Registered Nurse - Cardiovascular Lab (Full Time)

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Rotating Shift

Description:

Our Cardiovascular Lab is a five procedure room suite providing invasive cardiac diagnostic and interventional procedures, structured heart procedures with PFO/ASD closures, myocardial ablations and peripheral vascular diagnostic and interventions including carotid stenting. In addition, we perform surgical procedures including pacemaker insertions, ICD insertions, generator changes, transcatheter aortic valve replacement and mitral clips. Working with a team of credentialed invasive cardiologists and vascular surgeons, we provide scheduled inpatient and outpatient procedures Monday - Friday and emergent procedures on a 24 hour basis. Our highly trained nurses provide comprehensive interdisciplinary care from admission to discharge.

Organization Highlights:

* Recognized Leader: Only Magnet Hospital in Syracuse, highlighting our professional nursing staff.
* Shared Governance: Unit practice counsel and open door guiding principle gives all our nurses a voice.
* Advancement: Strong orientation program, ACLS, Critical care and emergency room training and generous tuition allowance.
* Work/Life: Self-scheduling and on call options to balance your work/life and school calendars.

What you will do:

* Monitor and assist with procedures, deliver care modalities including care of critically ill patients while in the lab.
* Respond to AMI calls in the ED and inpatient units.
* Collaborative team approach, coordinate and direct care with physicians, LPN scrub techs and circulating RNs.

Responsibilities:

* Ensures quality nursing care is rendered to all patients in accordance with the New York Nurse Practice Act, National Standards of Practice, and Nursing and Clinical Service standards of care and practice.
* Utilizing the Nursing Process, plans, directs and supervises the care of patients in addition to being involved in the provision of direct care of patients and families.

Education, Training, Experience, Certification and Licensure:

* Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and current licensure, or eligibility for licensure, in the State of New York.
* Maintains current BLS/CPR certification.
* Participates in orientation and continuing education and updates and maintains knowledge and skills related to specific areas of expertise. Completes mandatory stroke training.

Career Path:

* Clinical ladder advancement with experience, staff engagement, and national certification.
* Career advancement to leadership roles as team leader, preceptor, mentor, coordinator/management.

Mission Statement:

* We, St Joseph's Health and Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.

Vision:

* To be world-renowned for passionate patient care and outstanding clinical outcomes.

Core Values:

* In the spirit of good Stewardship, we heal by practicing Justice in fostering right relationships to promote common good, Reverence in honoring the dignity of every person, Excellence in expecting the best of ourselves and others; Integrity in being faithful to who we say we are.

Work Environment and Hazards:

* Clinical setting. Exposure Class I
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Physical Demands:

* Medium work: must be able to lift 25 pounds frequently; occasionally lifting maximum of 50 pounds. Will require ability to stand, walk, sit, bend, twist, squat and reach.

Work Contact Group:

* All services, medical staff, patients, visitors, and various regulatory and professional agencies.

Supervised By:

* Team Leader, Clinical Coordinator, Unit Manager, and Clinical Services/Nursing Administration.

Trinity Health's Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues at dozens of hospitals and hundreds of health centers in 22 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Trinity Health's dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.