Travel Nurse (RN) - Cardiac Cath Lab

Pre-employment modules may be required for this role. Please upload any certifications or health documents you have to your profile to expedite your on-boarding process.

Additional Details:

All positions at Providence Health & Services require that any and all lab items requested during onboarding be completed within 72 hours of signing a contract - no exceptions. This means candidates must be responsive and willing to go to a lab to complete health orders ASAP after signing. Failure to comply may lead to a pushed start or cancellation as assessed by the facility.

References must cover at least 1 full year of relevant experience in specialty within the past 3 years

Previous Employment Requirements: Return Staff Policy: can return after 3 months.

Required Skills/Experience: Skills: Medications Diagnostic Cardiac Cath lab Cardiac Cath Lab Procedures IABP Placement/Removal Left heart catheterization Right heart catheterization Professional Knowledge and Skills.

Preferred Skills/Experience: Skills: Antihypertensives* IV vasopressors* Procedural Sedation Administration/Monitoring* Thrombolytics* Pulmonary Artery Line/Swan Ganz monitoring* Interpretation/Management of Dysrhythmias* Ventilator Management* Drips - Lasix*.

Required Credentials: Cannot have any hits/suspensions on license or any background hits from any point in the past. Cert: ACLS, BLS - Must be AHA (Instructor, Provider, or RQI) or “Heart&Stroke” certification from Canadian Heart & Stroke Foundation only.

Procedures/Diagnostics/Treatments Performed on Unit: ST elevetaed MIs. Non-ST elevated Mis. Chest Pain. Takotsubo syndrome. Cardiomyapathy. Arrhtmias to include complete heart block, SVTs and Ventricular rhythms. Embolic and hemorrhagic strokes. Peripheral vascular diseases. PROCEDURES: LHC. RHC. Coronary angiograms. Coil and sphere embolizations for stroke. PTCA. Angioplasty. Intra-aortic balloon pump placement. Electrophysiological studies and electrophysiological arrythmia ablations. Visceral angioplasty. Intra-vascular ultrasound. Meds used Nitro. Epinephrine. Neosynephrine. Norepinephrine. TPA. Lasix. Isuprel.

Types of Patients on Unit: Adults, Geriatrics

Equipment Used on Unit: Acist injector for contrast. Intravascular ultrasound. Fractional flow reserve gradiant measurement system. Phillips hymodynamic monitoring system. Penumbra thrombectomy device. Impella left ventricular assist device. Intra-aortic balloon pump. Rotoblator atherectomy device.

Unit/Facility Details: Parking Cost: Hang-tag: $10.00, Key-cards: $35.00, $38 per pay period at hospital or $16 per pay period for parking at St. Anne’s. Number of Beds: 4.

Special Requests: RTO must be listed at time of submission. Open to accommodating block schedule: Per manager discretion.

Shift & Scheduling: Weekend req: 4 shifts per contract. Is on-call req: Yes, based on needs. 30 min response time. Call shifts can average 10 shifts within a 6-week period, which includes one weekend of call. The numbers of call shifts vary dependent on the number of nurses within the call cycle.

Floating Requirements: Travelers' refusal to float may result in termination of assignment and/or forfeiture of guaranteed hours.