Registered Nurse - CARDIAC CATH LAB

About the role

At Garnet Health, the Hudson Valley’s leading integrated health system, you’ll find the perfect balance of a satisfying career and a rewarding lifestyle. Our focus is on patient-centric care with a collective of visionary leaders and dedicated and caring professionals working as a team to deliver the best for the people we serve. If you’re interested in a health system that’s both growing and award-winning, serving a diverse community that provides the best of both city and rural life, we invite to make your career home with us as a Registered Nurse on our Cardiac Cath team at/in Garnet Health Medical Center-Middletown.

Responsibilities

• Provision of a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing.
• Attention to the range of human experiences and responses to health and illness within the physical and social environments.
• Integration of assessment data with knowledge gained from an appreciation of the patient of the group.
• Application of scientific knowledge to the processes of diagnosis and treatment through the use of judgment and critical thinking.
• Advancement of professional nursing knowledge through scholarly inquiry.
• Influence on social and public policy.
• Assurance of safe, quality, and evidence-based practice.

Qualifications

• Licensure: Active New York State Nursing License in good standing.
• Education: Associate, Baccalaureate (preferred), Master’s, or Doctorate Degree in Nursing from an Accredited School of Nursing.
• Certification: American Nurses Association endorsed Certifications or Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses Certification Preferred (*Based on Certification specialty hours of work requirement).
• Physical Demands: Considerable standing, walking, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching; considerable visual demands; must be able to perform RN essential physical functioning demands as determined by Employee Health / Pre-Screening Assessment; during any patient transferring task, if any caregiver is required to lift more than 35 lbs of a patient's weight, then the patient should be considered to be fully dependent and assistive devices should be used; must participate in Safe Patient Handling Initiatives.
• Mental Demands: Ability to foster collaborative relationships, to work well under pressure, to organize and synthesize new information and prioritize tasks; possess critical thinking, analytical skills and flexibility; ability to multi-task; required detailed attention to work in an environment where interruptions cannot be controlled; demonstrates sensitivity to customer needs and expectations.
• Working Conditions: OSHA Directive CPL-03-00-016: contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances; may be exposed to unpleasant patient elements (exposure to blood and other potentially infectious material); subject to varying and unpredictable situations; handles emergency and crisis situations; must wear Personal Protective Equipment to ensure safety which may include items such as gloves, safety glasses, respirators, or coveralls, vests, lead vests, and full body suits; may have contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards; ORMC abides with the New York Department of Labor / Nursing Licensure Board recommendation on the 16 hour work limit.
• Patient and Staff Safety: Recognizes the importance of patient/staff safety precautions as it relates to specific department and area of responsibility; consistently utilizes precautions and follows appropriate procedure to enhance patient/staff safety in daily operations; identifies and reports any potentially dangerous situations which could cause medical error and/or patient or staff harm; immediately takes action, where appropriate, to minimize the risk of injury; where appropriate to staff member’s responsibilities, reports errors, when these occur, to supervisor and in the MIDAS RDE system on an Incident report; participates when appropriate in Root Cause Analysis and/or other efforts to reduce the risk of medical error and/or patient or staff harm.
• Training: Clinical nurses are accountable for completing their annual / required mandatory training within certain time frames; all clinical nurses must have BLS and this training must be kept current; in certain clinical areas additional AHA training may be required; if transferring to one of these areas you must have the appropriate training prior to beginning the position.
• Department Required Experience: Preferred Experience: 1 year Critical Care or Emergency Department; 1 year Cardiac Cath Lab; ACLS.
• Workplace type: On-site.

Benefits

• Resources to help you excel in your career.
• Tuition reimbursement programs for continued education.
• Comprehensive health, dental and retirement benefits designed to fit individual and family needs.
• Inclusive and diverse team culture that encourages you to contribute your exceptional talents, skills and perspectives.
• Commitment to supporting career growth and professional potential.
• Responsive, attentive