Job Summary: Addresses the psychosocial, physical and general aspects of care related to the surgical environment. Communicates with the physician continuously and as needed about patient condition. Assists with the maintenance of equipment and inventory. Assesses procedure room for equipment functioning and readiness. Obtains supplies for individual cases and ensures all appropriate needs of the Cardiac Cath Lab team are met. Monitors, positions and assists patient during procedure. Participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities. Clients served are predominately adults eighteen (18) year of age and older.
Cath Lab Specific Job Duties and Requirements Demonstrates competence in preparing and cleaning of procedure rooms before and between cases and after terminal care.
Demonstrates knowledge of anesthetic drugs, actions and side effects.
Demonstrates knowledge of arterial lines, Swan-Ganz and how to document appropriately.
Is able to open sterile supplies and set-up for procedure.
Demonstrates thorough knowledge of location, care and operation of all Cardiac Cath Lab equipment.
Ability to perform a cardiac assessment per Cath Lab Assessment Sheet on all patients and reassessments as per policy. This includes adult and geriatric patients and the general patient population.
Documents patient data during the procedure (heart rate, blood pressure, respirations, all pressures, O2 saturation, EKG). Maintains procedure records.
Professional Requirements:
Reports to work on time and as scheduled, completes work within designated time
Adheres to scheduling requests of the department (Works weekends, no “special days off”, no exceptions, unless in school).
Adheres to the Customer Service Standards of Texas Regional Medical Center while representing the organization in a positive and professional manner.
Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the facility, as well as the focus statement of the department and complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
Utilizes computerized punch time system correctly.
Completes annual education requirements and maintains regulatory requirements.
Adheres to dress code, appearance is neat and clean and wears identification while on duty.
Completes in-services and returns in a timely fashion and has not missed any mandatory in-services.
Attends staff meetings annually as required by department; is responsible for information presented at monthly staff meetings that he/she is unable to attend.
Actively participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.
Regulatory Requirements:
Current Registered Nurse licensure in the state of Texas.
Current BLS certification.
Current ACLS certification.
Minimum one-year work experience in a Cardiac Cath Lab.
Minimum of one-year experience in critical care.
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