Registered Nurse (RN), Cardiac Cath Lab

Job Title: RN

Location: Main Hospital - New Brunswick

Department Name: Cardiac Catheter Lab

Req #: 0000250585

Status: Hourly

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $47.85 - $71.72 per hour

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Job Summary

RWJBH is seeking a Registered Nurse for our Cardiac Catheterization Department at the New Brunswick campus,

This is a position for the Cardiac Cath Lab Procedural RN: Day shift 6am-6:30 pm 36 hours weekly,

Requirements/Qualifications:

Active, valid NJ Registered Nurse license required

BSN preferred

Basic Life Support BLS through the American Heart Association AHA required

Advanced Cardiac Life Support ACLS through the American Heart Association AHA required

Pediatric Advanced Life Support PALS through the American Heart Association AHA required

**Minimum of 2 years of critical care experience or recent within the last 5 years critical care experience required

Recent within the last 5 years procedural or ICU experience required,

Procedural experience strongly preferred, On Call hours required and rotated,

Essential Functions:

The Registered Nurse provides nursing care in the health care system within the scope of practice defined by the Nurse Practice Act and regulatory standards and assures awareness of ethical standards of practice as defined by the ANA code of ethics,

The Registered Nurse assures safety in practice and is inclusive of the principles of evidence-based practice by maintaining a realization of own individual level of knowledge and experience and assumes responsibility for advancing knowledge of self and others of the patient care team by communication with and utilizing resource persons and programs available,

The Registered Nurse is responsible for reporting identified safety issues such as hazardous environments, ie, damaged floors-walls-ceiling tiles-unsecured areas and medical errors, The Registered Nurse is responsible for knowledge of the patient population served,

The Registered Nurse is responsible for supervising and directing the delegation of tasks to appropriate team members and collaborates with other patient care providers, and ensure follow up,

The Registered Nurse is responsible for consistently setting and evaluating priorities through appropriate interventions with measurable outcomes toward improvement,

The Registered Nurse is an individual practitioner and the interdisciplinary team manager, utilizes the nursing process to integrate all aspects of the provision of care and individualizes the plan of care to address a specific patient s needs,