 years minimum)
• Prior travel experience is NOT required

This role is suited for experienced cardiac cath lab nurses comfortable with a wide range of interventional cardiac and vascular procedures, sedation protocols, and patient monitoring in both pre/post procedural and procedural areas.