RN CathLab

Lexington, Kentucky

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You'll assist physicians in a cardiovascular cath lab with EKG equipment, angioplasty, catheterization and electrophysiology.

Eligibility: Acute CareCardiacMedical/SurgicalICU

Posted May 9

Unit and setting: Cath lab · Hospital As a Cath Lab RN, you'll work with a highly skilled team of medical professionals in a cardiovascular surgical environment
License: RN license
Term: Travel

Do you qualify?

Certification: ACLS Requirements*: ACLS, BLS, 2 Years
Certification: BLS
Certification: Additional certifications may be required before starting an assignment * Additional certifications may be required before beginning an assignment.
Experience: 2 years recent acute care experience

What it pays

Against similar roles: Pays above most Kentucky travel rolesKentucky travel postings that state pay run $1,870/week to $2,450/week, the middle half $2,000/week to $2,340/week, across 71 postings.

The role and schedule

Day to day: Cardiac catheterization for diagnosis or treatment Assist physicians with cardiac catheterization as a way to diagnose heart conditions or as a treatment.
Day to day: Angioplasties, valvuloplasties and stent placements Assist with angioplasties, valvuloplasties and stent placements.
Day to day: Pacemaker and ICD implants Help implant pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs).
Day to day: EKG equipment maintenance and monitoring maintenance and monitoring of EKG equipment
Start: Immediate start for an immediate travel nurse opening in Lexington, KY
Details: Stand and walk for long periods, bend, lean and stoop Cath Lab Travel Nurses should be able to stand and walk for long periods of time, as well as bend, lean and stoop without difficulty.
Details: Lift 20 pounds easily RNs should be able to easily lift 20 pounds.
Details: Lift patients up to 50 pounds at times Moving or lifting of patients may require lifting of up to 50 pounds at times.
Details: Fast-paced environment requiring good stress-coping skills Because of the fast-paced environment, Cardiac Cath Lab Travel Nurses must possess good skills for coping with stress and be able to relate to people of all ages and backgrounds.

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TNAA Healthcare

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We're looking for Cardiac Cath Lab RNs for an immediate travel nurse opening in Lexington, KY. The right RN should have 1-2 years recent acute care experience. Read below for more requirements.

As a Cath Lab RN, you'll work with a highly skilled team of medical professionals in a cardiovascular surgical environment providing assistance to the physician including maintenance and monitoring of EKG equipment, and assisting during angioplasty, cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology. As a Cath Lab Travel Nurse, you should be prepared to perform the following tasks: Learn complex technologies effectively. Assist physicians with cardiac catheterization as a way to diagnose heart conditions or as a treatment.

Assist with angioplasties, valvuloplasties and stent placements. Help implant pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). Cath Lab Travel Nurses should be able to stand and walk for long periods of time, as well as bend, lean and stoop without difficulty.

RNs should be able to easily lift 20 pounds. Moving or lifting of patients may require lifting of up to 50 pounds at times. Because of the fast-paced environment, Cardiac Cath Lab Travel Nurses must possess good skills for coping with stress and be able to relate to people of all ages and backgrounds.

Requirements*: ACLS, BLS, 2 Years

Additional certifications may be required before beginning an assignment. Pay: $2,366.10

What's around it?

In Lexington, KY

Lexington, KY

Living costs about 7% below the US average

Life in Lexington, KY

NeighborhoodsLocals often single out Gardenside as a favorite in-city neighborhood. Chevy Chase and Ashland Park are the prestige historic districts—tree-lined Craftsman bungalows, walkable Chevy Chase Shops, minutes from UK and downtown—with typical prices from about $550,000 to over $2 million. East Lexington’s Hamburg Pavilion area, plus Chilesburg, Andover, and Polo Club, draws young families with newer homes, shopping, and stronger school reputations; southwest Beaumont is upscale and family-oriented with the Beaumont Centre Family YMCA nearby. Kenwick is artsy and closer-in; Downtown mixes loft apartments and historic homes. For lower cost, residents point to Versailles and Wilmore as suburbs and to Cardinal Valley, Castlewood, and North Limestone in the city, where older housing stock and mixed conditions buy the savings.

Locals often single out Gardenside as a favorite in-city neighborhood. Chevy Chase and Ashland Park are the prestige historic districts—tree-lined Craftsman bungalows, walkable Chevy Chase Shops, minutes from UK and downtown—with typical prices from about $550,000 to over $2 million.

East Lexington’s Hamburg Pavilion area, plus Chilesburg, Andover, and Polo Club, draws young families with newer homes, shopping, and stronger school reputations; southwest Beaumont is upscale and family-oriented with the Beaumont Centre Family YMCA nearby. Kenwick is artsy and closer-in; Downtown mixes loft apartments and historic homes.

For lower cost, residents point to Versailles and Wilmore as suburbs and to Cardinal Valley, Castlewood, and North Limestone in the city, where older housing stock and mixed conditions buy the savings.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: undergrads.com Source 3: teampannell.com Source 4: ffmoveu.com Source 5: facebook.com

Getting aroundLexington is a car city: Walk Score 34, Bike Score 46, and Transit Score 27. LexTran runs buses, but residents describe public transportation as limited and poorly suited to suburban commutes, and the city as extremely un-walkable and subpar for biking. Keeneland race meets bring a visitor influx and notable congestion on roads near the track. Anyone working citywide shifts should plan on owning a car rather than relying on transit.

Lexington is a car city: Walk Score 34, Bike Score 46, and Transit Score 27. LexTran runs buses, but residents describe public transportation as limited and poorly suited to suburban commutes, and the city as extremely un-walkable and subpar for biking. Keeneland race meets bring a visitor influx and notable congestion on roads near the track.

Anyone working citywide shifts should plan on owning a car rather than relying on transit.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: rent.com

OutdoorsIn town, the University of Kentucky Arboretum, Veterans Park, the Beaumont Trail system, Jacobson Park, Ecton Park, and 26-acre McConnell Springs are the everyday walking and green-space circuit. Raven Run Nature Sanctuary is the wilder in-city nature preserve. Gratz Park and the Legacy Trail tie downtown to longer walks and rides. Day-trip gravity is strong: Kentucky Horse Park, Red River Gorge, and Natural Bridge. Horse-farm country and Keeneland’s grounds also double as scenic walking, especially in fall.

In town, the University of Kentucky Arboretum, Veterans Park, the Beaumont Trail system, Jacobson Park, Ecton Park, and 26-acre McConnell Springs are the everyday walking and green-space circuit. Raven Run Nature Sanctuary is the wilder in-city nature preserve.

Gratz Park and the Legacy Trail tie downtown to longer walks and rides. Day-trip gravity is strong: Kentucky Horse Park, Red River Gorge, and Natural Bridge.

Horse-farm country and Keeneland’s grounds also double as scenic walking, especially in fall.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: teampannell.com Source 2: ffmoveu.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: livingandlocal.net Source 5: reddit.com Source 6: rent.com Source 7: themanchesterky.com

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Living in Lexington

Lexington still sells itself as the Horse Capital of the World, and that is not brochure fluff: Keeneland, the Kentucky Horse Park, and short drives to Woodford Reserve and Buffalo Trace give daily life a texture most midsize cities cannot match. For a nurse relocating, housing still sits well below national medians—sales in the low $300,000s, rents near $1,300—while Chevy Chase and Ashland Park pair Craftsman streets and Niche-A Cassidy, Morton, and Henry Clay schools with $550,000–$2 million prices. Hamburg, Andover, Polo Club, Chilesburg, and Beaumont are the default professional-family belts; Gardenside is a local in-city pick; Cardinal Valley, Castlewood, and North Limestone are how you spend less, with older stock and mixed schools. You will drive: Walk Score 34, LexTran is thin, and race weeks clog roads. Off the clock, downtown means Dudley’s on Short, Malones, Doodle’s, Giuseppe’s, the Opera House, and Rupp Arena; trails run through the UK Arboretum, Raven Run, Jacobson Park, McConnell Springs, and the Beaumont system. Honest tradeoffs are Bluegrass pollen, August UK rental pressure, and a 4% state income tax Florida and Tennessee do not charge.

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As of 2026Source 1: undergrads.com Source 2: teampannell.com Source 3: ffmoveu.com Source 4: rent.com Source 5: livingandlocal.net Source 6: reddit.com Source 7: reddit.com Source 8: themanchesterky.com

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