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:

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

Manager may or may not interview. Clinician must be okay with this. If Clinician has questions, please email the AM.

Block Schedules: No

Community Hospital Experience - Preferred

IR experience - Required

Start Date: 7/14, 7/28

Weekend Required: Every Other Weekend

Skills Required:

Must have IR experience

Diagnostic Cardiac Cath lab, Electrophysiology (EP) Lab, Interventional Cardiac Cath lab, Interventional Radiology, Cardiac Implant Closure Device, Cardiac Stent Placement, Diagnostic Catheterizations Adult, IABP Placement/Removal, Interventional Catheterizations, Left heart catheterization

Pacemaker/Defibrillator lead extraction/removal, Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI), Pulmonary Artery Line/Swan Ganz monitoring, Right heart catheterization, Arrhythmia Induction, Baseline Measurements, Cardiac Ablation, Cardiac Mapping, Insertion/Programming of AICDs (Automatic Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators), Pacemaker Insertion, Angioplasty, Gastrostomy Tube Placement, Liver Biopsy, Embolization, Renal Artery Stent Placement

Uterine Arterial Embolization, Chest Tube Placement, Thoracentesis, Angioplasty, Endovascular Interventions, Stent Graft Placement, Upper and Lower Extremity Angiography, Antiarrhythmics, Antihypertensives, Emergency Medications, IV vasopressors, Procedural Sedation Administration/Monitoring, Reversal agents, Thrombolytics

Assist with Central Line Insertion/management, Starting IVs, 12 Lead EKG, Activated Clotting Time (ACT), Cardioversion, Circulate Procedure, External Compression Devices (C-Clamp, Sandbags), Hypothermia protocols, Infection Prevention, Interpretation/Management of Dysrhythmias, Isolation Precautions

Monitoring Procedural Sedation, Radiation and Laser Safety, Sheath Removal and Monitoring, Topical Hemostasis (D-Stat, Chito-Seal, Syvek Patch), Vascular Closure Systems (Perclose, StarClose),

Skills Preferred: Pre Post Procedure, Special Procedures, Rotablator atherectomy, Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE), Tilt Table Study, Ventilator Monitoring

Float is required to Cath Lab, EP, & IR units

On Call:5-10 shifts per month, full weekend every 4-6 week

Precepting - Required

Special Procedures: Cath-Lab, EP Lab, IR

Dress Code: Scrubs - Provided

Avg. Daily Census: 15-20

Patient Population: Adults

RTO must be on the submittal and cannot be changed once the profile has been sent to the manager for review.

No RTO the first two weeks of an assignment

If a nurse has held previous employment with Medstar, must be gone for a minimum of 1 year to return as a traveler.