What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN Cath Lab Post OP position at Magnolia Surgery Center?
Job Overview
As an RN Cath Lab Post OP, you’ll provide focused recovery care to patients after cardiac catheterization procedures. You’ll assess patients, monitor vital signs and cardiac status, manage pain, administer medications, and respond promptly to changes in condition. You’ll coordinate with the catheterization team and other care providers to support safe transitions and clear discharge plans. Your impact: Careful monitoring and timely intervention help patients recover safely and give families confidence during the post-procedure transition.
Responsibilities
- Complete patient assessments and document findings, interventions, and outcomes in health record.
- Monitor vital signs, access sites, telemetry, and recovery progress; escalate concerns and support emergency response when needed.
- Provide medication administration, intravenous (IV) infusion and insertion, catheter care, and acute pain management using aseptic technique.
- Coordinate handoffs, patient education, intake, and discharge planning with patients, families, and the care team.
- Follow infection control, patient privacy, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements.
Skills
- Required: Active registered nurse (RN) licensure and nursing experience relevant to post-procedure patient care.
- Essential capabilities include patient assessment, medication administration, medical documentation, physiology and anatomy knowledge, and basic life support.
- Preferred: Cardiac catheterization, telemetry, intensive care unit (ICU), critical care, acute care, hospital, or outpatient experience.
- Familiarity with Epic, Cerner, other EHR or electronic medical record (EMR) systems, catheterization, IV infusion, and infection control is valuable.
- Additional nursing experience in emergency medicine, medical-surgical care, dialysis, geriatrics, hospice, or long-term care may be useful.
Pay: From $40.00 per hour
Expected hours: 32.0 – 40.0 per week
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
Work Location: In person