RN - Cath Lab

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) – Cath Lab

Client: Henry Ford Health – Henry Ford Hospital

Department: Cardiac Catheterization

Location: Detroit, MI 48202

Employment Type: Contract – Approximately 13 Weeks | Possible Long-Term Contract Opportunity

Hours: 36 Hours/Week | 3 Days/Week | 12-Hour Shifts

Schedule Options:

Option 1 – Morning Shift

• Shift: 6:30 AM – 7:00 PM
• 3 Days/Week

Option 2 – Night Shift

• Shift: 7:00 PM – 6:30 AM
• Weeknight Shifts
• Friday – Monday

Option 3 – Weekend Call Schedule

• Shift: 9:00 AM – 9:30 PM
• Tuesday – Thursday
• Weekend Call Only

Job Summary

Henry Ford Hospital is seeking experienced Registered Nurses (RNs) – Cath Lab to support its Cardiac Catheterization department. The RN will provide leadership in the coordination and delivery of high-quality, compassionate patient care while utilizing the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, evaluate, delegate, supervise, and document patient care.

The ideal candidate must have Cardiac Catheterization/Cath Lab experience, ECMO experience, Structural Heart experience, and previous ICU experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide safe, high-quality, compassionate nursing care to patients in the Cardiac Catheterization department.
• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and develop individualized nursing care plans.
• Implement, evaluate, and document patient care according to established standards and policies.
• Provide, delegate, and supervise patient care activities as appropriate.
• Monitor patient conditions and communicate pertinent patient and family information to the healthcare team.
• Provide patient and family education related to treatment, procedures, and care needs.
• Collaborate effectively with physicians, nurses, and other members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Identify variances from expected patient outcomes and participate in developing and implementing solutions.
• Support patients undergoing cardiac catheterization and related structural heart procedures.
• Apply critical-care nursing knowledge when caring for higher-acuity cardiac patients.
• Follow hospital policies, patient safety standards, and infection prevention practices.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation.
• Demonstrate effective communication with patients, families, and hospital personnel.

Required Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Michigan RN License through the Michigan State Board of Nursing.
• Current BLS Certification.
• Previous ICU experience – Required.
• ECMO experience – Required.
• Structural Heart experience – Required.
• Previous Cath Lab/Cardiac Catheterization experience – Strongly Relevant.
• Strong clinical knowledge and analytical skills necessary to develop effective nursing care plans.
• Ability to perform a wide variety of professional nursing services.
• Strong patient assessment, critical-thinking, communication, and documentation skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, physicians, nurses, and other hospital personnel.
• Ability to work effectively in a high-acuity cardiac environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN – Preferred.
• Additional cardiac critical-care experience.
• Experience with complex structural heart procedures and advanced cardiac therapies.