**Overview:** Interventional Radiology (IR) is an exciting and growing medical specialty that uses advanced radiographic imaging to diagnose and treat abnormalities in blood vessels and organs. As a key member of our IR team, you will play an essential role in delivering high-quality, compassionate care to patients undergoing complex procedures. **Responsibilities:** - **Pre-Procedure Care:** Prepare patients for procedures by ensuring they are informed, comfortable, and ready for their treatment. - **Sedation & Monitoring:** Administer sedation and carefully monitor patients during procedures, ensuring their safety and comfort. - **Interdisciplinary Care:** Work closely with a team of medical professionals to provide comprehensive care throughout the procedure. - **Post-Procedure Care:** Provide thorough post-procedure care, closely monitoring the patient’s recovery and ensuring they are stable. - **Patient & Family Education:** Educate patients and their families about the procedure, expected outcomes, and necessary follow-up care. - **Ongoing Education:** Participate in detailed orientation programs and ongoing education to ensure that your skills and knowledge are always up to date. **Qualifications:** - **Certification:** 50% of our nurses are certified in various specialties. Certification is a plus, but we are committed to supporting your professional development. - **On-Call Requirement:** You will be required to work up to 4 on-call shifts per six-week period. - **Proximity Requirement:** You must live within 30 minutes of the hospital to ensure timely response for on-call shifts. **Work Environment:** - **Shared Governance:** We have an active Shared Governance model that supports the Nursing Professional Practice Model, empowering nurses to be leaders in their roles. - **Shift Flexibility:** We offer a variety of shifts to accommodate your personal schedule. If you’re passionate about providing exceptional patient care in a fast-paced, supportive environment, we encourage you to apply to join our dynamic Interventional Radiology team. Capable clinician, focused on expanding knowledge and skills. Consistently provides effective direct care, as part of the interdisciplinary team, to a variety of complex patients. Manages care and implements treatment plans at a refined skill level in collaboration with patients, their families, physicians and other members of the health care team. Seeks as well as provides feedback for improved clinical practice. Assumes a beginning leadership role but seeks mentoring in this process. ANA Scope and Standards of Practice definition of nursing: Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities and populations. This job description integrates the ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice and the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, and the UVA Nursing Professional Practice Model. + Relationship Based Care - Self and Colleagues: reflects the influence of the nurse’s relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience. + Relationship Based Care - Patients and Families: reflects the influence of the nurse’s relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience. + Expert Caring: encompasses clinical assessment, planning, prioritizing, coordinating and implementation of care. + Empowered Leaders: demonstrate knowledge of and actively participate in shared governance. + Lifelong Learners: encompasses professional development through formal education, professional certification, internal and external learning opportunities and recognizes the value of external professional organizations. Supports onboarding of new team members and precepts as applicable. + Quality Achievement: includes adherence to clinical documentation guidelines, comprehension of outcomes data, engagement in performance improvement activities and commitment to standard work. + Innovation: is demonstrated by application of technologies that support patient care, actively seeking to implement evidence based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research. + In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned. Position Compensation Range: $39.90 - $53.00 Hourly MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Education: Graduate of an accredited nursing program required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing required within 5 years of hire. Experience: 2 years of relevant experience preferred Licensure: Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia. American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required. ACLS certification required within 6 mos from date of hire. PHYSICAL DEMANDS Job requires standing for prolonged periods, frequently traveling, bending/stooping. Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills; Attention to detail and ability to write legibly; Ability to lift/push/pull 20 - 50lbs. May be exposed to chemicals, blood/body fluids and infectious disease. _The University of Virginia, i_ _ncluding the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician’s Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library,_ _are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, and family medical or genetic information._