PRN Registered Nurse (RN) - Interventional Radiology

Registered Nurse

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift Day

Responsibilities

• Functions under the direction of the Site Manager.
• Responsible for performing a wide variety of clinical procedures requiring independent judgement, ingenuity and initiative in the utilization of the equipment for the diagnosis and/or treatment of diseases.
• The registered nurse is responsible for implementing the nursing process based on expanded knowledge and experience.
• The nurse is responsible for providing patient care with an understanding and awareness of age specific needs.
• Addresses the biological, emotional, developmental, psychosocial and patient/family education needs in providing care to the patient and family.
• The nurse is able to independently perform job functions.

Clinical Skills

• Completion of V-ARU competencies
• Provide pre and post procedure care of patients for invasive, interventional and surgical procedures
• Able to use critical thinking skills
• Able to deliver patient care in complex, multiple problem patient care situations
• Prepares and may administer contrast.
• Understands preparation/administration of doses according to patients weight and physician order
• Administers conscious sedation per system policy and procedure
• Preps the patient for procedure
• Demonstrates and understands sterile technique
• Demonstrate IV administration competence and maintenance
• Prepares trays and catheters for procedure

Job Responsibilities

• Must be flexible with hours to meet department needs
• Able to work scheduled and On-Call hours if necessary
• Knows existing lines of communication and authority, handles communications properly and is dependable, cooperative and emotionally stable.
• Introduces self to patient and/or guardian upon entering room utilizing proper scripting
• Transports patients as needed
• Provides privacy and comfort for patient/customers
• Assists with maintenance of departmental records, Joint Commission standards, State and Federal Regulations and Performance Improvement
• Completes necessary paperwork
• Answers department phone using proper scripting
• Completes chart reviews as needed
• Performs QA/QC functions as needed
• Assists in other Medical Imaging areas and as needed in other departments in the system, system wide
• Maintain current successful completion of BLS and ACLS
• Understands Scope of Service for Vascular Institute, VARU and Medical Imaging
• Assist in inservice/training for other Medical Imaging staff as appropriate
• Reviews case with the appropriate physician(s) as needed
• Recognizes that total patient care starts when the patient arrives at our facility and ends when the physician/patient have the imaging results.
• Meets Service Recovery and Customer Service Guidelines as needed.
• Reviews the case with appropriate physician(s) as needed
• Coordinates daily schedule of patients
• Maintains checking the crash cart in assigned Medical Imaging areas.

Quality and Patient Safety

• Verifies patient ID using 2 patient identifiers, ie. Armband, DOB, verbal identification
• Verifies front of patient chart for same/similar name sticker
• Verifies Written Order, seeks clarification is unclear
• Understands and complies with verbal order RBAC and performs necessary follow-up with written order
• Uses and understands preprocedural verification/time out form when appropriate
• Understands and complies with site/side marking when indicated

Patient Education

• Responsible for patient, family/support system education
• Provide post procedural home care instructions as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Qualifications

Required Minimum Education:

• Accredited Program Nursing or Bachelors Nursing-Preferred

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
• BLS - Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor

Required Minimum Experience:

• ICU / CCU /ER Required
• Interventional Radiology experience required
• Cardiac Cath lab experience preferred

Required Minimum Skills:

• Ability to read, write and speak English language
• Ability to optimize the use of technology to support clinical care
• Possess basic computer skills
• Possess Strong interpersonal possess
• Possess collaborative skills
• Possess customer service skills
• Ability to function in a fast paced environment
• Ability to respond to emergencies in using a decisive, composed and respectful manner
• Possess excellent time management skills
• Practices nursing using evidence and analytical skills
• Possess strong critical thinking skills.

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