Travel Nurse RN - Interventional Radiology - $2,365 per week in Hermiston, OR

Job Title: Interventional Services RN Profession: Registered Nurse Specialty: Interventional Radiology Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Day Hours per Shift: 10 Experience: Minimum of one year in critical care, emergency, cath lab, or interventional radiology preferred; three years in interventional radiology or cath lab desired. License: Current RN license Certifications: Current BLS, ACLS certification; certifications specific to areas of clinical specialty preferred. Must-Have: Ability to provide care for the patient's age-specific, cultural, physical, and psychosocial wellbeing. Description: The Interventional Radiology/Cardiology RN provides specialized nursing care to patients undergoing invasive interventional procedures such as angiography, embolization, cardiac catheterization, and other minimally invasive interventions. This role works collaboratively with physicians and the interdisciplinary team to ensure safe, efficient, and high-quality patient care. The RN acts as the patient advocate and is responsible for the direction and supervision of any personnel assigned. The RN may be on call for the Interventional Unit as needed. The RN is responsible to the Unit Nurse Manager, House Supervisor, or RN Team Leader. Essential Job Functions: Perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another without loss of efficiency or composure. Nursing/Circulator Role: Administer medications as ordered, including anticoagulants, vasoactive agents, contrast, and emergency drugs. Maintain sterile technique and assist with procedures as needed. Act as patient advocate and anticipate the needs of the interventionalist. Recognize and respond rapidly to complications such as arrhythmia, bleeding, reaction to contrast, stroke alerts, and cardiac arrest. Contrast Allergy Management Collaboration: Work collaboratively with Radiologic Technologists and physicians to identify and address contrast allergies or sensitivities. Participate in pre-procedure discussions regarding appropriate contrast agents. Ensure allergy considerations are communicated during the timeout. Moderate Sedation Role: When assigned, monitor the patient for moderate sedation without engaging in tasks that compromise continual assessment. Verify ASA classification and consult anesthesia for a score of IV or greater. Provide moderate sedation per protocol and monitor vital signs, hemodynamics, oxygenation, ventilation, level of consciousness, and responses. Provide appropriate nursing interventions for complications. Scrub Role: When assigned, function as the scrub technologist using sterile techniques to assist physicians during interventional and catheter-based procedures. Prepare and organize sterile instruments, guidewires, catheters, sheaths, embolic materials, and procedural trays. Anticipate physician needs and respond quickly and accurately during critical moments. Demonstrate familiarity with vascular anatomy, device sizing, catheter selection, and table-side procedural flow. Actively communicate with the monitoring person to ensure accurate documentation of procedure activities and times. Monitor Role: When assigned, function as the primary monitor technologist, recording hemodynamic data, pressures, and procedural events. Ensure allergy considerations are communicated during the timeout and reflected in procedural documentation. Operate and troubleshoot physiological monitoring systems. Document all supplies used, implants, contrast usage, and procedural details accurately. Communicate real-time findings to the procedural team, ensuring accurate documentation of events, medications, and device deployment. Support to the Team Peri-Procedure: Assist with patient preparation, patient positioning, connecting monitoring equipment, and equipment placement. In collaboration with the clinical team, verify allergies, NPO status, renal function, and other relevant clinical factors. Perform patient identification, procedure verification, and timeout processes in accordance with institutional policy. Perform sheath pulls and vascular access management as needed. Department Support: Assist with managing supplies and par levels, restocking rooms, tracking expiration dates, rotating stock, and receiving, unpacking, labeling, and shelving incoming inventory. Assist with room turnover efficiency by cleaning up post-procedure and preparing for the next case. Assist with ensuring devices are cleaned, charged, and stored properly.