Job description
Where You’ll Work
At CommonSpirit Mountain Region, we believe in the healing power of humanity and serving the common good through our dedicated work and shared mission to celebrate humankindness.
The Cardiac Cath Lab at Holy Cross Hospital - West Valley is a patient-centered department focused on quality care and serving others. Our amazing team serves throughout the entire hospital and is motivated by patient experience, process improvement, and quality outcomes. We average 90 procedures per month including cardiac diagnostic, interventional procedures, interventional radiology procedures and nursing placed PICC lines. The team has specialized training in invasive monitoring, PICC line placement, cardiac atherectomy and debulking, and cardiac life-saving support with cardiac support devices and machines. We perform diagnostic procedures, restorative procedures, device implantation, and emergent procedures for STEMI. Our culture of teamwork, longevity of staff in the department, growing procedural volumes, the variety of procedures, and the reputation of the staff and department make us a very desirable team to join. We look for candidates that are eager to learn, patient centered, have good critical thinking skills, remain calm under pressure and love to serve others.
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Cath Lab RN, you will assume responsibility for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with the healthcare team and patient/family to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient, advancing modern nursing through compassionate care. Every day you will promote optimal patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, adhering to patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act, and demonstrating personal accountability for relationship-based care and our organizational mission. To be successful in this role, you will be a Registered Nurse with a commitment to compassionate, high-quality patient care, strong communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to apply the nursing process effectively within a supportive, mission-driven environment.
- Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records & clinical data.
- Evaluates patient’s response and intervenes to ensure optimal patient outcome. Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
- Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including, but not limited to, IV’s, incision/wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
- Thorough and confidential maintenance of patient charts and records. Document ongoing status, interventions, patient response and outcomes in an accurate, timely manner. Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decisionmaking.
- Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health and safety and rights of each patient.
- Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning readiness, needs, and ability. Provide teaching and evaluate effectiveness of teaching.
Job Requirements
Required
- Associate's Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
- RN License in state of employment
Preferred
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- One (1) year experience
Physical Requirements
- Medium Work - (Exert up to 50lbs force occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs constantly)