Registered Nurse (RN) - Interventional Radiology

Wellstar Health System; Powder Springs (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellstar Health System in Georgia is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to provide comprehensive patient care across ICU, CCU, ED and IMCU units, including pre/post procedure care and contrast administration. The nurse will apply critical thinking, sterile technique, and sedation policies while coordinating with physicians and families.

The role requires minimum 1 year nursing experience in critical care or peri-operative settings, current ACLS/BLS and RN licensure (compact allowed).

Qualifications

• Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing Required, Bachelors Nursing-Preferred
• All certifications are required upon hire: ACLS/BLS/N RN or multi-state compact license
• Minimum 1 year nursing experience in ICU/CCU/ED/IMCU and peri-operative nursing

Responsibilities

• Must be flexible with hours to meet department needs
• Able to work scheduled and On-Call hours if necessary
• Communicates effectively and maintains professionalism
• Transports patients as needed
• Provides privacy and comfort for patient/customers
• Maintains department records and regulatory compliance
• Completes chart reviews and paperwork
• Reviews cases with physicians and coordinates daily patient schedules
• Maintains crash cart readiness
• Ensures patient care from arrival to imaging results

Skills

V-ARU competencies

Pre/post procedure care

Critical thinking

Complex patient care

Contrast administration

Conscious sedation

Patient preparation

Sterile technique

IV administration

Procures trays/catheters

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred

Job description

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 (United States of America)

Full-time 4x10's (7a-530p) plus call

Job Summary

Functions under the direction of the Site Manager. He/she is 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.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions

Functions under the direction of the Site Manager. He/she is 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

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.

Required Minimum Education

• Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing Required, Bachelors Nursing-Preferred

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s)

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ARC-ALS - Amer Red Cross Advanced Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor or ACLS-P - ACLS-Provisional (180 Days) within 180 Days
• BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
• RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact

Additional License(s) and Certification(s)

Current NIHSS certification within 30 Days Required

Required Minimum Experience

Minimum 1 year nursing experience in either ICU, CCU, ED, IMCU Required and Minimum 1 year peri-operative nursing Required

Required Minimum Skills

The individual must be able to communicate and understand verbal and written English language and display a positive attitude.

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