Interventional Radiology Nurse

Job overview

The Interventional Radiology team are looking for registered nurses and ODPs to join our team, to support the expansion of the services we provide. We carry out both Neuro and non-neuro interventions, and so require a skilled and dedicated team to ensure optimum patient care.

No two days are the same in interventional radiology and the role is extremely varied. In the morning you might scrub in to assist with a lifesaving stroke thrombectomy, and then by the afternoon you could be administering conscious sedation and providing care and reassurance to a patient undergoing a targeted chemotherapy treatment. The nursing team covers interventions in ultrasound, fluoroscopy, CT and MRI as well as our three dedicated interventional rooms.

Team work, flexibility and enthusiasm for delivering the best for our patients is a must. Our planned days work can change in a second if we receive an emergency patient, so the ability to adapt is crucial. We receive referrals from just about every other speciality in the hospital so we come into contact with a wide variety of patients with a diverse range of needs.

Visits to the department are highly welcomed, as well as shadowing the nursing team to understand the daily work. We can also support newly qualified nurses with preceptorship.

Main duties of the job

- Acting as a scrub practitioner to assist with procedures

- Circulating in procedure rooms and US and CT to assist with interventions

-Attending MRI and nuclear medicine when a registered nurse is required to supervise studies

- Administering procedural sedation to patients when required (training will be provided)

- Nursing care and reassurance to patients attending to IR procedures

- Assessing patients pre procedure to ensure fitness and suitability for their IR procedures

- Reporting and documenting relevant patient needs, communicating changes to other health professionals within the MDT.

- To join the on-call rota after a period of supervision/training

Our core hours of work are currently seven days a week, 8am-8pm. Due to the life and limb saving nature of some of our procedures we operate an on-call rota outside these hours. It is required to join this rota after an induction and training period and an ability to wear our PPE (lead aprons) during procedures and sometime for 3-4 hours at a time is a must. No experience is necessary - just an enthusiasm to learn - we will train you on the rest!

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The Imaging Department performs a large number of imaging investigations and interventions per annum in a variety of clinical settings such as interventional radiology, CT, Ultrasound, Nuclear medicine and MRI
• An increasing amount of these are complex procedures being performed on patients from all areas of the Trust and can be acutely unwell, therefore a highly skilled nursing workforce is required

- The nursing team participate in an on call rota, training is provided prior to going onto this rota. This means the nursing team can be contacted out of hours by the radiologist to assist in any emergency procedures as part of Major Trauma Centre

- Regularly assumes responsibility for the area on a day-to-day basis, utilising knowledge of Trust standards, policies and procedures

- To provide leadership and act as role model for other staff members

- Contributes to the management of risk, both clinical and financial

- Provides high quality care to patients and their families during the perioperative period

- Reporting and documenting all relevant patient needs, communicating changes to other health professionals in the multidisciplinary team

- Act as Practitioner in charge, in the absence of the Team Leader ensuring efficient allocation of staff and resources