Registered Nurse Interventional Radiology

St Francis Hospital • Colorado Springs, CO

3d • $37 - $59

About The Position

The Registered Nurse facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team, patient, and family to meet patients’ physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The role promotes patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process and adherence to patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act, while demonstrating accountability for relationship-based care and the organization’s mission.

The nurse assesses patient needs, develops and implements plans of care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, evaluates patient responses, and intervenes to support optimal outcomes. The role includes therapeutic and diagnostic nursing interventions, accurate and confidential documentation, use of information technology to support care, advocacy for patient health and rights, and patient and family education.

This is a PRN position requiring five shifts per six-week pay period. Additional on-call requirements may apply. A 15% PRN differential and a $4.75-per-hour specialty differential apply.

Requirements

• Associate’s Degree in Nursing, a nursing diploma, or licensure by endorsement.
• RN license in the state of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
• One year of experience in special procedures, an intensive care unit, or an emergency department.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interviews, and review of medical records and clinical data.
• Evaluate patient responses and intervene to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Develop and implement plans of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Perform therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, including IVs, incision and wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
• Maintain patient charts and records thoroughly and confidentially; document status, interventions, patient responses, and outcomes accurately and promptly.
• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decision-making.
• Promote, advocate for, and collaborate to protect each patient’s health, safety, and rights.
• Assess patient and family readiness, needs, and ability to learn; provide education and evaluate its effectiveness.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Associate degree