About the role
13-Week Contract | Full-Time Days | Bethesda, Maryland
We are seeking one experienced Interventional Radiology Registered Nurse to provide procedural and perioperative care at the NIH Clinical Center. This is a 13-week contract assignment with the possibility of a long-term or permanent full-time opportunity based on performance and continued staffing needs.
Schedule
- Monday through Friday
- 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Participation in the 24-hour on-call rotation
- Weekday, weekend, and holiday on-call coverage required
Minimum Qualifications
- Active, valid, and unrestricted RN license issued by at least one U.S. state, territory, or commonwealth
- Associate degree, nursing diploma, or bachelor’s degree in Nursing from an accredited institution
- Successful completion of the NCLEX-RN
- At least two years of current interventional radiology nursing experience
- Current Basic Life Support certification
- Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification
- Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification
- Demonstrated current competency in procedural nursing and moderate sedation
- Effective English communication skills
- Computer literacy and proficiency with electronic clinical documentation
- U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident/Green Card status
Primary Responsibilities
- Assess patients before, during, and after interventional radiology procedures
- Review patient history, laboratory results, allergies, medications, consent, and procedural readiness
- Prepare patients, procedure rooms, equipment, medications, and supplies
- Assist physicians and the procedural team during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
- Administer and monitor moderate sedation when qualified, authorized, and assigned
- Continuously monitor cardiac rhythm, oxygenation, ventilation, vital signs, pain, and level of consciousness
- Recognize complications and initiate appropriate emergency interventions
- Administer medications, fluids, blood products, and treatments as ordered and within the RN’s authorized scope of practice
- Provide vascular-access, biopsy-site, drain, and catheter-related care
- Follow radiation-safety, infection-control, sterile-technique, and patient-safety requirements
- Provide pre-procedure and discharge education to patients and families
- Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential clinical documentation
- Collaborate with radiologists, technologists, anesthesia personnel, nurses, and other healthcare professionals
- Respond within the facility’s required timeframe while assigned to on-call coverage
- Participate in required orientation, training, and competency activities
Additional Requirements
Selected candidates must satisfy NIH credentialing, health, immunization, security, fingerprinting, background-investigation, and facility-access requirements. All licenses, certifications, competencies, and health documentation must remain current throughout the assignment.
Ideal Candidate
The successful candidate will be clinically confident, dependable, and comfortable providing sedation and emergency support in a fast-paced procedural environment while participating in a 24-hour on-call rotation.