Registered Nurse | Interventional Radiology | Imaging Lab | Full-time | Day Shift

About the role

Under the supervision of the Nurse Manager and Administrative Director of Cardiovascular Services, the Imaging Lab RN performs duties necessary to care for patients undergoing interventional radiology procedures at a technical and professional nursing level. The RN provides pre, intra, and post procedural care, performs a variety of technical procedures requiring independent judgment, and assists the performing practitioner with diagnostic angiographic procedures, complex vascular and non‑vascular interventional therapeutic procedures, and clinical patient care.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate from a state‑accredited school of Nursing; Bachelor's in Nursing preferred.
• Certification: BLS and ACLS required upon hire.
• Licensure: Licensed Registered Nurse in the State of New Hampshire.
• Experience: Minimum of two years critical care experience or three years medical/surgical experience with a strong cardiovascular background.

Responsibilities

• Delivers pre and post procedural care to patients according to hospital policy.
• Delivers intra procedural care in the role of circulator, scrub, or monitor.
• Gathers data through history taking and physical assessment and interprets data to plan and implement interventions to meet patient care needs.
• Applies principles of purposeful, organized thinking to make sound clinical judgments and decisions.
• Teaches the patient and/or significant other(s) about the plan of care.
• Prepares patients to manage their care after discharge.
• Administers medications.
• Demonstrates effective communication to the health care team in providing quality patient care.
• Adheres to department policies, procedures, and modality‑specific safety protocols.
• Completes hospital, departmental, and professional requirements.
• Actively engages in departmental, team, and committee initiatives.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM.

• Regularly lift, carry, or push/pull up to 10 pounds.
• Frequently lift, carry, or push/pull 10–25 pounds.
• Occasionally lift, carry, or push/pull 20–50 pounds.
• Frequently required to perform repetitive motion, hear, use fine motor skills, reach, speak, and walk.
• Occasionally required to bend, climb, kneel, sit, squat, and stand.
• Specific vision abilities: color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
• Frequent exposure to airborne pathogens, bloodborne pathogens, bodily fluids, moving mechanical parts, and radiation.
• Occasional exposure to airborne contaminants, chemotherapeutic agents, electrical shock hazards, non‑weather‑related heat or cold, slippery surfaces, toxic or caustic chemicals, and variable weather conditions.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.