Interventional Radiology Nurse Clinician
Akron Children's · Akron, OH · 4 days ago
HealthcareInternship
Responsibilities
- Delivers high-quality nursing care to patients and families using the nursing process across pre-, intra-, and post-procedure phases, anticipating the needs of patients, families, providers, and care team members.
- Performs comprehensive pre-procedure assessments and ensures patient readiness for interventional radiology procedures, including coordination of care, patient education, and procedural preparation.
- Functions in procedural roles including circulating, monitoring, and procedural support during interventional radiology cases.
- Provides independent clinical management of airway, hemodynamic status, and patient stabilization during procedures, escalating care as needed.
- Cares for high-acuity and medically complex patients, including trauma, active bleeding, and emergent procedural needs.
- Integrates clinical and operational responsibilities, including patient flow, scheduling coordination, and real-time prioritization of cases.
- Demonstrates advanced assessment skills and responds rapidly to patient condition changes in a fast-paced procedural environment.
- Collaborates with providers and interdisciplinary team members to ensure safe, effective, and efficient patient care delivery.
- Participates in departmental initiatives such as quality improvement, program development, data tracking, and education.
- Participates in on-call responsibilities as required to support procedural coverage.
Requirements
- Proficiency with equipment, supplies, and sterile technique used in interventional radiology procedures is required.
- Advanced knowledge of procedural nursing care, including patient assessment, sedation monitoring, and emergency response, is required.
- Ability to manage airway and hemodynamic stability in procedural settings is required.
- Experience working collaboratively with providers and interdisciplinary teams is required.
- Experience working with all levels within an organization is preferred.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) or similar software is required; EMR experience (e.g., Epic) is preferred.
Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required. Master's degree preferred.
- Licensure: Current Registered Nurse licensure for the State of Ohio is required.
- Certification: BLS and PALS Certification required. Nursing certification (e.g., certified pediatric nurse, certified radiology nurse) preferred.
- Years of relevant experience: Minimum of two (2) years of nursing experience in a procedural, critical care, or acute care setting is required. Interventional radiology, emergency, ICU, or procedural nursing experience is preferred.
Skills
- Advanced clinical care in a high-acuity, dynamic procedural environment requiring independent clinical judgment, rapid decision-making, and coordination of care among interdisciplinary team members.
Benefits
- N/A
Pay
- N/A
Schedule
- Part-Time, 24 Hours/Week Day Shift, 7:30AM - 4PM Onsite Akron, OH