RN, Cardiac Observation Unit
Tucson, Arizona
Northwest Medical Center

Registered Nurse - Cardiac Observation Unit

Location: Tucson, Arizona
Employment Type: Travel Contract
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Description

As a Registered Nurse in the Cardiac Observation Unit, you will provide high-level care for patients before and after cardiac catheterization procedures. Responsibilities include:

• Evaluating assigned patients and planning, implementing, and documenting nursing care
• Assisting physicians during examinations and procedures
• Performing patient tests and administering medications within RN scope of practice
• Preparing patients for cardiac catheterization and cardioversion procedures
• Recovering patients post-procedure who have received conscious sedation
• Sedating, circulating, and documenting bedside procedures such as Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) and Cardioversions (CV)
• Discharging patients with appropriate teaching and documentation

The unit cares for high-risk, high-acuity patients and performs bedside procedures including TEE and CV.

Shift Information

• Varies: 3 shifts of 12 hours each (day shifts starting between 6:00 AM and 8:30 PM)
• Call requirements include weekends (Saturday and Sunday) on a rotational basis approximately once every 4 to 6 weeks
• Weekend call hours: Saturday 7:00 AM–5:00 PM, Sunday 7:00 AM–2:00 PM

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in Arizona
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Minimum 1 year of Electrophysiology Lab experience within the last year
• ACLS certification
• BLS certification
• Experience in Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
• Telemetry experience
• Cardiac Catheterization Lab experience