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TUCSON, AZ, United States, 85741
Northwest Medical Center
This is a Seasonal Contract for 13 weeks with opportunity to renew and extend contracts working a full time day shift schedule + some call in the Cardiac Cath Lab at Northwest Medical Center in Tucson, AZ
Join a group of health care professionals highly dedicated to the positive outcomes of our cardiac patients. Northwest Medical Center provides RNs and clinicians with cath lab experience or critical care experience wanting to learn and expand skills!
About our Cath Lab :
The Cardiac Catheterization Department is composed of three catheterization labs as well as one hybrid room and Cardiac Observation Unit (COU) where our patients are prepped for procedures and recovered post procedure. Our team works with high risk, high acuity patients and pride ourselves in superb outcomes.
Bedside procedures such as Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) and Cardioversions (CV) are performed in COU.
What you’ll do:
Cardiac catheterizations and PCI procedures, high risk procedures.
Impella or IABP protected “Left Main” PCI, CTO, lithotripsy therapy, rotational atherectomy, and laser technology are utilized in our labs.
As a STEMI Receiving Center and a Chest Pain Accredited Program, you will have the opportunity to care for the emergent STEMI patients.
Additionally, we do PFO closures, as well as thrombectomies. The ability of extracting a pulmonary embolism is new technology that has proven extremely successful for our patients. Interventional Radiology is an exciting addition to the services we can provide our community.
THERE’S MORE!
We implant devices such as permanent pacemakers (PPM), bi V ICD ( Intra-cardiac defibrillators ) as well as advanced monitoring systems.
Want to Become a member of a Structural Heart Team? THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY!!
We teach, mentor, and support experienced cath lab nurses wanting to expand their skill set even further and learn STRUCTURAL HEART. We do TAVR, Mitral Clips, and Watchman procedures. These are fascinating skill sets to learn and expand your nursing career.
Position Qualifications/Minimum Requirements
Education:
Associate’s Degree in Nursing or Diploma Program required. BSN preferred.
Experience:
2+ years Previous clinical experience in Cath Lab.
Licenses/Certifications:
Required: Current Arizona RN license or compact state license
BLS Basic Cardiac & ACLS ( American Heart Association or American Red Cross)
Northwest Medical Center (NMC) is a 287-bed hospital, seven urgent care facilities, a freestanding emergency center, Northwest Transitions Inpatient Rehabilitation, Women’s Center, and a large physician group, we offer you a variety of settings in which to work. Every location is dedicated to providing safe, quality patient care, but more than that is the commitment to employees. NMC provides a culture of teamwork, respect and appreciation for all staff, whether they care for patients directly or work in a support role. With employee appreciation celebrations throughout the year, opportunities for growth and the satisfaction that you are part of a hospital leading the way with accessible, convenient healthcare in Tucson, NMC is a great place to work. Accredited by The Joint Commission and is an equal opportunity employer: race, gender, disability and Veteran status, and VEVRAA Federal Contractor – priority referral Protected Veterans requested.
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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
