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Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) – Cath Lab
Client: Henry Ford Health – Henry Ford Hospital
Department: Cardiac Catheterization
Location: Detroit, MI 48202
Employment Type: Contract – Approximately 13 Weeks | Possible Long-Term Contract Opportunity
Hours: 36 Hours/Week | 3 Days/Week | 12-Hour Shifts
Schedule Options:
Option 1 – Morning Shift
- Shift: 6:30 AM – 7:00 PM
- 3 Days/Week
Option 2 – Night Shift
- Shift: 7:00 PM – 6:30 AM
- Weeknight Shifts
- Friday – Monday
Option 3 – Weekend Call Schedule
- Shift: 9:00 AM – 9:30 PM
- Tuesday – Thursday
- Weekend Call Only
Job Summary
Henry Ford Hospital is seeking experienced Registered Nurses (RNs) – Cath Lab to support its Cardiac Catheterization department. The RN will provide leadership in the coordination and delivery of high-quality, compassionate patient care while utilizing the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, evaluate, delegate, supervise, and document patient care.
The ideal candidate must have Cardiac Catheterization/Cath Lab experience, ECMO experience, Structural Heart experience, and previous ICU experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide safe, high-quality, compassionate nursing care to patients in the Cardiac Catheterization department.
- Perform comprehensive patient assessments and develop individualized nursing care plans.
- Implement, evaluate, and document patient care according to established standards and policies.
- Provide, delegate, and supervise patient care activities as appropriate.
- Monitor patient conditions and communicate pertinent patient and family information to the healthcare team.
- Provide patient and family education related to treatment, procedures, and care needs.
- Collaborate effectively with physicians, nurses, and other members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
- Identify variances from expected patient outcomes and participate in developing and implementing solutions.
- Support patients undergoing cardiac catheterization and related structural heart procedures.
- Apply critical-care nursing knowledge when caring for higher-acuity cardiac patients.
- Follow hospital policies, patient safety standards, and infection prevention practices.
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation.
- Demonstrate effective communication with patients, families, and hospital personnel.
Required Qualifications
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Current Michigan RN License through the Michigan State Board of Nursing.
- Current BLS Certification.
- Previous ICU experience – Required.
- ECMO experience – Required.
- Structural Heart experience – Required.
- Previous Cath Lab/Cardiac Catheterization experience – Strongly Relevant.
- Strong clinical knowledge and analytical skills necessary to develop effective nursing care plans.
- Ability to perform a wide variety of professional nursing services.
- Strong patient assessment, critical-thinking, communication, and documentation skills.
- Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, physicians, nurses, and other hospital personnel.
- Ability to work effectively in a high-acuity cardiac environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- BSN – Preferred.
- Additional cardiac critical-care experience.
- Experience with complex structural heart procedures and advanced cardiac therapies.