Travel Nurse RN - Cardiac Cath Lab
Decatur, Illinois
Decatur Memorial Hospital

State licensure (active IL license)

ACLS

Shift: 5x8 Days (0800-1700)

Ratios: 1:2 Days, 1:1 for Nights and Weekends

Years of experience REQ: Minimum 2 years' experience required and minimum 1 year cardiac cath lab experience.

First-timers accepted: Yes- only with significant cath lab experience

Weekend REQ: on call every 4th weekend

Is on-call REQ? Yes- 1 night a week and every 4th weekend

Will clinician float within scope to meet facility needs? Will float if needed.

Open to accommodating block schedule? Yes.

Locals accepted: Yes- no radius.

Pending License accepted: No- must have active IL license to apply.

RTO Restrictions: Ideally no more than 5 days.

Guaranteed Hours: Client may call-off up to 36 hours per thirteen week assignment without paying for the cancelled hours. If Client cancels more hours than permitted by this section, Client will be billed for any shifts or portions thereof cancelled in excess of this section. If Candidates are placed on-call in lieu of being called off, that will count as a called-off shift.

Special Requirements: Required Work Setting Experience: Diagnostic Cardiac Cath lab, Interventional Cardiac Cath lab, Pre Post Procedure.

Required Cardiac Cath Lab Procedure Skills/Experience: ASD Closures, Cardiac Implant Closure Device, Cardiac Stent Placement, Circulate Procedures, Diagnostic Catheterizations Adult, IABP Placement/Removal, Impella insertion, Interventional Catheterizations, Left heart catheterization, Pacemaker/Defibrillator lead extraction/removal, Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI), Pulmonary Artery Line/Swan Ganz monitoring, Right heart catheterization, Rotablator atherectomy, Scrub Procedures, Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE), Valvuloplasty, Ventricular Assist Device Insertion.

Required Electrophysiology Procedures: Arrhythmia Induction, Baseline Measurements, Circulate Procedures, Conduction Studies, Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Closure, Scrub Procedures.

Required Vascular Study/Procedure Experience: Angioplasty, Carotid Stenting, Dialysis Graft Interventional, Endovascular Interventions, Stent Graft Placement, Upper and Lower Extremity Angiography.

Required Medication Experience: Antiarrhythmics, Antihypertensives, Emergency Medications, IV vasopressors, Procedural Sedation Administration/Monitoring, Reversal agents, Thrombolytics.

Required IV Therapy Skills/Experience: Assist with Central Line Insertion/management, Starting IVs.

Required Professional Knowledge and Skills: 12 Lead EKG, Activated Clotting Time (ACT), Cardioversion, External Compression Devices (C-Clamp, Sandbags), Hypothermia protocols, Infection Prevention, Interpretation/Management of Dysrhythmias, Isolation Precautions, Monitoring Procedural Sedation, Radiation and Laser Safety, Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale, Sheath Removal and Monitoring, Topical Hemostasis (D-Stat, Chito-Seal, Syvek Patch), Vascular Closure Systems (Perclose, StarClose), Ventilator Monitoring.

Previous charge experience preferred.

Cerner experience required.

Pending License accepted: No- must have active IL license to apply.

Weekend REQ: on call every 4th weekend

Is on-call REQ? Yes- 1 night a week and every 4th weekend

Locals accepted: Yes- no radius.