Cardiac Cath Lab Nurse Manager
Butler, Pennsylvania
WVU Butler Memorial Hospital

Cath Lab Supervisor

• Location: Butler, Pennsylvania
• Job title in source: Nurse Manager
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Days, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., 5 days a week (the scheduling field lists 4 x 10-hour shifts with self-scheduling)
• Hours: 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Pennsylvania
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Minimum of 2 years of cardiac cath lab experience, including experience within the last year
• Experience working with STEMI patients
• Experience with right and left heart hemodynamics
• BLS certification issued by the American Heart Association

Not Required

• EP experience (strong cath lab experience is sufficient)
• Pre/post experience

Unit and Assignment

• Unit: Cath Lab, EP and IR (RN)
• Labs/suites: 3
• Average cases per day: 7
• Common diagnoses and patients: CAD, adult patients, devices (pacemakers); supports the hybrid OR for structural heart
• Job duties: Nurses scrub and provide conscious sedation
• Must-have skills: Cath lab experience
• Equipment/software: Meditech/Xper (software familiarity, not a credential)
• Cath Lab techs: 5
• Floating: None
• Supervisor coverage: A supervisor is on each shift and will assist with cases if needed.
• Scrubs: Provided in-house
• Orientation: Typically 4 days of unit/department-specific orientation

Call and Scheduling

• Cardiologist hours: 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• On call: Possible but rare; nurses take 9 to 12 calls per month (weeknight, weekend, and holiday call combined, rotated within the group)
• Call response time: 30 minutes