Registered Nurse (RN) - Interventional Radiology

St. Vincent's Medical Center•Bridgeport, CT

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Work where every moment matters. Every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network. St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport has more than 3,200 employees. It includes a 473-bed community teaching hospital, a 76-bed inpatient psychiatric facility in Westport, a large multispecialty provider group, and special needs services for adults and children. St. Vincent’s is the first hospital in Fairfield County to be integrated into the Hartford HealthCare network, and is the system’s second-largest hospital. The Interventional Radiology Nurse (RN) provides high quality nursing care to patients across all imaging modalities within the Radiology Department. The Registered Nurse (RN) applies all phases of care for invasive radiology procedures; pre-procedure, intra-procedure and post-procedure. The IR RN demonstrates competency in advanced patient assessment skills of all body systems (neurological, cardiac, pulmonary, GI, GU, skin and musculoskeletal). Functions as clinically competent in procedural sedation, administering conscious sedation and understanding the sedation recovery phase, reversal agents and airway recovery skills. Delegates and supervises work of PAA and PCA. Reports to Unit Manager.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing school (BSN Required)
Active RN Connecticut State License
2 years of ICU RN experience required
ACLS Required

Nice To Haves

Cath Lab or Interventional Radiology experience preferred
Must be collaborative and flexible working in a close team environment.

Responsibilities

Provides high quality nursing care to patients across all imaging modalities within the Radiology Department.
Applies all phases of care for invasive radiology procedures; pre-procedure, intra-procedure and post-procedure.
Demonstrates competency in advanced patient assessment skills of all body systems (neurological, cardiac, pulmonary, GI, GU, skin and musculoskeletal).
Functions as clinically competent in procedural sedation, administering conscious sedation and understanding the sedation recovery phase, reversal agents and airway recovery skills.
Delegates and supervises work of PAA and PCA.