Core Competencies

• Adheres to infection prevention guidelines
  
  
• Adheres to policies, procedures, and standards of practice to deliver safe and optimal care
  
  
• Assesses patient history, physiological, and psychosocial status
  
  
• Communicates with the patient, family, medical staff and others during the continuum of care
  
  
• Complies with Joint Commission’s national patient safety goals
  
  
• Complies with organizational quality dashboard/benchmarking goals
  
  
• Interprets common variables affecting patient care and follows reporting process
  
  
• Maintains regulatory compliance consistent with quality standards and ethical obligations of the profession
  
  
• Participates in activities in alignment with the Magnet Model
  
  
• Participates in organizational activities
  
  
• Participates in Peer Review
  
  
• Participates in professional development activities
  
  
• Performs as a preceptor in an active and engaged manner
  
  
• Provides age-specific individualized care that supports protection from harm and complies with patient safety centered interventions/bundles
  
  
• Provides patient and family education throughout the care of patient
  
  
• Uses critical thinking to formulate and carry out a care plan according to patient needs
  
  
• Utilizes resources in an economical manner
  
  
• Utilizes safe administration of medications
  
  
• Utilizes Safe Patient Handling
  
  

Department Specific Competencies

• Proficient in monitoring and circulating in diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterizations, structural heart, and EP device and ablation procedures
• Knowledge of coronary and peripheral vascular anatomy and intervention
• Ability to operate and troubleshoot imaging equipment (i.e. IVUS, OCT, Merge, FFR/iFR)
• Proficient with hemodynamic monitoring, waveform interpretation, and pressure analysis
• Competent in sterile technique and procedure room setup
• Ability to scrub, circulate, and monitor in a high-acuity setting
• Responds effectively to emergent situations: STEMI, coronary/ventricular perforation, tamponade, code blue, acute MI, etc.
• Administers emergency drugs and manages ACLS protocols
• Quick recognition and escalation of rhythm changes or hemodynamic instability
• Familiar with crash cart contents and defibrillator use
• Participates in timeouts, maintains situational awareness during high-risk cases
• Prepares, administers, and documents high-risk medications (i.e. heparin, adenosine, nitroglycerin, contrast media, sedation agents)
•      Knowledge of anticoagulants, antiplatelets, sedation, pain medications and their reversal
• Ability to perform thorough pre-procedure assessments and post-procedure recovery (including sheath management, access site monitoring)
• Accurately completes documentation in EMR
• Communicates effectively with MDs, anesthesia, imaging, recovery
• Collaborates with Lead RN to plan staff meal and break periods, provides coverage
•      Maintains daily readiness of lab (supply, equipment, QA checks)
  
  

Education

Experience

License / Certification Requirements