Supervisor Cardiac Cath Lab

Saint Joseph Hospital is a 433-bed facility located in Lexington Kentucky. Founded in 1877 a small group of Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in Kentucky led by Sister Euphrasia Stafford began their health ministry. Their mission was to provide compassionate care to the poor and underserved – a tradition still carried out today. Saint Joseph Hospital primarily serves central and eastern Kentucky with a full range of services including distinguished awards for cardiology orthopedics and stroke care. CHI Saint Joseph Health supports 5000 active employees 8 hospitals specialty clinics and a Medical Group with more than 200 locations across Central and Eastern KY. CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

The Supervisor of the Cath Lab is accountable for the supervision and performance of the Cath Lab daily operations, patient throughput, personnel, inventory management and ensuring compliance with standards of care for the designated service line (coronary, peripheral and EP). Responsible for other duties delegated from the Director of the Cath Lab.

1. Manages day to day operations of the Cath Lab including patient throughput, collaboration with physicians and the Cath Lab patient schedule.
2. Responsible for the hiring, evaluating, performing disciplinary action, and coaching of the staff in conjunction with the Director of the Cath Lab. 
3. Oversees staff and “on call” schedule ensuring appropriate experience and skill mix for all shifts.
4. Maintains responsibility for ensuring properly functioning equipment and adequate supplies.
5. Identifies opportunities for improvement and communicates via occurrence reports or direct communication with Leadership Team.
6. Participates in policy creation or revisions and staff compliance with the policies.
7. Ensures quality control processes are completed per Lab and/or regulatory requirements.
8. Collaborates with Director of the Cath Lab on budget, new capital equipment planning and achieving productivity standards.
9. Serves as a role model to staff by participation in cases or post cath recovery of patients.
10. Participation on accreditation teams or other hospital committees.

The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience 

BSN and 2 years RN Experience, or 4 years RN experience and BSN required within 3 years with charge nurse experience. 

Minimum of three (3) years of Cath Lab experience

Required Licensure and Certifications

Current Registered Nurse License in Kentucky (RN:KY)

AHA Basic Life Support – CPR (BLS-CPR) - 5 day grace period Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - 3 months grace period.

Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training

* Must possess critical thinking skills

* Serve in a leadership role by effectively working with staff, 

    physicians, vendors, patients and families.

*Minimum of three (3) years of Cath Lab experience