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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
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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.

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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?

In Madison, WI

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

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