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Work Shift
Day (United States of America)
- Functions under the direction of the Site Manager.
- Responsible for performing a wide variety of clinical procedures
- requiring independent judgement, ingenuity and initiative in the utilization of the equipment for the diagnosis and/or treatment of diseases.
- The registered nurse is responsible for implementing the nursing process based on expanded knowledge and experience.
- The nurse is responsible for providing patient care with an understanding and awareness of age specific needs.
- Addresses the biological, emotional, developmental, psychosocial and patient/family education needs in providing care to the patient and family.
- The nurse is able to independently perform job functions.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical Skills
- Completion of V-ARU competencies
- Provide pre and post procedure care of patients for invasive, interventional and surgical procedures
- Able to use critical thinking skills
- Able to deliver patient care in complex, multiple problem patient care situations
- Prepares and may administer contrast.
- Understands preparation/administration of doses according to patients weight and physician order
- Administers conscious sedation per system policy and procedure
- Preps the patient for procedure
- Demonstrates and understands steriile technique
- Demonstrate IV administration competence and maintenance
- Prepares trays and catheters for procedure
Job Responsibilities
- Must be flexible with hours to meet department needs
- Able to work scheduled and On-Call hours if necessary
- Knows existing lines of communication and authority, handles communications properly and is dependable, cooperative and emotionally stable.
- Introduces self to patient and/or guardian upon entering room utilizing proper scripting
- Transports patients as needed
- Provides privacy and comfort for patient/customers
- Assists with maintenance of departmental records, Joint Commission standards, State and Federal Regulations and Performance Improvement
- Completes necessary paperwork
- Answers department phone using proper scripting
- Completes chart reviews as needed
- Performs QA/QC functions as needed
- Assists in other Medical Imaging areas and as needed in other departments in the system, system wide
- Maintain current successful completion of BLS and ACLS
- Understands Scope of Service for Vascular Institute, VARU and Medical Imaging
- Assist in inservice/training for other Medical Imaging staff as appropriate
- Reviews case with the appropriate physician(s) as needed.
- Recognizes that total patient care starts when the patient arrives at our facility and ends when the physician/patient have the imaging results.
- Meets Service Recovery and Customer Service Guidelines as needed.
- Reviews the case with appropriate physician(s) as needed
- Coordinates daily schedule of patients
- Maintains checking the crash cart in assigned Medical Imaging areas.
Quality and Patient Safety
- Verifies patient ID using 2 patient identifiers, ie. Armband, DOB, verbal identification
- Verifies front of patient chart for same/similar name sticker
- Verifies Written Order, seeks clarification is unclear
- Understands and complies with verbal order RBAC and performs necessary follow-up with written order
- Uses and understands preprocedural verification/time out form when appropriate
- Understands and complies with site/side marking when indicated
Patient Education
- Responsible for patient, family/support system education
- Provide post procedural home care instructions as needed.
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required Minimum Education:
- Accredited Program Nursing or Bachelors Nursing-Preferred
Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):
All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.
- RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
- BLS - Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor
Required Minimum Experience:
Required Minimum Skills:
- Ability to read, write and speak English language
- Ability to optimize the use of technology to support clinical care
- Possess basic computer skills
- Possess Strong interpersonal possess
- Possess collaborative skills
- Possess customer service skills
- Ability to function in a fast paced environment
- Ability to respond to emergencies in using a decisive, composed and respectful manner
- Possess excellent time management skills
- Practices nursing using evidence and analytical skills
- Possess strong critical thinking skills.
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