Specialty RN - Interventional Radiology (Full Time, Day shift)

Job Summary

Accountable for the coordination of the Interventional Radiology specialty which includes fiscal responsibility and specified activities within service.

Provides leadership for the provision of quality patient care in accordance with the hospital's mission, goals and philosophy.

Job Specific Duties


* Functions as clinical expert/role model for the Interventional Radiology department, identifying clinical and communication issues.


* Collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team in daily care planning, as appropriate, and fosters a Family Centered Care Environment.

Collaborates with multi-disciplinary team to improve workflow processes to positively impact the patient and family experience.


* Responds and provides direction in planning, organizing, delegating and coordinating unit related activities, including fiscal responsibility, as well as specialty service activities.


* Conducts all training for new employees, serves as a preceptor for service line and assesses employee skills and competencies.


* Promotes a safe "error free" working environment by consistently performing thorough hand-offs and infection prevention measures.


* Provides nursing care that includes IV site monitoring, specimen collection, and assists medical team with specific procedures.

Provides ongoing assessment of the patient, utilizing the knowledge of age specific criteria and chief complaint.


* Performs skin & structural assessment, takes measures to accommodate patient, and ensures safe care while ensuring no medication errors.

Performs falls risk assessment & takes appropriate steps.


* Initiates intravenous access and places urinary catheters as per hospital policy.


* Ensures completion of surgical documentation requirements (consent, labs, H&P, patient history, etc.).

Completes process accurately as per Universal Protocol and hospital policies and procedures.


* Coordinates and ensures accuracy of physician preference cards in an effort to expedite all surgeries and build upon physician satisfaction.


* Follows physician’s orders, administers, and reconstitutes medications when needed.

Prepares all medication required for surgical field as determined by the procedure.

Adheres to six rights of medication administration per medication administration policy.


* Ensures and monitors set up and maintenance of sterile field, performs all reconciliation, and counts of instruments per retained surgical site policy.


* Coordinates utilization of antibiotics per protocol and according the physician preference cards.


* Remains with the patient during emergence and extubation.

Assists Anesthesia team as needed.


* Transports the patient to recovery room and completes the SOAR checklist for the procedure with transition of care performed with a hand-off to the PACU RN.


* Ensures advanced directives, secures blood consents, documents time-out procedures, ensures the correct site/side is marked...