Registered Nurse - Interventional Radiology - Per Diem

Registered Nurse – Atlanti Care Regional Medical Center

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

The Registered Nurse is a member of the interdisciplinary team working in collaboration with the Physician. The RN utilizes the nursing care process consistent with their license and/or certification in inpatient, outpatient and community settings. The RN oversees coordination of the interdisciplinary plan of care and ensures consistency with the medical treatment plan.

• Assessment – orderly process of identification, gathering and organization of subjective and objective data pertaining to the patient/family/significant other, including physical, psychosocial, spiritual and cultural.
• Planning – identification of actual or potential problems and desired outcomes (goals) that result in a documented plan of care. The plan provides direction for the patient/family/significant other and interdisciplinary team.
• Intervention – specific interventions or orders implemented consistent with the plan of care and medical treatment plan.
• Evaluation – determination of effectiveness of interventions in achieving the plan of care and conclusions concerning the achievement or lack of achievement of desired outcomes. The evaluation may initiate need for reassessment and revisions to the problems, goals, plan of care, and interventions.
• Employees may be required to perform Limited Laboratory Services to include patient identification and preparation for specimen collection, processing samples for testing, performing required quality control testing and instrument maintenance and function checks, monitoring, recording and reporting tests results to clinicians to include critical values, and maintaining competency/certification of the aforementioned tasks and duties.

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred.
• BSN program enrollment within 1 year and completion within 3 years for RN without BSN.
• Current Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of New Jersey or current multi-state license.
• BLS required.
• Valid NJ Driver’s License required for all employees in the Adult and Child Partial Programs.
• Proficiency in Clinical Applications preferred at time of hire; training provided within 30–60 days from date of hire.

Demonstrates the ability to perform the department-specific competencies as listed on the Assessment and Evaluation Tool.

Potential exposure to hazards and risks of the hospital environment, blood-borne pathogens, infectious disease, hazardous substances, and potential injury.

• Considerable reaching, stooping, kneeling and crouching.
• Extensive standing and walking, including stairs.
• Lifting approximately 25–50 pounds frequently.
• Lifting approximately 50 to 100 pounds with assistance occasionally.
• Pushing and pulling of heavy equipment.
• Manual dexterity to hand off instruments.
• Maneuver in small work areas congested with cords, foot pedals and various equipment consoles.
• Some departments require the ability to distinguish colors.

This position reports to the patient care unit or department leadership.

The essential functions of this position are listed on the department-specific Assessment and Evaluation Tool.