Staff Nurse, Adult Electrophysiology Lab – UI Heart and Vascular Center

Qualified candidates in our procedural areas may be eligible for a sign-on incentive of up to $15000.

(Current UI employees are not eligible for incentive)

The UI Heart and Vascular Center is seeking a full-time (100%) Staff Nurse to provide direct nursing care to patients undergoing Electrophysiology (EP) procedures and ensure open and effective channels of communication with patients family/caregivers and all health care team members involved in the pre/intra/post-care of EP patients. Procedures include (but are not limited to): RF ablations cryoablations system extraction and cardiac device implants.

We are the best heart hospital in Iowa

UI Heart & Vascular Center is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the best hospital in the state for cardiology and heart surgery patient care. The best hospitals nationally received this rating based on patient outcomes number of high-risk patients seen patient experience advanced clinical technologies and more.

Being a Nurse in the Heart and Vascular Center

Schedule: Monday Friday 4 - 10 hour Day shifts. Rotating late-stay assignment required. No call.

• Provide pre/intra/post procedure nursing care (assessment monitoring intervention and education) related to diagnostic and interventional procedures including (but not limited to) EP studies ablations pacemaker insertions ICD insertions bi-ventricular pacing and lead extractions.
• Monitor scrub or circulate as required. Transport patient to/from pre-post recovery and/or inpatient unit. Administer intravenous and oral medications to patients.
• Manage patients under procedural sedation.
• Assist in the collection of arterial and venous blood samples and respiratory gases.
• Actively monitor patient during cardiac studies (vitals etc.). Participate in life-saving measures such as defibrillation and cardiopulmonary resuscitation as needed.
• Obtain/record hemodynamic electrical and angiographic data using hemodynamic and electrical amplifiers and digital and line fluoroscopic equipment.
• Prep patient and equipment for EP procedures (including but not limited to: site entry draping arrangement of sterilized instruments/catheters calibrating/setting up pressure transducers and tubing). Troubleshoot equipment issues and/or initiate repair.
• Actively coordinate in patient/lab scheduling to help ensure procedural success; patient comfort safety and satisfaction; maximum lab/provider efficiency. Assist with patient short-stay visits as needed.
• Ensure/monitor adequate levels of all supplies are available in procedural room(s). Stock as needed.
• Demonstrate competency in the following: conscious sedition administration 3D mapping EP recording pacing stimulation ablation generators and recognition of cardiac rhythms.
• Apply nursing theory to the assessment diagnosis treatment and evaluation of patient responses to health illness and procedure.
• Positively collaborate and coordinate the continuum of care within a multi-disciplinary team and across divisions/units. Provide effective communication/counsel patient caregiver and/or family member as needed (including but not limited to discharge instructions teaching wound care return visit etc.).
• Serve as clinical preceptor to new and/or agency nursing staff.
• Perform patient care according to patient priority (includes interventions identified through nursing diagnoses) and departmental divisional and/or unit policies procedures and protocols to maintain safe environment for patients visitors and staff. Document/report interventions and patient/family response. Follows universal precautions.
• Follow policies and procedures in accordance with regulations set forth by the University of Iowa Health Care Department of Nursing UI Heart and Vascular Center and the University of Iowa.
• Demonstrate acceptance of responsibility; pride in work performed; flexibility in acceptance of assignments while consistently maintaining professional behavior and appearance.
• May be required to train and provide cross-coverage for adult cardiac catheterization lab and/or float to Cardiovascular Pre and Post Recovery Unit (CPRU).
• Rotating late-stay assignment required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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