Registered Nurse (Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory)

About the role

This position involves executing position responsibilities that demonstrate expert leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex procedural care. Duties include, but not limited to:

• Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient transition through the continuum of patient care, patient and family education, patient self-management after discharge, and supporting factors that impact customer satisfaction.
• Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines.
• Delivers and manages the care of patients undergoing therapeutic and diagnostic cardiology procedures including both inpatients and outpatients.
• Affirms the physical and mental status of patients prior to procedures, educates on procedural and pre/post-procedural care, and documents responses to interventions, findings, and reports any changes.
• Promotes effective and safe transitions across the health care continuum, including the Veteran's goals of care.
• Provides constructive feedback for improvement to peers.
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the development of health care professionals.
• Evaluates outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations. Responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level.
• Might function in several roles to include, pre-procedure assessments, post procedural recovery, and assisting physicians during procedures. Maintains proficiency on the maintenance, cleaning, and preparation of cardiology specific equipment, as well as assist in the planning of end-of-life equipment replacement and future needs.
• Recognizes changes in patient care situations and initiates appropriate emergency responses, as well as provides enduring education for common clinical adverse complications and responses.
• Adapts the daily schedule to maximize efficiency.
• May be assigned call, in which the CCL RN will follow all facility policies regarding response time.

Responsibilities

Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient transition through the continuum of patient care, patient and family education, patient self-management after discharge, and supporting factors that impact customer satisfaction.

Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines.

Delivers and manages the care of patients undergoing therapeutic and diagnostic cardiology procedures including both inpatients and outpatients.

Affirms the physical and mental status of patients prior to procedures, educates on procedural and pre/post-procedural care, and documents responses to interventions, findings, and reports any changes.

Promotes effective and safe transitions across the health care continuum, including the Veteran's goals of care.

Provides constructive feedback for improvement to peers.

Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the development of health care professionals.

Evaluates outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations. Responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level.

Might function in several roles to include, pre-procedure assessments, post procedural recovery, and assisting physicians during procedures. Maintains proficiency on the maintenance, cleaning, and preparation of cardiology specific equipment, as well as assist in the planning of end-of-life equipment replacement and future needs.

Recognizes changes in patient care situations and initiates appropriate emergency responses, as well as provides enduring education for common clinical adverse complications and responses.

Adapts the daily schedule to maximize efficiency.

May be assigned call, in which the CCL RN will follow all facility policies regarding response time.

Requirements

Two years successful clinical experience assisting in diagnostic and interventional cardiac and vascular catheterization procedures as 1st scrub assistant, cardiac hemodynamic recording system operator, Cath Lab circulator, single plane x-ray operator, and Nurse sedation monitor in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.

Two years successful clinical experience working in the Cardiac Cath Lab as a sedation RN.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• English Language Proficiency.
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6); OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD).
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia. Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements, but do not possess the required licensure, may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis.)
• Note: Grandfathering Provision - All persons currently employed in VHA in 0610 series and performing the duties as described in the qualification standard on the effective date of the standard (1/29/2024) are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the grade held including positive education and licensure/certification.

Grade Determinations: The following Scope, Education and Dimension criteria must be met in determining the grade assignment of candidates, and if appropriate, the level within a grade. The Dimension requirements (Practice, Veteran/Patient Driven Care, Leadership, Professional Development and Evidence-Based Practice/Research) are detailed for each grade and level within the online assessment: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12925537.

Skills

None provided in the job posting.

Benefits

Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Pay

Competitive salary

Schedule

Monday- Friday, 7am- 3:30pm MST, may be assigned call