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Valley Medical Center

Travel Nurse RN - Cardiac Cath Lab - $3,040 per week

Valley Medical Center, Renton, Washington, United States, 98056


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ACLS, BLS, NIHSSRequired Certifications: BLS, ACLS, NIHSSJob Details

Hospital in Renton, WA is seeking a Special Procedures/Cardiac Cath Lab RN for a 13-week assignment.The traveler will support sedation in Xray, CT and Ultrasound, as well as assisting on IV starts in pre-procedure area.Strong candidates will be able to circulate, sedate, monitor, and assess.Job Requirements

Experience or 'Must have' skills: Need Ventilator and pressor management skills for procedure rooms.Unit/Department specific orientation: 2 weeks of orientation depending on traveler experience.Nurses will have buddy call for the first 3-4 weeks.Schedule Information

Pre-procedure and Recovery: 4 ten-hour shifts, noon to 10:30, 2pm - 12:30am.Call only every 5th weekend during the day.Procedural nurses, 3 12's 7-7, option for 4 tens 9-7:30.On call one night a week.Every 3rd or 4th weekend.Everyone takes about 1 holiday a year, rotated in with perm staff.Mandatory call/standby requirement: YesCall response time: Procedure nurses and techs 30 minutes, recovery nurses 45 minutes.Additional Details

# suites/labs: 3 Rooms, a 4th currently being built (set to be complete in March).Hybrid OR room, nurses also go to CT, Ultrasound and MRI for procedures and sedations.# cases per day on average: 17 for Cath Labs, 22-23 including all other areas and procedures.Common diagnoses/Types of patients: Vascular, Neuro, EP, Cardiology, IR, Cath Lab - diagnostic and intervention, rotablator and shockwave.Next year will have impella. Diagnostic right hearts to prep for structural at other facilities.IR: ports, G tubes, drains, nephrostomies, biliary drains. Embolizations and coiling are a lot less frequent.Dialysis lines common. Other lines.EP: ablations, device implantation, temporary pacemakers, Anesthesia is on every EP case.(EP staff will cover EP cases, travelers will only assist if skills validated by manager).Scrub Color/Dress Code: Provided