Cath Lab Registered Nurse
Midland, MI
Access Healthcare
4x10 hrs, Days

Job Opportunity: Temporary Registered Nurse (RN) – Cath Lab (Days)

Location: Midland, Michigan
Employment Type: Temporary
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Description

• Provide nursing care for patients before, during, and after angiography, interventional, angiographic cardiac catheterization procedures, and other diagnostic testing.
• Perform pre-procedure assessments, pre-medication, documentation of cath process, post-cath care, and patient education.
• Scrub in for procedures and assist other members of the cardiac catheterization laboratory team.
• Conduct cardiac diagnostic nursing procedures including stress echocardiogram, treadmill exams, nuclear and pharmacologic stress testing, tilt table, echocardiograms, cardioversions, and transesophageal echocardiograms.
• Assist with preparation, procedure, and recovery for interventional radiology procedures.
• Evaluate and screen patients for safety prior to testing.
• Provide sedation monitoring and document appropriately.
• Apply Holter monitors, event monitors, ambulatory blood pressure monitors, and perform pacemaker interrogations.
• Insert PICC lines and serve as a vascular access expert.
• Operate and manage equipment such as cardiac output monitors, hemodynamic monitors, pacemakers/ICDs, intraaortic balloon pumps, crash carts, IV pumps, defibrillators, glucometers, stress machines, and other nursing supplies.
• Record all pertinent information accurately and develop cardiovascular education materials and programs.

Required Qualifications

• License: Active Michigan Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Certifications:

  • American Heart Association BLS (Basic Life Support)
  • American Heart Association ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support)
• Experience:

  • Minimum 2 years of experience in Cath Lab nursing.
  • At least 1 year of experience in Electrophysiology (required).
• Skills:

  • Experience with cardiac rhythm interpretation (preferred).
  • Knowledge and operation of intraaortic balloon pump (preferred).
  • Experience with Epic EMR system (preferred).
• Other Requirements:

  • Work history and skills checklist relevant to Cath Lab nursing current within 1 year.
  • Two supervisory reference forms completed within the last two years.
  • Candidates must reside outside a 50-mile radius of the facility (local candidates not considered).

Preferred Qualifications

• Interventional Radiology experience.
• Prior travel work experience (preferred but not required).

Additional Information

• Dress code: Navy blue scrubs.
• EMR system used: Epic.

This position offers the opportunity to work in a comprehensive cardiac catheterization lab environment with a broad range of diagnostic and interventional procedures.