Registered Nurse (RN) - Interventional Radiology

The University of Kansas Health System; Kansas City (KS); Sur place; USD 70 000 - 105 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The University of Kansas Health System is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for Interventional Radiology. This dayshift, full-time role is located in Cambridge Tower A.

The IR nurse provides professional nursing care, conducts assessments, plans and evaluates care, and collaborates with the health care team to ensure safe, effective patient outcomes. The ideal candidate will have ADN with BSN within five years, 2+ years of nursing experience, and hold BLS, ACLS, PALS certifications.

Qualifications

• ADN required; BSN must be completed within five years of employment.
• Minimum 2 years of clinical nursing experience.
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications.

Responsabilités

• Provide comprehensive nursing care in Interventional Radiology.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
• Collaborate with healthcare team to ensure safety and quality.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and time management in emergencies.
• Document care thoroughly and adhere to policies.

Connaissances

Critical thinking

Time management

Autonomous practice

Team oriented

Collaboration

Formation

Associate Degree in Nursing

BSN within 5 years

2+ years clinical nursing experience

Outils

ACLS

PALS

BLS Heartsaver

Description du poste

Position Title

Registered Nurse (RN) - Interventional Radiology

Days - Full Time

Cambridge Tower A

Position Summary / Career Interest:

The Interventional Radiology Nurse provides professional nursing care through assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation for the comfort and well-being of patients. Carries out a plan of care specific to unit competencies for the target patient population. Coordinates care delivery through collaboration with all health care team providers to ensure safe, effective and quality patient care. We are looking for nurses who pride themselves on providing exceptional patient care, autonomous practice and teamwork. We are seeking nurses who are energized and eager to work with cutting edge technologies and procedures. To be successful in this role you will need to be confident, independent, and a team oriented nurse. Our IR team is one of the largest in the country and sees more than 65 patients a day of all ages, which puts us in the top 1 percent of all academic hospitals. We provide treatments not available anywhere else in the region. Our highly skilled team works with advanced imaging technologies to target and treat complex conditions and perform minimally invasive procedures.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Complete comprehensive patient assessment specific to clinical area/unit.
• Delegates tasks appropriately within scope of practice to ancillary personnel and performs the necessary follow up.
• Demonstrates critical thinking and time management in patient care. Responds appropriately to emergencies.
• Demonstrates good time management and prioritization skills.
• Documents all aspects of care thoroughly per hospital policy.
• Follows organizational policies in providing safe patient care at all times (med admin, handoffs, etc.).
• Integrates patient and family teaching in daily routine in identification of expected outcomes and goals.
• Participates in department quality improvement efforts.
• Under the direction of a physician, performs moderate and deep sedation on patients and conducts appropriate monitoring, assessments, interventions, and documentation as required by policy. Ensures appropriate recovery of all patients per hospital policy.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• High School Graduate
• Associate Degree Nursing
• Perioperative & Procedures - For ADN prepared nurses hired after 2/24/2017; must complete BSN degree by the fifth anniversary of employment as an RN with UKHA
• 2 or more years experience as a clinical nurse

Required Licensure and Certification

• Basic Life Support Heartsaver (BLS HS) (Non-Clinical) - American Heart Association (AHA) or obtained within 14 days
• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing Kansas Registered Nurse
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association (AHA) within 1 Year
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support - American Heart Association (AHA) within 1 Year

Preferred Licensure and Certification

• Acute/Critical Care Nursing (Adult) (CCRN) - American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Certification Corporation (AACN)
• CEN, CRN
• Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)

Time Type:

Job Requisition ID:

R-46663

Important information for you to know as you apply:

• The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

• The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link [e-mail].

• Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.