RN Interventional Radiology
Company: Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
Location: Wawaka
Posted on: January 26, 2023
Job Description:
Full-time RN - Interventional Radiology (IR) 7:30a-4:00p
Day shift with call 1 night every week and every 5th weekend
Adding NEW IR Procedural Suite w/ 3 new procedure rooms (finish
2023)
High-Level Interventional Radiology Lab - perform emergent
procedures to support our Comprehensive Stroke Center Accreditation
and trauma services - also perform a vast array of IR procedures on
Lutheran Hospital outpatients and inpatients
- Procedural Nursing
Call: -
Weekdays: 4p-7a next morning
Weekends: 4p on Friday - 7a on Monday
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Job Summary:
- Under the immediate direction of the Nurse Manager,
Interventional Radiology, assists physician and medical team in
preparing patients and performing interventional radiology
procedures through monitoring duties. -
- Monitoring duties include providing physician ordered moderate
sedation and analgesia, assessment and management of patient's
condition and vital signs during procedure, and taking appropriate
measures to keep patient hemodynamically stable. -
- Nurse needs to be familiar with caring for acutely ill
intensive care patients and titrating intravenous
medications.
- Interventional Radiology nurse develops expertise in the care
of a specific patient population/nursing diagnosis.
- Interventional Radiology procedures include (but aren't limited
to) the following: - embolization of acute bleeds, cerebral/carotid
angiogram and intervention, acute stroke intervention (ischemic and
hemorrhagic), chemo embolization, tumor embolization, fistulagram
with intervention, placement of dialysis catheters,
vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty, peripheral angiogram with intervention,
arterial and -venous lysis treatment, inferior vena cava filter
placement/retrieval, infusaport placement/removal, and tunneled
catheter placement for long term infusions. -
- Once the nurse acquires and feels comfortable with monitoring
procedures, the opportunity for scrubbing cases with the physicians
will be evaluated. - Needs to acquire PALS certification within the
first year.
Minimal Acceptable Job Qualifications
Registration/Certification/Licensure:
- Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse
- CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) within 3 months of
hire
- ACLS Certification
- Needs to acquire PALS certification within the first year.
Equal Opportunity Employer
INDLHN
Keywords: Lutheran Hospital of Indiana, Fort Wayne , RN Interventional Radiology, Healthcare , Wawaka, Indiana
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