REGISTERED NURSE, RN - ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY LAB I

About the role

Nursing opportunity to work within the Heart Center, specifically performing electrophysiology procedures including pacemakers, ICDs and electrophysiology studies. Responsible for managing the clinical needs of the patient throughout the continuum of care. This includes functioning as a circulator and first scrub intraoperatively. Participates in data collection and the implementation of quality improvements. Maintains equipment used in performing procedures.

Responsibilities

• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending education workshops, review professional publications, establish personal networks, and participate in professional societies.
• Affirm quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following system/hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
• Document patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Maintain continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs using Nurse Knowledge Exchange techniques.
• Maintain patient confidence and protects operations by complying with procedures, rules and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Resolve patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintain a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information, responding to requests, building rapport, and participating in team continuous quality improvement and problem-solving methods.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Ensure operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements by following manufacturer's instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories, and evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Maintain nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies, verifying receipt of supplies, and using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.

Specialty Job Functions

• Participates in initiatives to enhance the quality of patient care and customer service.
• Collections and documents pertinent information for ACC and STS national databases, and core measure bench marking.
• Recognizes and reports unfavorable trends in outcomes and/or patient care processes.
• Recognizes and reports impedances to favorable workflow and patient care processes.
• Performs Technical Unit Specific Functions:
  • Responsible for the operation, monitoring, and calibration of the hemodynamic recording system, including pressure gauges, transducers, electrocardiology, mapping, stimulator, defibrillator, bovie and other associated equipment employed during EP lab diagnostics and implant procedures.
  • Responsible for managing all nursing care, including cardiovascular and medication administration / response monitoring related to patient care.
  • Captures emergency procedures when necessary.
  • Assists physician as scrub nurse and/or circulating nurse during diagnostic, ablative and implant procedures.
  • Maintains equipment used in performing procedures.
  • Removes arterial/venous sheaths post diagnostic procedure.
  • Performs duties of surgical circulator during EP procedures.
  • Performs post procedure implant device checks including interrogation and/or reprogramming when necessary.

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program required.
• Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent and critical thinking skills, sound judgment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.
• Strong ability to communicate complex and/or controversial topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience.

Preferred Qualifications

• One-year previous experience working in electrophysiology lab performing diagnostic, ablative, and implant procedures.
• Critical care experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities, but may serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

Incumbents will be scheduled based on operational need (rotate shifts, standby, on-call, etc.). Travel may be expected locally between Independence Health locations.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Independence Health and its affiliated companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. It is their policy to prohibit discrimination of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other classification protected by law. Independence Health and its affiliated companies will comply with all applicable laws and regulations.