Cardiac Cath Lab - Clinical Nurse

Job ID: 104381

About the Role

8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

• 30-minute call response time
• Call is 2–3 days a week and every 3rd weekend

The BJC Registered Nurse Career Ladder differentiates BJC as the place for nurses to work in the greater St. Louis area. This tool empowers nurses to work at the top of their license and own their career progression. The BJC RN Career Ladder promotes professional development, leadership, collaboration, education, and service excellence. It provides staff the opportunity to advance to the next step in their career while continuing to care for patients. Moves to higher ladder levels result in a percentage increase of current pay that aligns with the new job description.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401K with Match
• Tuition Assistance

Responsibilities

• Promotes patient and family-centered care in a healing environment.
• Educates patients and their families on managing illness or injury, including post-treatment home care needs and medication administration.
• Participates in activities that promote patient safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.
• Participates in professional development.
• Develops, implements, and documents individual plans of care.
• Performs basic physical, emotional, and educational assessment of patients undergoing cardiac catheterization.
• Assesses analgesia and moderate sedation needs prior to, during, and post-procedure.
• Assists physicians performing diagnostic and interventional procedures; provides pharmacologic and hemodynamic support before, during, and after invasive procedures.
• Conducts post-procedural assessment, stabilization, and transfer to appropriate medical/surgical service.

Requirements

• Current Missouri RN license or eligible for licensure

Preferred Qualifications

• Critical Care experience preferred

About the Organization

Christian Hospital has been serving St. Louis and the surrounding metro areas since 1903. U.S. News & World Report ranks Christian Hospital No. 5 in St. Louis for overall clinical excellence and No. 9 in Missouri, placing it in the top 6% of all hospitals in the state. The hospital is nationally ranked as "high performing" in the clinical specialty of geriatrics and in seven common procedures and conditions: heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes, COPD, pneumonia, and stroke.

Northwest HealthCare, six miles west of Christian Hospital, offers 24-hour emergency care, the Sleep Disorders Center, and a variety of outpatient diagnostic and imaging services. The Cardiac Catheterization Lab provides services to in-house patients, outpatients, patients directly from the Emergency Room, or patients transferred from other healthcare facilities (excluding pediatric patients).