Registered Nurse​/Interventional Radiology​/Shift

Registered Nurse / Interventional Radiology

• New Premiums
  • 5% Market Pay Differential
  • Increased Night Shift Premium - 10%
  • $2 Weekend Differential
• Sign on bonus: $7,500
• Department:
  Interventional Radiology
• Schedule:
  
  Part time, Day Shift, 6:30am - 5pm, Monday - Friday, On-call Rotation Nights & Weekends - 30 Minute Response Time
• Hospital:
  Henry Ford Health Genesys
• Location:
  
  Grand Blanc, Michigan

• Use independent professional judgment, analytical skills, and the nursing process to provide a full range of delegated, interdependent, and independent nursing services to patients.
• Demonstrate clinical competence; compassion and customer service orientation; focus on process and outcomes; and cost-consciousness when assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care. Coordinate development of a multidisciplinary plan of care in accordance with Nursing Problem Care Sets (Core Outcomes and Core Intervention Sets) and/or clinical practice guidelines, age‑specific requirements and professional and regulatory requirements to ensure appropriate length of stay, use of resources, and achievement of quality outcomes.
• Provide patient care that reflects respect for patient rights, dignity, values, culture, preferences, and expressed needs. Assess patient/family needs for information and education across the continuum, plan and implement patient teaching using a variety of techniques and methods, and evaluate effectiveness of educational interventions. Help to alleviate patient fears and anxiety through skillful application of professional and interpersonal communication.
• Utilize a variety of pharmacologic and non‑pharmacologic approaches to ensure patient comfort and relief of pain. Involve patient, family, significant others in the development of plan of care.
• Collaborate with patient/family, hospital staff, and community agencies to develop discharge plans that prepare patients for continued care needs.
• Implement patient assessment for risk factors (fall, skin breakdown, VTE, aspiration), medication reconciliation, and establishment of nursing care plans.
• Initiate problems and outcomes list based on medical diagnosis and patient needs.
• Monitor, document, and report patient response to interventions and progress toward outcomes. Document nursing interventions (NIC) and progress toward outcomes (NOC); patient education; and evaluation every shift as required.
• Educate patient regarding treatment plan, safety measures, medications, and self‑care as indicated. Work with Case Manager to ensure appropriate referrals are initiated prior to discharge.
• Review discharge plans and instructions with patient prior to discharge, including signs/symptoms to watch for after leaving the hospital. Ensure appropriate follow‑up is arranged.
• Document patient care according to established documentation guidelines. Follow clinical practice guidelines and procedures as written. Establish and maintain peripheral IV therapy. Obtain body fluid specimens per procedure and blood specimens if no phlebotomist. Perform blood capillary glucose monitoring.
• Administer medications, IVs, and blood products. Prepare patients for surgery or other invasive procedures according to established guidelines. Perform or assist with procedures according to established standards of care and nursing practice.
• Operate and troubleshoot equipment (IV pumps, PCA pumps, epidural pumps, feeding pumps, patient beds). Monitor patient responses and address changing patient situations. Review work in progress to ensure timely execution and documentation of treatments, medications, and tests.
• Coordinate communication with physicians regarding treatment plans, list new orders, and utilize SBAR tool or other standardized approaches for data collection. Notify physicians of meaningful changes and intervene appropriately. Respond to life‑threatening emergencies through initiation of CPR and immediate interventions.
• Provide support to families in crisis or grieving, ensuring quality of health care practices. Maintain a physically safe environment for patients, utilizing restraints according to policy and universal precautions.
• Use cost effective resources, evaluate new…