Registered Nurse​/Radiology​/Cath Lab​/Harborview Medical Center

Job Description

RN / Registered Nurse / Radiology/Cath Lab / Harborview Medical Center

• 60% FTE (24 hours per week), Day Shift.
• 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.
• 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 safe management of patients with MR Conditional pacemakers or implantable cardiac devices during 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.

• Pay Range Minimum: $45.59 hourly
• Pay Range Maximum: $84.47 hourly
• Other Compensation: $1/hour BSN premium, $1.25/hour nursing specialty certification premium, $4/hour week‑ends
• Benefits:
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• Shift: First Shift (United States of America)
• Temporary or Regular? This is a regular position
• FTE (Full-Time Equivalent): 60.00%
• Union/Bargaining Unit: SEIU 1199NW HMC RN

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