RN Electrophysiology (EP) Lab

40-hour position with a 4-shift work week, 10-hour shift schedule. Shift start times rotate among 6:00am, 7:00am, and 9:00am starts, with staggered shifts built into the rotation to support procedure times.

About the Role

As part of a collaborative team of RNs, EP Cardiovascular Technologists, advanced practice providers, and physicians, you'll circulate and provide direct patient care during ablations, pacemaker, and defibrillator implants, and other invasive EP and diagnostic procedures. This role focuses on providing professional and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders, including assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care needs of a designated group of patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care during ablations, pacemaker, defibrillator implants, and other invasive EP and diagnostic procedures.
• Conduct patient assessments, administer IV medications, and manage moderate sedation.
• Perform hemodynamic monitoring and provide pre/post-procedure patient and family education.
• Utilize theoretical and evidence-based knowledge to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate age-appropriate care in partnership with patients and their families.
• Develop individualized, outcomes-based care plans incorporating patient and family readiness and barriers to learning.
• Orchestrate and validate a plan of care for each shift, including interdisciplinary patient/family meetings.
• Coordinate discharge plans using unit-based and community resources for seamless transitions.
• Implement the plan of care safely and timely, documenting all aspects of care, treatments, and patient responses.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of planned strategies and update the plan of care based on patient responses.
• Perform procedures and treatments using nursing knowledge and judgment, adhering to established guidelines and professional standards.
• Safely administer and assess patient response to medications, utilizing knowledge of pharmacology and hospital standards.
• Maintain clinical competency with technology and equipment, ensuring safe usage.
• Act as a patient and family advocate and educator, providing high-quality care efficiently and safely.
• Participate in hospital and unit-based patient safety and quality activities, using data trends to improve clinical practice.
• Engage in performance improvement activities through data collection, analysis, and evaluation.
• Champion quality, safety, regulatory, and patient-family satisfaction initiatives.
• Facilitate cooperative and collaborative relationships among disciplines to ensure effective patient care delivery.
• Delegate responsibilities appropriately, understanding the roles, knowledge, and capabilities of others.
• Promote a positive and professional work environment, treating internal and external customers with courtesy and respect.
• Participate in professional development and lifelong learning activities to maintain and enhance competence.
• Assume charge nurse functions in collaboration with unit leadership when needed.
• Facilitate communication by sharing job-related information and actively participating in staff meetings and emails.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Certifications (e.g., ACLS, PALS) or additional state licensure relevant to the department and type of care may be required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Specialty Nursing certifications.

Skills

• Ability to provide care for a designated group of patients according to unit guidelines and hospital policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Skills and knowledge to provide care across the life span, considering aging processes, human development stages, and cultural patterns.
• Knowledge of growth and development, ability to interpret age-specific data, and provide age-appropriate communication.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing/walking.
• Lifting, positioning, pushing, and/or transferring patients and equipment.
• Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching.
• Frequent exposure to hazardous chemicals, sick patients, bodily substances, noise, and possible exposure to radiation, lasers, and electric shock.
• Regular exposure to the risk of bloodborne diseases and other transmissible infections.
• Contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances, including emergency and crisis situations.
• Subject to varying and unpredictable situations and irregular hours.
• May have contact with hazardous materials.