Registered Nurse - Cardiovascular Procedure Unit
You'll care for patients having cardiac procedures in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Posted Oct 15 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- Day shifts starting 0700, 0730 or 0800 Day Shift (0700-1530, 0730-1600, 0800-1630)32 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Cardiovascular Procedure Unit · Clinic care to the adult patient in the Cardiac Cath Labadult patients
- License
- RN license Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional ServicesWisconsin RN license
- Term
- Permanent Full-Time, 32 hours per weekFull time
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed No experience required.
- License
- Wisconsin RN license Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services Check your license
- License
- RN license issued by a compact state Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State Check your license
- License
- Illinois RN license Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) Check your license
- License
- Missouri RN license Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration Check your license
- License
- Oklahoma RN license Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN) Check your license
- Certification
- BLS (American Heart Association) Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Certification
- ALS (AHA), or PALS instead Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Certification
- PALS (AHA), or ALS instead Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)
- Education
- graduate of an accredited school of nursing or equivalent Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates. See program calendars.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- stress tests assisting with stress tests
- Day to day
- TEEs transesophageal echocardiograms (TEE)
- Day to day
- cardioversions cardioversions
- Day to day
- pacemaker monitoring during MRI pacemaker monitoring during MRI procedures
- Day to day
- giving and monitoring moderate sedation You will administer and monitor moderate sedation
- Day to day
- cardiac medications for tests and procedures provide cardiac medications for testing and procedures
- Day to day
- patient and family teaching before, during and after procedures educate patients and families on what to expect before, during, and after cardiac procedures
- Day to day
- circulating, scrubbing or monitoring on the procedure team Performs on the Cath Lab procedure team as circulator, scrub, or monitor.
- Day to day
- holding-area patient prep before procedures Performs in holding by ensuring patient is correctly prepped for the procedure.
- Day to day
- hemostasis with or without vascular devices Performs hemostasis safely and properly with or without vascular devices.
- Day to day
- care of critically ill patients, working independently Provides care of the critically ill patient with the ability to function independently in a stressful situation.
- Day to day
- entering patient orders and charges Routinely enters patient orders and charges.
- Day to day
- point-of-care testing May perform point of care testing according to policies and procedures.
- Day to day
- escorting families to cardiology or the cath lab Assists families to the cardiology area or Cath lab area by escorting when necessary.
- On call
- on-call duty On Call Requirements
- Details
- standing and walking constantly Constant standing and walking.
- Details
- lifting and moving patients occasionally Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
- Details
- driving occasionally Occasional driving.
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekend, holiday, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Cardiac has an opening for new graduates. This employer welcomes new graduates for this role. See the posting’s qualifications and orientation details.
Original listing
Posted on SSM Health’s careers page.
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It's more than a career, it's a calling WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Worker Type: Regular Job Highlights: Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. In this role, you will care for patients undergoing a variety of cardiac procedural services in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Responsibilities include assisting with stress tests, transesophageal echocardiograms (TEE), cardioversions, cardiac CTs, and pacemaker monitoring during MRI procedures. You will administer and monitor moderate sedation, provide cardiac medications for testing and procedures, and educate patients and families on what to expect before, during, and after cardiac procedures. Department: Cardiovascular Procedure Unit
Schedule
Full-Time, 32 hours per week, Day Shift (0700-1530, 0730-1600, 0800-1630), On Call Requirements Apply today. SSM Health – We bring out the incredible in you, everyday. Job
Summary
Plans coordinates and implements care to the adult patient in the Cardiac Cath Lab. Ensures that quality care is provided in an efficient and safe manner consistent with the unit's standards of care and demonstrates competency skills appropriate to the clinical area. Job Responsibilities and
Requirements
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Performs on the Cath Lab procedure team as circulator, scrub, or monitor. Performs in holding by ensuring patient is correctly prepped for the procedure. Ensures needed information, such as history and physical (H&P), is timely.
Utilizes critical judgment to analyze patient assessment and administers medications on all patients, including the critically ill patient and reports abnormal information to the physician in a timely manner. Performs hemostasis safely and properly with or without vascular devices. Routinely enters patient orders and charges.
Checks charges to ensure accuracy. Provides care of the critically ill patient with the ability to function independently in a stressful situation. Routinely educates patients and families based on assessed needs, documents education provided, and keeps them informed of tests and treatments.
Provides clear patient instruction on what to expect during the perioperative procedure. Assists families to the cardiology area or Cath lab area by escorting when necessary. May perform point of care testing according to policies and procedures.
Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing EXPERIENCE No experience required.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication. Constant standing and walking. Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry. Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. Occasional lifting/moving of patients. Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
Occasional driving. Rare crawling and running. REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS State of Work Location: Illinois Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) State of Work Location: Missouri Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration Or Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) State of Work Location: Oklahoma Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State Or Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN) And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) State of Work Location: Wisconsin Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) And Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State Or Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA) Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America) Job Type: Employee Department: 3001000007 Cardiac Cath Lab Scheduled Weekly Hours: 32 SSM Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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What's around it?
Madison, WIFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 3% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,413/mo
- Household income
- $78,050/yr, all local households, not nurse pay