RN Clinical Nurse Lead Special Procedures Cath Lab

Essential Functions

• Provides leadership during schedule conflicts, unplanned changes in activity, last minute deadlines and crisis situations.
• Plans, directs, and implements care to patients in accordance with physicians’ orders, policies and procedures; serves as monitor and scrubs for diagnostic and interventional procedures.
• Identifies patients at high risk requiring advanced nursing judgment; utilizes holistic assessment, identifies relevant aspects of situations and determines the appropriate course of action to move patient/family, and staff towards expected outcome(s).
• Provides, manages and coordinates care; applies analytical reasoning, rational problem-solving skills, using evidence-based information and clinical judgment; acts as clinical resource to other staff members

Works Closely With

• Directors
• Support Services
• Materials Management
• Supervisors
• Other Personnel

Maintains Inventory Standards

• Maintains established inventory standards for medicines, solutions, supplies and equipment
• Accounts for narcotics discrepancies

Consults and Communicates with Physicians

• Consults and communicates with physicians to ensure proper care and follow up of patients

Assists with Unit Needs Assessment

• Affixes with unit needs assessment of equipment, environment, new technology, for the development of capital budgeting in conjunction with unit manager

Assists in Orientation

• Assists in the orientation of new personal demonstrated in skills list assessment completion, incidental and planned education of staff

Adheres to Policies and Standards

• Adheres to TMC organizational and department-specific safety, confidentiality, values, policies and standards

Performs Related Duties

• Performs related duties assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Graduation from a qualified, nationally-accredited nursing program.
• Experience: Two (2) years of related experience, or preferred five (5) years of current critical care or perioperative specialty in an acute care setting.
• Licensure or Certification: Current RN licensure permitting work in the state of Arizona, Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, and Advance Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification required.