Cath Lab​/IR Staff Nurse II

Overview

Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County. Physicians provide a comprehensive range of primary and specialty care services at the 327-bed hospital and outpatient facilities both on and off of the Eskenazi Health downtown campus as well as at 10 Eskenazi Health Center sites located throughout Indianapolis.

FLSA Status Non-Exempt

Job Role Summary The Cath Lab/IR nurse provides clinical care to a variety of patients in the procedural area. The Cath Lab/IR nurse will assist the procedural physician by managing critical medications, providing oversight of patient hemodynamic status, sedation level, as well as document all aspects of the procedure. The Cath Lab/IR nurse will also be responsible for prepping and recovering patients from procedures and providing all necessary patient education and support.

This position also requires the nurse to be comfortable practicing with a high-level of autonomy typically acquired from at least 2 years of intensive nursing experience in a unit such as critical care, cath lab, interventional radiology, or the ER.

The Staff Nurse II provides clinical care and uses coordination skills for every patient served. This includes understanding of the expected patients served in the unit’s nursing care is delivered using the Eskenazi Health Model of Care-Synergy, the ability to coordinate with the patient and family/loved ones and other healthcare disciplines to ensure care is appropriate to meet patient care needs.

We cross train our nurses in all four (4) separate procedural rooms including General IR, Neuro IR/Cath Lab, and our EP Lab!

• Eskenazi Health Surgery utilizes in a variety of surgical procedures. Use of this cutting edge technology provides alternatives to traditional surgery and delivers precision in minimally invasive procedures.

• Coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions (stent placement, angioplasty including complex percutaneous interventions, rotablation and temp pacers)
• Pericardiocentesis
• Right and left heart catheterization

• Electrophysiology (EP) studies and ablations
• Loop recorders
• Internal cardiac defibrillator (ICD) placement and cardiac resynchronization therapy
• Pacemaker implantation and replacement, including His-bundle pacing

Call Requirement This position does have a call requirement during the week. When on call, you must be within a 30-minute response window.

• Leadership & Communication:
  Promotes a healthy work environment for all that provide care while encouraging collaboration for excellence in patient care outcomes
• Effectively performs all nursing functions in an efficient manner and in accordance with policies, procedures, the Indiana Nursing Practice Act, the Eskenazi Health Model of Care-the Synergy Model demonstrating synergy characteristics: clinical judgment, advocacy, caring practices, collaboration, systems thinking, response to diversity, clinical inquiry and facilitation of learning
• Utilizes and documents the nursing process thru appropriate assessment, planning, implementation, & evaluation of patient care as evidenced by client/staff observation; care acknowledges physiological, psychological, spiritual, diversity & cultural needs
• Engages patient/significant other with appropriate health information in a timely manner & shares written informational material as evidenced by feedback & observation; documentation is reflected in the medical record
• Demonstrates ability to handle emergency situations in a prompt, calm & professional manner
• Participates in own professional development by maintaining required competencies, identifying learning needs & seeking appropriate assistance or educational offerings
• Demonstrates understanding, supports & participates the role of shared governance at the unit & hospital- wide level to help engage the staff & unit to achieve success in unit-based & organizational goals

• Service:
  This encompasses all service/care to all: patients, families, staff, physicians, students & other departments to meet department & organizational goals and is reflective of best evidence of practice
• Demonstrates the understanding of the customer service concept & skills & applies to professional practice.
• Provides personal & individualized patient care to provide comfort & well-being for the patient acknowledging physiological, psychological, spiritual, and cultural needs
• Hourly Rounds consistently within the shift to all patients or areas covered to assess care and service
• Provides timely feedback on any customer service issue to the right person/department & participates objectively in the review of customer service issues & service recovery in a timely fashion with the unit/department leadership
• Demonstrates effective communication skills in working with staff, patients/families, physicians, other…