Position #: 9001363
Expected Start Date: December 15, 2024
Union: SUN
Facility: Regina General Hospital
City/Town: Regina
Department: Cardiac Catheterization Diagnostic Services
Type: Full-time temporary
Expected Up to Date: December 15, 2025
FTE: 1
Shift Information: Days, Standby
Hours of Work: 8 hour shifts
Relief: No
Float: No
Field Hours: No
Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Nurse A $38.580 to $50.070
Travel Required: No
Job Description: The Registered Nurse is responsible for promoting the Mission, Vision and Values of the Saskatchewan Health Authority through provision of safe quality nursing care to clients. The Registered Nurse is responsible to the Manager of a designated area.
Human Resources Exemption: No
Experience
Education
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
-knowledge of, and ability to identify and differentiate normal and abnormal coronary artery anatomy and heart function under fluoroscopy
-advanced knowledge of right and left heart hemodynamics
- ability to accurately map the patient specific coronary anatomy to create the CARAT Report (Coronary Artery Reporting and Analysis Tool); including specifics such as characteristics of lesions, stenosis, indications of stent or graft locations from the angiogram images
-ability to assist the Interventional Cardiologist by delivering guides, wires, balloons, stents, closure devices, aortic or mitral valves, etc. under sterile technique
- ability to provide assessment, monitoring and intervention for cardiac procedures such as coronary angiogram, angioplasty, including but not limited to coronary stents, chronic total occlusion intervention (rotational or orbital atherectomy, or shockwave lithotripsy, physiological and microvascular testing (including measurements for FFR, iFR, RFR, co-reg and use of IVUS, OCT), right and left heart catheterization, structural heart (LAA, ASD, PFO closures, balloon valvuloplasty) and TAVI procedures
Other Education and Training
Other Information
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