Endovascular Neurosurgery RN
Florence, South Carolina
McLeod Regional Medical Center

Job Opportunity: RN Endovascular Neurosurgery

Location: Florence, South Carolina
Employment Type: Long-Term Assignment (LTA)
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Description

• Maintain a professional image and provide excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers.
• Assess patient needs based on history, observation, physical examination, and diagnostic data.
• Plan individualized nursing care tailored to the holistic and age-specific needs of patients.
• Provide nursing interventions consistent with the Plan of Care and standards of practice, incorporating physician-prescribed medical plans.
• Demonstrate competency in nursing skills relevant to endovascular neurosurgery procedures.
• Utilize appropriate health and safety equipment to protect patients and staff.
• Perform patient safety initiatives including patient identification, effective communication, specimen labeling, clinical alarms, infection control, and universal protocols.
• Carry out physician’s orders, including telephone/verbal orders and medication scanning.
• Conduct nursing handoffs and bedside reports, ensuring thorough documentation and patient consent processes.
• Complete procedural paperwork such as consent forms, pre- and post-procedure checklists, and time-outs.
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA and security standards.
• Reconcile and administer patient medications and blood products following policies and procedures.
• Participate in code management including crash cart, rapid response, and end-of-life care.
• Care for patients with unit-specific needs such as moderate sedation, point of care testing, contrast injector use, sheath removal, and operation of physiological monitoring systems.
• Apply procedural aseptic scrubbing and technique in the procedure suite.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in South Carolina
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Minimum 1 year of Cardiac Cath Lab experience, including experience within the last year
• Experience in Neuro Interventions
• Experience in Cath Lab nursing
• Experience as a Cardiovascular Operating Room circulator
• Moderate sedation training
• BLS certification issued by the American Heart Association

Additional Information

• Prior travel experience is not explicitly required for this position.
• Fit testing for respirators is recommended for travelers and must be completed within one year of start.
• This role involves working in a procedure suite with specialized equipment and requires adherence to strict safety and procedural protocols.

This position offers an opportunity to work in a specialized nursing role focused on endovascular neurosurgery, requiring strong clinical skills, attention to detail, and adherence to safety and privacy standards.