RN - Radiology Services

Job Description Roles & Responsibilities The Nursing Section of the Radiology Department provides nursing care to patients in the Radiology Department at our client hospital. Procedures/Services/Functions: CT/MRI Patient assessment and chart review. Initiation of intravenous access. Manual and power injection of contrast. Contrast reaction management. Care of intravenous, CVC s, Hickman and Port a caths, peri and post administration of contrast. Monitoring of sedated inpatients with pulse oximetry. Assist and transfer of GA patients to Recovery Room, in Radiology. Emergency response for entire Radiology Department. Assist the Radiologist with CT guided FNA s and Biopsies. Ordering pharmacy and nursing supplies. Recovery Room Patient assessment pre, peri and post GA. also recovering of patient post GA. Monitoring of Renal Captopril Study patients. Initiation of intravenous access. Patient assessment and monitoring from all other sections. Nuclear Medicine, General X-ray Emergency response Angiography Patient monitoring pre, peri and post angiography procedure and conscious sedation. Scrub and circulating role during interventional angiography procedures. EKG monitoring and interpretation. 24 hrs follow-up on In-patients that have had an Angiography Invasive Procedure. Ultrasound Patient assessment pre, peri and post US guided invasive procedures 24 hrs follow-up on In-patients that have had an Ultrasound Guided Invasive Procedure Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Patient assessment and chart review Assessment and/or insertion of intravenous access Blood glucose monitoring and administration of insulin per protocol. Assist technologist in administration of radioactive isotopes and positioning of patients. Monitor patients for that have had medications for conscious sedation. Fluoroscopy Insertion of Foley catheter for VCUG s. Assessment and/or insertion of intravenous access for IVP s. Hours of Operation Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Normal working hours are 0700 to 1800 Saturday to Tuesday and 0PHONE_NUMBER on Wednesday. Occasional over time for CT/MRI on Thursdays from 0PHONE_NUMBER. On Call 1800 to 0700 Saturday to Tuesday and from 1700 Wednesday to 0700 Saturday (for Angiography Nurses only). TYPE OF PATIENTS Outpatients Inpatients Adult Pediatric Emergency and ICU patients Desired Candidate Profile Bachelor's degree in Nursing (online degrees/diplomas are not accepted) Current Nursing (RN) license in the North America, Western Europe, or Australia/New Zealand Minimum two years of current experience as a Registered Nurse in the specialty area, working in a mid- to large-sized acute-care hospital in North America, Western Europe, or Australia/New Zealand. Company Industry MedicalHealthcareDiagnosticsMedical Devices Department / Functional Area DoctorNurseParamedicsHospital TechniciansMedical Research Keywords RN - Radiology Services Get real-time job updates only on our App