Registered Nurse, RN | Nursing Residency Program | Cath Lab ~ ICU, ED, or PACU Experience Required

POSITION SUMMARY

Pay range: $47.44/hr - $71.23/hr

The intended start date is June 30th, 2025. *Note that this date may be adjusted based on operational needs.

 

About the team:

• Highly desirable work environment that is positive and harmonious
• Strong team camaraderie between nurses and providers
• Caring team that values each other both professionally and personally
• Supportive and cooperative team dynamic; team is there to help each other out
• Providers are invested in building team rapport, trust and respect, and encourage continuous learning, collaboration and communication

 About the department

• The Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Hillsboro Medical Center is a state-of-the-art facility that offers a full range of services, including complex and critical in-hospital and outpatient cardiovascular consultations.
• Services include Cardiac Procedures, Vascular Surgery and Interventional Radiology: our doctors perform coronary angiography, angioplasty, temporary pacemakers, impellas, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and vascular surgery.
• Care is coordinated with a team of board-certified cardiologists and vascular surgeons, nurses and other providers.

The Registered Nurse (RN) resident under the Nursing Residency Program provides compassionate, evidence-based, and efficient care to individuals, families, communities, and patient populations. The Residency Programs are designed to build on the educational foundation of the novice RN. Every participant in the program is responsible for providing safe, holistic care to patients throughout the continuum of this program which is designed to offer up to 6 months of didactic learning and clinical practice preceptorship to achieve the programs core objectives.

Each RN Resident will receive valuable mentorship and skill development within a supportive team environment.

The RN’s care delivery is consistent with the Oregon Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, and the ANA Code of Ethics and meets the standards/expectations of Professional Practice.  Professional accountability enriches the RN’s engagement as a leader in promoting an inter-professional culture of collaborative decision-making, innovation, life-long learning, and teamwork. 

 

Main responsibilities:

·       Evaluates own knowledge and nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and evidence-based knowledge; identifies areas of strength and professional growth; sets and achieves professional development goals.

·       Evaluates knowledge and nursing practice of peers, recognizing strengths, providing constructive feedback and maintaining caring and compassionate relationships.

·       Evaluates patient outcomes against quality goals or benchmarks.   Promotes innovation through participation in data collection, data analysis, evidence-based performance improvement plans, nursing or interdisciplinary research, and education about change methods.  

·       Implements direct and indirect nursing care consistent with evidence-based practices, hospital policies and procedures, and scope and standards of practice.

·       Uses an evidence-based decision-making process to determine the patient’s priority goals and care activities.

·       Protects and advocates for patient safety, health and wellbeing.

·       Keeps the patient as the focus when exercising judgment in accepting responsibilities, seeking consultation, and assigning activities to others who carry out nursing care.

·       Acts as a patient advocate by partnering with the person, family, significant others, and caregivers, as appropriate, to implement and evaluate the plan of care.  Assures that the plan is aligned with the patient’s physical, spiritual, and psychosocial goals, initiating changes as appropriate.

·       Delegates and supervises tasks consistent with other caregivers’ scope of practice, adhering to standards, regulations, and role expectations including self-care and collaborative teamwork.

·       Delivers care in a manner that preserves and protects patient autonomy, privacy, dignity, confidentiality, and rights.

 

Department specific responsibilities during each orientation:

Cardiac Cath Lab

·       The Cath lab RN ensures the delivery of quality nursing care for cardiovascular patients undergoing a wide variety of angiographic procedures.

·       Maintains and handles sterile equipment under surgical conditions.

·       Monitors patient during a wide variety of invasive angiographic procedures including heart catheterizations, digital vascular imaging, coronary angioplasty, peripheral and renal angioplasties, pacem