WI - RN Electrophysiology Lab

**Traveler must meet all minimum requirements below to be consider. **Do not submit traveler who have or will have expiring licenses and/or certifications during time frame of entire assignment. Traveler will automatically be declined. **Only submit traveler who can work schedule in posting and interested in the unit.The Electrophysiology Registered Nurse functions independently as a member of the Heart & Vascular Care Procedure Center patient care team that includes registered nurses, Electrophysiology Cardiovascular Technologists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, cardiology fellows and faculty physicians. This individual is responsible for helping to develop and implement systems to assure the smooth and efficient flow of patients for procedures in the Electrophysiology (EP) Lab. Duties include but are not limited to the patient assessment, administration of medications, moderate sedation, hemodynamic monitoring, circulating and scrubbing during EP procedures and other procedures scheduled in our invasive procedure labs. This position also assists in pre and post patient assessment and patient care, patient and family teaching, circulating, scrubbing, and hemodynamic monitoring during the invasive procedures. This individual is able to demonstrate clinical expertise in working with electrophysiology patients during invasive diagnostic and interventional electrophysiology, and device implantation procedures. This position requires the individual to be flexible in their work schedule. This individual has previous critical care experience with an emphasis on cardiology and is ACLS certified. Previous moderate sedation experience, ability to self direct, and the ability to organize varied workload are required. This incumbent demonstrates competency in the delivery of patient care from adolescent thru geriatric patient population. This position reports directly to the Invasive Cardiology Supervisor. who jointly evaluates performance with input from the Invasive Cardiology Manager and Medical Director of the EP Lab.Minimum Requirements: Facility Requirement: Traveler must have permanent address outside 50 mile radius of Madison (address must be included in traveler's profile). Experience: ICU experience with adult populations. Recent Cardiovascular Laboratory and/or Electrophysiology Laboratory nursing experience.Moderate sedation experience required. Traveler must have completed two years of acute care experience within last 3 years. Traveler must have experience in an Academic Level 1 - Trauma center or similar size hospital. Successfully completed traveler assignment (13 weeks) preferred. Licensure and Certification: Traveler must have WI nursing license or compact license from their permanent address state. BLS and ACLS must be certified through American Heart Association ONLY Reference Needs 2 references from recent work environment/assignments (supervisor or manager only). Telemetry Traveler must have Basic Arrhythmia experience. Traveler will be required to pass UW Health Telemetry test prior to being cleared to start (not for clinic positions). UW Health Recruitment will send instructions to traveler 2-3 weeks prior to start date. Floating Travelers are the first to float to floors working with children up to 1 year of age and/or based on the traveler's competency skills/experience. The Traveler may have shifts scheduled in multiple units, depending on the current staffing needs and/or different locations within the organization. During the traveler s assignment, if the primary unit no longer has a need, shifts will be re-assigned to another unit in order to complete contract. Location: University Hospital, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792 Parking: Permit required through UW Transportation. University Hospital in Madison is a Magnet -designated facility that s ranked Wisconsin s #1 hospital and considered one of the nation's leading hospitals, teaching institutions and referral centers.

Shift: 36-40 hrs/week, D/E, 8/10/12, Monday-Friday 0630-19 with late and on call responsibilities. No weekend.

Specialty Type: Nursing

Sub Specialties: Cath Lab RN, Electrophysiology Cath Lab RN

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