RN Registered Nurse Imaging Clinic

Banner Health • Tucson, AZ

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works closely with technologists and other team members to support daily patient workflow in a fast-paced outpatient imaging environment. The RN assists the medical imaging team with patients, accesses ports, starts IVs, and assists during acute events in the imaging space.

The position assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents nursing care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. The RN is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by themselves and those under their direction, and uses specialized nursing knowledge and judgment to provide care appropriate to patients’ physical and developmental needs.

The schedule is three 12-hour shifts, 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., with a 30-minute lunch. The RN rotates with another RN and must work a minimum of two Saturdays per month.

Requirements

• Current, valid RN license in the state of practice, temporary/interim RN license in the state of practice, or compact RN licensure for the current state of practice.
• BLS certification.
• Ability to demonstrate relevant experience, training, and education during the interview process.
• Maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the practice area through annual validations.
• Experience in the clinical area is desired.
• Banner Registry and Travel acute care positions require at least one year of acute care hospital experience, including work in the specialty area within the past 12 months.
• Banner Registry and Travel physician practice positions require at least one year of experience as an RN in a physician practice or acute care setting.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Professional certification preferred.
• Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs; review histories, physicals, diagnostics, and laboratory data; report abnormal results and complete assessments and reassessments.
• Develop and revise individualized plans of care and discharge plans in collaboration with patients, families, and the multidisciplinary team.
• Implement care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision, following physician orders, policies, standards of care, and regulatory requirements.
• Promote continuity of care by communicating patient status accurately and completely to other caregivers.
• Evaluate patient and family responses to care and teaching, assess progress toward goals, and revise the plan of care as needed.
• Document assessments, plans, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders legibly and in a timely manner.
• Provide evidence-based care and may participate in clinical research, shared leadership, education, orientation, precepting, and mentoring.
• Contribute to safe, timely, effective, efficient, and equitable patient outcomes and participate in improvement of nursing quality indicators.
• Interact with staff, physicians, patients, families, external contacts, other health care providers, and clergy to coordinate and support patient care.
• Assist the imaging team with patients, access ports, start IVs, and assist with acute events in the imaging space.
• May supervise department staff and workflow in some roles.

Benefits

• The organization describes investing in nurses through better pay, better benefits, better opportunities, and a better community. Specific benefit plans are not listed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed