Cardiac Cath Lab RN
Seattle, Washington
University of Washington Medical Center

Cath Lab RN

• Location: Seattle, Washington
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Start date: 12/07
• Shift: Day, 4x10-hour shifts (7:30 to 18:00), 40 hours per week
• Specialty: Registered Nurse, Cath Lab
• Ratio: 1:2
• Facility: Magnet, teaching center, 637 staffed beds

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Washington
• 2 years of Cardiac Cath Lab experience, with experience within the last year
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certification issued by the American Heart Association
• BLS (Basic Life Support) certification issued by the American Heart Association
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Experience with Epic

Unit Overview

• Patients undergo coronary angiograms and complex interventions, and use support devices (Impella, IABP, TandemHeart, and ECMO).
• Accepts first-time travelers depending on experience.
• Accepts local candidates.
• Does not accept pending licenses.
• Does not allow floating within the hospital or to sister hospitals.
• Does not accommodate block schedules unless the posting states otherwise.

Schedule and Expectations

• Weekend work is required unless the posted schedule says otherwise.
• On-call duty is 4 to 6 days per month plus late team, usually one weekend call per month.
• Return-to-work restriction: 1 week maximum.
• If census is low, staff may be sent home without charge or placed on call, in 4-hour increments, up to one shift's worth of hours per 2-week cycle.
• Scrubs are provided for OR personnel; any color is acceptable.

Onboarding Requirements

• 7-year criminal background check, completed within 45 days of start, plus sex offender, OIG/SAM, and Washington WATCH searches
• Education verification (transcript or diploma if the degree is not clearly verified)
• 10-panel drug screen within one year of start
• Physical exam signed by a physician within one year of start
• TB screening (two PPDs, or a QuantiFERON or T-SPOT test within 90 days)
• Measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and Tdap immunity documentation (titer or vaccines, or a declination)
• Hepatitis B titer and vaccine series, or a declination
• Annual flu vaccination or declination, and COVID vaccination or declination
• N95 fit test (listed as within 12 months in one entry and within 9 months in another; confirm with the recruiter)
• Compact-license RNs working in Washington must complete a 6-hour suicide prevention training course and submit certification of completion
• Driver's-license-style photo due the Monday before start for badge creation