Interventional Radiology RN
Seattle, Washington
Virginia Mason Medical Center and Seattle Medical Center

IR RN - Seattle, Washington

• Location: Seattle, Washington
• Contract Length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Days, 10-hour shifts, 40 hours per week
• Parking: Traveler pays for parking (garage with daily and monthly options, or public transit). Parking is available until 7pm.

Required Qualifications

• BLS and ACLS certification
• IR experience required
• IR procedural experience, including moderate sedation, required for travel RNs
• 1 year of experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Travel experience (highly preferred, not required)

Department and Unit

• Department: Interventional Radiology (IR)
• Suites: 3 IR suites on Jones 5 (Rm and CT-guided) and 2 IR suites on Buck 5 (Biopsy)
• Volume: 10-15 cases per day on average
• Service lines: IR Body, Vascular, and Neuro Intervention
• Common patients and procedures: Stroke, neuro intervention (coiling, stents, embolization), angiogram, vascular, tube checks and changes
• Stroke receiving center
• Float scope: Jones 5 RN travelers work in both Jones 5 IR suites and Buck 5 IR suites. Travelers may be pulled to a third department if needed.

Responsibilities

• Circulate IR cases and provide procedural sedation
• Nurses do not scrub procedures; they monitor and sedate patients
• Perform pre- and post-admitting and recovery workflows for IR patients in the Buck 5 IR location
• Each case is staffed with 1 RN and 2 techs, who scrub and circulate
• Daily IR charge nurse and daily Lead IR Tech on point

Schedule and Call

• Regular shifts: 7:30a-6p Mon-Fri (1 RN assigned daily at 7a-5:30p); 4/10s, 730a-6p or 7a-530p
• Weeknight call: About 1 every 2 weeks (can vary with staffing). IR evening backup is no longer in effect.
• Weekend call: About 1 every 6 weeks (Friday night plus 24-hour call Saturday and Sunday)
• On-call overnights and weekends
• Call response time: Within 30 minutes
• Holiday call: N/A; staff RNs are currently assigned to holiday call

Orientation and Logistics

• Orientation: 1 week, including general hospital orientation (3 days on unit) and weekend buddy call
• Scrubs: Hospital periop/procedural scrubs provided daily upon arrival
• Profile review: Clinical team reviews the resume. If recommended, it goes to the unit manager for a phone interview.