Overview

At CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs patients are at the heart of our care. Our campus is designed to heal the body mind and spirit of every person in a more comfortable less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services include a new pavilion featuring enhancements in heart and vascular care surgery maternity cancer care and diagnostic imaging.

Responsibilities

This Regional Float Cath Lab RN position allows us to expedite our responsiveness to our facilities with the greatest staffing needs by deploying qualified clinicians who know our policies, procedures and core values. This position would float between Cath Labs at Mercy Council Bluffs, Immanuel, & Lakeside while earning a 25% hourly differential.

The Cath Lab Nurse is responsible for the safe care of patients undergoing Procedures. The duties include administration and monitoring of moderate sedation, assisting with airway management, hemodynamic monitoring and management of critical care infusions. Ability to respond to emergency situations and assists with the triage of inpatients and the daily procedural flow to insure optimal efficiencies.

As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible to access, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care to a designated group of healthcare consumers across the continuum. Provide services which encompass the spiritual, physiological, social and psychological aspects of care of the sick, prevention of disease, or conversation of health. The position contributes to the mission and core values of CHI Health.

Additional responsibilities for this health care role include:

• Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs

• Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients

• Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders

• Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families

• Document all phases of the nursing process in the healthcare consumer’s records

Qualifications

We are looking for a responsible and compassionate Registered Nurse with top-notch clinical skills, a caring attitude, and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision. It is also important to display excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to effectively educate patients and their families on the in-home healthcare process.

• Graduate of an RN nursing program.

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license that allows you to practice in our state.

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.

• Active RN licensure in the state of Nebraska, Iowa, or nurse licensure compact.

• Basic life support is required upon hire.

• ACLS (Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support) certification required within 5 months of hire.

• Other credentials may be needed based on the level of care RN floats to.

• 12-18 months of experience preferred.

Pay Range

$33.50 - $48.58 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.