Registered Nurse, Cardiac Cath Lab

at  Monash Health

Reference Number

65168
Employment Type

Full Time Ongoing, Part Time Ongoing, Fixed Term Full Time, Fixed Term Part Time
Entity

Monash Health
Department

VHH Cardiac Cathetrization Laboratories
Location

Victorian Heart Hospital

Position Summary

• “Can-do” mindset, and those who thrive in a team environment encouraged to apply
• Those with a strong interest or background in Cardiac Nursing highly regarded
• New Full & Part -Time Permanent roles at brand new heart hospital

ABOUT YOU

An accomplished Cath Lab Nurse you are excited to join our Cath Lab Team at Australia’s only dedicated heart hospital. Naturally curious, you have a thirst for learning and are seeking to further mastering your cardiac and anaesthetic skills. By joining our cardiac hospital, you will thrive working in a dynamic, bigger, new space with more Labs and proud of providing specialist cardiac care.
Working closely within a multidisciplinary Cath Lab team, you bring the following skills, experience, and knowledge:

ESSENTIAL SKILLS:

• Ability and flexibility to participate in and perform services during over-time and emergency recall
• Ability to travel in under 30mins for on call services
• Current Victorian Drivers Licence and vehicle are essential (A travelling allowance is payable at the current rate per kilometre for on call services)
• Current AHPRA registration and eligibility to work in Australia
• Naturally curious and seeking to master your cardiac care expertise
• Availability to work across a mixture of 8 and 10 hour shift depending on organisational operational requirements.

HIGHLY DESIRABLE SKILLS:

• Scrub/scout/recovery experience
• Complex and/or basic Interventional Cardiology procedural skills such as Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (elective and/or Emergency), Structural Heart including TAVI, PFO/ASD, Mitral Valve and Atrial Appendage Occlusion procedures.
• Cardiac Rhythm Management procedural and recovery skills including Electro-Physiology, Permanent Pacemaker/Defibrillator Implantation, Temporary Pacing
• Invasive monitoring including recognition of arterial and right heart pressures/waveforms, and Balloon Pump management
• Experience with femoral/radial/brachial artery and/or venous sheath management pre/peri/post removal.
• Experienced background in Cardiac nursing and/or Critical care, Advanced Life Support
• Anaesthesia and airway management
• Other pre/peri/post procedural experience I.e., theatre scrub/scout or similar
• Postgraduate Certificate or higher in Critical Care Nursing (Emergency, Intensive Care, Coronary Care, Interventional Cardiology) or working towards
  Monash Health is a great place to work
  We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five iCare values.

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