Registered Nurse, Cath Lab, Full time days, Tullahoma

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:  Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization:

Cardio-Cath Lab

Job Summary:

This position involves delivery of nursing care based upon nursing process as well as some supervision and coordination of nursing personnel activities according to the hospital’s policies and procedures.

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Hours of Position:

Full-time, days. No call.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Responsible and accountable for the delivery of individualized nursing care to adults’ patients having cardiac catheterization procedures as well as care for patients having specialized radiology procedures.
• Ability to prep and recover these patients and preform all aspects of designated procedural area in preparation, documentation, and monitoring, and set up bedside sterile field and have knowledge of sterile technique, consistent with the policies and procedures.
• Ability to circulate, scrub and assist with all cardiac catheterization procedure cases independently.
• Administer medication according to the physician's instructions before, during and after cardiac procedures.
• Ability to setup, operate, shutdown, and troubleshoot all basic equipment and specific equipment/instruments in the cardiac catheterization lab.
• Charges accurately for items used in the cardiac catheterization lab.
• Effectively communicates with cardiologist and serves as a resource to healthcare professionals outside of department.
• Fosters a strong cooperative professional relationship with team members. Communicates and works effectively with people.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

 Our Nursing Philosophy:  

We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being. 

As a Vanderbilt University Medical Center employee, you make a difference to our patients and their families by bringing compassion and care to those in need of hope and healing. Please see our current employee benefits offered:

• Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options
• Dental and /or vision plan
• 403 (b) retirement plan
• Paid Time off (flex PTO)
• Tuition Reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied)
• Short-Long term disability
• Subsidized backup childcare
• And many more... Ask us about our current inpatient nursing supplemental Pay Program!

Achieve the Remarkable: 

Learn more about VUMC Nursing here.

Core Accountabilities:

Organizational Impact: Executes job responsibilities with the understanding of how output would affect and impact other areas related to own job area/team with occasional guidance. Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Analyzes moderately complex problems using technical experience and judgment. Breadth of Knowledge: Has expanded knowledge gained through experience within a professional area. Team Interaction: Provides informal guidance and support to team members.

Core Capabilities :

Supporting Colleagues:- Develops Self and Others: Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance e and gain knowledge in new areas.- Builds and M