RN Interventional Radiology 4-10's Capitol Hill

Job Description Description: Additional $4/hr in differentials. Seeking conscious sedation, arrhythmia analysis and proficient starting IVs. Looking for conscious sedation, arrhythmia analysis, early recognition of life threatening changes and proficiency starting IV- experience. IVR/Procedural experience strongly preferred. ACLS needed to start. Please include your WA State and/or Multistate Compact RN license, American Heart Association BLS and ACLS numbers with initial and expiration dates in your application. Job Summary: The Radiation Oncology RN will work in a collaborative setting with the Oncology team, including Medical and Radiation oncology physicians, Advanced Practice Providers, infusion and clinic nursing staff, Nurse Navigators and Social Work among other professions to provide compassionate support for our patients with cancer. Display excellent assessment, communication and education skills to guide patients and family members through their care, starting with initial diagnosis through their treatment, and survivorship. Assist with the coordination of care for additional care and services, and provide symptom management for this complex group of patients. Essential Responsibilities: - Using the nursing process, provides ongoing assessment of the nursing care needs of a defined group of patients. Uses nursing diagnosis to describe this assessment. Develops a written plan of care for patient care needs. Assists patients and families/significant others in developing health care goals which are part of the individualized plan of care. Determines priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available resources. Provides nursing interventions safely and competently. Provides the patient and family/significant others with information preceding interventions. Provides telephone consultation to patients and family/significant others Provides ongoing evaluation of the patients response to care. Anticipates and recognizes changes in the patients status and need for nursing care. Modifies the individual plan of care in collaboration with the health care team. - Demonstrates understanding of the physiologic and psychological effects of normal aging by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care to meet the needs of those populations served. Demonstrates effective communication skills with those specific age populations served. Identifies own learning needs and participates in educational programs related to those age-specific patient populations served (Neonatal, Pediatric, Adolescent, Geriatric). Collaborates, communicates and coordinates with other health care team members in planning and implementing care. Assesses the needs of designated patients requiring hospitalization; initiates nursing admission database and discharge planning in collaboration with inpatient staff and physician. Cooperates and communicates effectively with other team members in order to accomplish the workload. - Communicates recognition of the patients and family/significant others psychosocial, cultural and emotional needs in each nurse-patient interaction. Orients patients and family/significant others to the role of the professional nurse and other health care team members, the nursing services available, and the means of access to those services. Reinforces orientation to the Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. Identifies the patients educational needs as part of the nursing assessment. Develops an educational component for each nursing care plan. Provides teaching/counseling congruent with patients and family/significant others learning needs and the medical plan of care. Encourages patient compliance with therapeutic and medical regimens. Teaching is based on scientific and behavioral knowledge. - Assesses patient lifestyle risk factors. Integrates health promotion and preventive aspects of care with the ongoing assessment of nursing care needs. Works with patient to develop a plan to improve general health status. Implements physical and psychological preventive measures. Promotes patient self-care responsibility for meeting their own health needs. Adheres to KFHPW documentation standards. Provides a safe environment for each patient and adheres to KFHPW safety standards. Adheres to KFHPW infection control standards and guidelines, including the guidelines for reporting communicable diseases. - Identifies own learning needs and participates in continued education programs to meet those needs. Participates in staff orientation and student education activities. Collaborates with managers in completing the process for self and colleague/team performance reviews. Assures quality of care through development, implementation and evaluation of professional nursing standards and participation in multidisciplinary quality assurance activities. Participates in professional activities. Participates in nursing research and incorporates research findings into nursing practice. Adheres to KFHPW personnel policies and maintains a high standard of professional work habits. Consistently demonstrates an appearance consistent with current KFHPW dress code policy. Basic Qualifications: Experience Education - Associates degree in Nursing from an accredited program. License, Certification, Registration - Registered Nurse License (Washington) required at hire OR Compact License: Registered Nurse required at hire - Basic Life Support required at hire Additional Requirements: - Communication, problem-solving, leadership and decision-making skills. Preferred Qualifications: - Ambulatory care nursing experience. - Primary nursing or case-management experience. - Bachelor of science in Nursing (BSN). - Oncology nursing experience within the last three years. - Procedural Sedation nursing experience within the last three years. - Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Provider Certification OR Radiation Oncology Certificate