Travel Nurse RN - Cardiac Cath Lab
Lexington, KY
Integrated Healthcare Services
4x10 hrs, Days

Job Title: RN-Cath Lab

Location: Lexington, KY


Job Summary:
The RN implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person and the creation of a caring environment focused on healing and wellness. Nursing practices are based on evidence and current research as well as hospital and department policies and procedures, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines. Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity. Nursing excellence is promoted through helping relationships among nursing staff and across other disciplines. Responsibilities include coordinating, ensuring, and providing direct patient care activities on the unit through nursing rounds, assessments, treatments, facilitating admission, transfer, and discharge activities, patient and family-centered education, care coordination, and individualized treatment planning.

Required Qualifications:
- ADN or ASN
- Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the applicable state
- BLS, ACLS, NIHSS
- No prior experience required
- Ability to assess age-specific patient safety issues and implement appropriate safety devices
- Effective communication and collaboration skills
- Knowledge of computer systems and applications or ability to be trained

Preferred Qualifications:
- BSN
- Previous nursing experience
- 2+ years of recent, continuous experience in a high-volume cath lab (≈10+ cases/day), including PCI, STEMI call, and high-risk cases (Impella/IABP)
- Neuro-interventional experience
- Experience with Epic

Additional Information:
- Warmly and professionally greets all internal and external customers
- Promotes a high level of satisfaction by actively listening and following up on questions and concerns
- Actively participates in department and/or unit quality improvement activities
- Demonstrates active participation in unit-based activities in support of organizational values and priorities
- Promotes a positive group dynamic and healing environment through words and actions
- Assures nursing excellence in accordance with accepted standards, evidence-based practice, current research, and caring philosophy