Cardiac Cath Lab RN
Austin, Texas
3001-TX Ascension Seton Medical Center

RN Interventional Cath Lab

Overview

• Location: Austin, Texas
• Employment type: LTA
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: 07:00 - 17:30

Clinical Focus

• High-acuity cath lab
• Heart failure
• Some peripherals and PEs
• Mostly LHC, RHC, RHC with EMBX, TAVR, and structural heart procedures

Required Qualifications

• BLS: Must be AHA certified
• ACLS: Must be AHA certified
• Nursys verification: Completed within 30 days prior to start. Disciplinary actions require a FACIS Questionnaire uploaded with board documents.
• License/certificate verification: Current license and primary source verification within 30 days prior to start. Disciplinary actions require a FACIS Questionnaire uploaded with board documents.
• Specialty exam: Completed prior to first assignment and updated every 3 years. Minimum 80% passing score, with 2 attempts allowed.
• Core competencies: Covers HIPAA, Joint Commission, NPSG, and OSHA topics. Completed within one year of start and updated every 3 years. Minimum 80% passing score, with 2 attempts allowed.
• EKG exam: Completed on the current edition with at least 80%, 2 attempts permitted. Answers must be visibly marked, and the exam is updated every 3 years.
• Color vision: Completed prior to start and updated every 3 years.
• Clinical skills checklist: Completed within one year of start and updated annually for specialty.

Onboarding and Health Requirements

• Onboarding education: Pre-hire education attestation, contract worker onboarding (completed onsite), and Nova StatStrip pre-hire modules (required annually)
• Badge photo: Forward-facing headshot on a white or blue background, with no alterations or filters
• Vaccines and screenings:

  • MMR: Proof of two doses or positive IgG titer. No declinations accepted.
  • Varicella: Proof of two doses, serologic immunity, or documented history. No declinations accepted.
  • Tdap: Valid 10 years. No declinations or attestations accepted.
  • Hepatitis B: Completed series or signed declination.
  • Influenza: Exemptions and declinations accepted, but a mask is required at all times.
• Fit test: Required for all travelers. Preferred before start, can be completed onsite, updated annually. PAPR is not completed onsite.
• TB screening: Positive IGRA or PPD results, chest X-ray within one year of start, and TB questionnaire. Alternatively, a 2-step PPD or IGRA. The questionnaire is updated annually.
• Health statement: Good health statement or physical exam prior to first assignment, updated annually
• Drug screen: 11-panel drug screen within 30 days prior to start, updated annually

Documents and Verification

• Driver's license or state ID (must not be expired, must match address on file)
• Resume or profile
• Two professional references
• Criminal background check (completed within 90 days of first assignment, updated yearly)
• EPLS check (run within 90 days of start)
• Education verification (completed within 90 days of start)
• Employment verification (past seven years, updated yearly)
• Confirmation of assignment (provided at initial assignment and each extension)

Optional

• Unit-specific checklist (optional for onboarding, uploaded by the unit leader within one week)
• Legal name change documentation