Registered Nurse RN - Interventional Radiology IR

HCA Houston Healthcare; Pasadena (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Free counseling

Paid time off

401(k) match

Education assistance

Dependent scholarships

Life insurance

Customer discounts

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast in Pasadena, Texas seeks a skilled Registered Nurse specializing in Interventional Radiology and procedural care to support our advanced team. You will deliver autonomous, patient-centered nursing care in a fast-paced environment, supporting vascular and cardiovascular service lines with state-of-the-art imaging and continuous monitoring.

The role requires medication administration, infection control, and collaboration with diverse care teams to ensure safe,

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program (Diploma/ADN/BSN).
• Current Texas RN license or Compact license with Texas licensing requirement.
• Current BLS and ACLS from American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

• Provide autonomous nursing care in interventional radiology and cath lab.
• Administer medications and treatments per policy and regulations.
• Monitor patient status, document findings, and respond to changes.
• Maintain infection control and sterile techniques in procedures.
• Collaborate with physicians and care teams for safe, high-quality care.

Skills

RN license

BLS Certification

ACLS Certification

Cath Lab Experience

Interventional Radiology

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Nursing Diploma/Associate's Degree

Job description

Work schedule: 8 or 10 hour shifts with 30-minute commutable address to facility for On-Call.

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast is seeking highly skilled Registered Nurses specializing in Interventional Radiology (IR), Radiology, Special Procedures, Angiography, Angio, Neuro-Interventional Radiology, Vascular Access, Interventional Oncology, Cath Lab, IR Dual-Role, Image-Guided, or Procedural Critical Care to join our advanced procedural team. In this highly specialized role, you will deliver expert, autonomous nursing care at our 359-bed full-service acute care hospital, a long-standing cornerstone of high-acuity medical care in the Pasadena community. Operating at the cutting edge of minimally invasive medicine, your clinical practice will support a rapid-response procedural ecosystem equipped with state-of-the-art imaging technology. Your expertise in continuous hemodynamic monitoring, advanced ECG interpretation, and the precise titration of moderate (conscious) sedation is vital across our robust service lines. This includes supporting our award-winning Vascular and Cardiovascular Service Line—which holds five-star ratings from Healthgrades for cranial neurosurgery and treatment of stroke—as well as facilitating life-saving emergency embolization’s, stroke thrombectomies, complex oncological ablations, chemoembolization’s (TACE), and advanced vascular access line placements. Working in a fast-paced environment where patients can destabilize rapidly, you will champion strict sterile techniques, manage post-procedural hemostasis, and participate in the critical rotating emergency on-call schedule. By bridging the gap between advanced radiologic tech and intensive hands-on care, you will optimize clinical readiness, mitigate procedural risks, and ensure superior patient safety across the entire HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast healthcare network.

Job Summary and Qualifications

As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in line with the requirements of the department and the standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. Collaborating with medical providers and the care team, you will provide personalized, comprehensive, and compassionate care, following established nursing models such as "Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage." You will also act as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers, embodying the organizations vision, mission, and values to ensure an outstanding patient experience and positive clinical outcomes.

What you will do in this role:

• Delivered comprehensive clinical care by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient outcomes from pre-admission through post-discharge utilizing an interdisciplinary team approach.
• Administered medications and treatments safely and accurately, including strict adherence to hospital policies, state regulations, and the Texas Nursing Practice Act regarding controlled substances.
• Monitored and documented patient conditions, promptly recording significant reactions to drugs or treatments and initiating the established chain of command for critical changes.
• Advocated for patient-centered care by respecting cultural, psychosocial, and spiritual values while assessing educational needs to promote interactive communication and healthy lifestyles.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to foster a supportive, functional, and safe environment for staff and patients, actively sharing acquired clinical knowledge and skills.
• Maintained strict infection control compliance across all interventional radiology procedures under the direct supervision of the facility infection control coordinator.

What qualifications you will need:

• Graduate of an accredited diploma, associates, or baccalaureate degree registered nursing program.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
• Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date)
• Current BLS and ACLS issued from American Heart Association required
• 1 year of clinical Cath Lab, IR, Radiology, and/or Special Procedures experience as a licensed RN in a hospital required.

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, includingfree counselingand referral services
• Time away from workprograms for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Educationsupport through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast is a full-service 340+ bed acute care hospital in Pasadena, Texas. We have been a leader of medical care in Pasadena for more than 50 years. With board-certified physicians, registered nurses and expert technicians, the community has come to rely on us for top-quality, comprehensive and compassionate healthcare. HCA Houston Southeast is the only hospital in Pasadena with both Chest Pain Center Accreditation with Primary PCI and Resuscitation by the American College of Cardiology and full accreditation by The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patients family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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