Work Schedule: 5 days per week, 8 hour shifts; 30-minute commutable address to facility for On-Call.
As a Cardiac Cath Lab / Neuro IR Registered Nurse at Corpus Christi Medical Center - Doctors Regional, your critical care background in neuro ICU, CVICU, CCU, ED, SICU, or MICU will serve as the foundation for delivering high-acuity, life-saving interventions. Nestled in the heart of Corpus Christi, TX, Doctors Regional is a premier 250-bed acute care facility equipped with a 24/7 Level IV Trauma Center, serving the broader Coastal Bend community with standard-setting specialty healthcare. In this fast-paced procedural role, you will play a central part in an integrated, cross-functional service line that bridges the gap between emergency arrivals and definitive care. Our facility stands out as a certified Primary Stroke Center—nationally recognized with the AHA's Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award—and an accredited Chest Pain Center, offering a comprehensive care continuum that includes advanced diagnostic cardiac catheterization labs, electrophysiology, and neuro endovascular stroke interventions. Whether collaborating closely with our 24-hour Emergency Department to fast-track stroke and STEMI patients or managing post-procedural transitions to intensive care and inpatient rehabilitation, you will utilize your critical care expertise to assess, monitor, and advocate for patients during their most vulnerable moments. By joining HCA Healthcare, the nation’s leading healthcare provider, you will operate at the peak of your license alongside top-tier interventionalists and a dedicated care team committed to treating every individual with warmth, compassion, and dignity
Benefits
Corpus Christi Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free Air Med medical transportation.
- Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
- Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
- 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
- Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
- Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
- Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
- Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
- Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
- Colleague recognition program
- Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
- Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
At Corpus Christi Medical Center, our nurses play a vital part. We know that every nurse’s path and purpose is unique. Do you want to create your own personal career path in nursing? HCA Healthcare is your career destination! Our scale makes it possible for nurses to create the career path that fits their life – for life – and empowers their passion for patient care. Apply today for our Registered Nurse Cath Lab opportunity.
Job Summary and Qualifications
The Registered Nurse is responsible for coordinating the nursing care of assigned patients in the Unit in order to provide quality patient care to patients in applicable age specific populations (see addendum). The RN applies knowledge of the principles of growth and development. Employee is responsible for knowledge and skill necessary to provide care based on physical, psychological, educational, safety and related criteria for the appropriate age populations. According to established facility policies and procedures, the registered nurse provides and supplies professional nursing care exercising independent judgment in utilizing the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate. The RN provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patient care team personnel in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting. Actual duties and responsibilities may vary depending on assigned area.
What you will do in this role:
- Prepares patient for cardiac catheterization, monitors patient during Cath, and assists patient during recovery
- Observes patient and machine during procedure and reports unusual occurrences and records patient’s condition.
- Maintains images and operates image vault and hemodynamic server.
- Observes proper radiation safety on all exams.
- Assists with cardiovascular data mining and submission.
- Prepares room, equipment, medicine and materials as nee
- Cleans and disinfects procedure room, pre op, and post procedure area and equipment.
- Follows department policies and protocols for safety in Cardiac Cath Lab.
What qualifications you will need:
- Graduate of an accredited diploma, associates, or baccalaureate degree registered nursing program.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
- Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date)
- Current BLS and ACLS issued from American Heart Association required
- 1 year of clinical Cardiac Cath Lab experience as a licensed RN in a acute care setting required.
Corpus Christi Medical Center is a 630+ bed healthcare system of hospitals in Corpus Christi and the surrounding Coastal Bend community. Bay Area is our full-service acute care hospital and offers state-of-the-art cardiovascular services, bariatric, GYN and robotic surgery. The Women’s Center at Bay Area, with its NICU Unit, is also the home of our graduate medical education program. Doctors Regional is our acute care hospital, with a 24-hour emergency department, cardiac catheterization labs, orthopedic and surgical services, and inpatient rehabilitation. The Heart Hospital offers complete diagnostics, treatment, surgery and rehabilitation for cardiac patients. Northwest Regional/Northwest Behavior Health Center provides emergency medical services, laboratory, imaging services and outpatient behavioral health services. Bayview Behavioral Hospital provides inpatient and outpatient short-term treatment for psychiatric patients ages 12 years and older, as well as substance abuse treatment. Northshore Emergency Center is a full-service 24-7 emergency department in Portland that offers outpatient laboratory, imaging and occupational services. Radiation Oncology offers advanced technology for treating cancer with the latest and most specific radiation therapies available. Our programs focus on the needs of individual patients, while employing the latest techniques and research of 21st-century medicine.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Registered Nurse Cath Lab opening. Apply today and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out.
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