Per Diem RN, Radiology​/Cath Lab​/Harborview Medical Center

Position: Per Diem RN2, Radiology/Cath Lab / Harborview Medical Center
** Job Description
**** RN / Registered Nurse / Radiology/Cath Lab (Per Diem), Harborview Medical Center.
**** Harborview Medical Center – Radiology/Cath Lab
** has an outstanding opportunity for
** Registered Nurse (Per Diem)**.The Radiology department at Harborview is staffed 24 x 7 and performs a high volume of image guided procedures annually. Harborview has state-of-the-art imaging suites that support various specialties.

Our radiology nurses are dedicated professionals who fulfill roles in patient preparation, monitoring, and post-procedure care.

Note:

Radiology/Cath Lab RN2 positions include on-call and weekend shift requirements

Responsibilities include:

* ** Collaborative Care:
** Work closely with night shift staff across various disciplines to provide essential support to radiology patients, ensuring seamless patient care and coordination.
* ** Cardiovascular Care:
** Provide care for hemodynamically unstable STEMI patients and those in cardiogenic shock, ensuring timely and effective interventions, including titrating vasoactive medications.
* ** Interventional Support:
** Assist with diagnostic and interventional body and neuro Angio procedures as well as heart catheterizations, utilizing advanced technologies such as IVUS, iFR/FFR, IABP, and Impella.
* ** Sedation Administration:
** Administer minimal to moderate sedation for patients undergoing procedures in the Cath Lab, Body Angio, and Neuro Angio suites, ensuring patient comfort and safety.
* ** Cross-Departmental

Collaboration:

** Work with various departments, including ECHO, EKG, Cardiology, and Neuro, across different areas of the hospital to ensure integrated patient care.
* ** Pacemakers For MRI
- ** Ensure the safe management of patients with

MR Conditional pacemakers or implantable cardiac devicesduring MRI procedures by programming the device into MRI-safe mode and restoring it post-scan.
* ** Patient Screening & Assessment:
** Screen and assess patients for safe moderate/minimal sedation in procedures such as diagnostic cerebral angiograms, angiograms for embolization, tunneled line placements, implanted ports, and dialysis catheter placements.
* ** Moderate Sedation for Additional Procedures:
** Administer moderate sedation for other procedures such as bone biopsies and solid organ biopsies, ensuring safety and patient comfort throughout.
* ** Anesthesia Recovery:
** Oversee the recovery of patients from general anesthesia, ensuring stability and safety before transferring them to other areas within the hospital.
* ** Embolic Stroke & Trauma Care:
** Assist in the timely coordination of care for embolic stroke patients and trauma patients requiring embolization, working closely with physicians, radiology technicians, and nurses.
* ** Ultrasound-Guided IV Insertion:
** Receive training to perform ultrasound-guided IV insertions for patients with challenging venous access and as needed, support ancillary departments in this capacity.
** REQUIREMENTS:
** Requires WA (or applicable multistate) RN License and minimum two years critical care (ICU, ED, Cath, IR) nursing experience.

ACLS Certification BLS Certification
** ABOUT HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER
** As the region's only Level I Trauma and verified burn center, Harborview Medical Center is a comprehensive healthcare facility owned by King County and operated by UW Medicine. It is dedicated to providing specialized care for a broad spectrum of patients from throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. It provides exemplary patient care in leading-edge centers of emphasis, including emergency medicine, trauma and burn care, neurosciences, ophthalmology, vascular surgery, HIV/AIDS, rehabilitation, mental health and substance abuse care.

Harborview employees are committed to the vital role the institution plays in the immediate community, as well as the entire Northwest region.
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