Event Planning Jobs in Pendleton, OR (NOW HIRING)

Overview
Medical, Dental & Vision benefits paid by Employer!
Up to $20,000 Sign-On Bonus
Wage Range: $46.78 - $79.58
Day Shift
Full-time, 40 hrs/ week
Schedule: Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm with call
IR Department
Definition of Position:
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. He/she works to ensure provision of quality care of interventional/surgical patients through utilization of the nursing process, established standards of care, policies and procedures. The Interventional RN acts as the patient advocate and is responsible for the direction and supervision of any personnel assigned to him/her. He/she may be on call for the Interventional Unit as the need arises. The RN is responsible to the Unit Nurse Manager, House Supervisor, or RN Team Leader.
Responsibilities

• Essential Job Functions:
  
  • Perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature 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 needs of the interventionalist.
  • Recognize and respond rapidly to complications (e.g., arrhythmia, bleeding, reaction to contrast, stroke alerts, cardiac arrest).
  • Contrast Allergy Management Collaboration
  • Works collaboratively with Rad Tech and physicians to identify and address contrast allergies or sensitivities.
  • Participates in pre-procedure discussions regarding appropriate contrast agents (e.g., switching to iso-osmolar).
  • Ensures allergy considerations are communicated during the timeout.
  • Moderate Sedation Role
  • When assigned, the RN monitoring the patient for moderate sedation may not engage in tasks that would compromise continual assessment.
  • Verifies ASA classification and consults anesthesia for an ASA score of IV or greater.
  • Provide moderate sedation per protocol and monitors vital signs, hemodynamics, oxygenation, ventilation, level of consciousness, and responses.
  • Provides appropriate nursing interventions for complications.
  • Scrub Role
  • When assigned, functions as the scrub technologist using sterile techniques to assist physicians during interventional and catheter-based procedures.
  • Prepares and organizes sterile instruments, guidewires, catheters, sheaths, embolic materials, and procedural trays.
  • Anticipates physician needs and responds quickly and accurately during critical moments.
  • Demonstrates familiarity with vascular anatomy, device sizing, catheter selection, and table-side procedural flow.
  • Actively communicate with monitor person to ensure procedure activities and times are documented
  • Monitor Role (Hemodynamic & Procedural Monitoring)
  • When assigned, functions as the primary monitor technologist, recording hemodynamic data, pressures, and procedural events.
  • Ensures allergy considerations are communicated during the timeout and reflected in procedural documentation.
  • Operates and troubleshoots physiological monitoring systems (e.g., hemodynamic recorders, ECG, oxygen saturation).
  • Documents all supplies used, implants, contrast usage, and procedural details accurately.
  • Communicates real-time findings to the procedural team, ensuring accurate documentation of events, medications, and device deployment.
  • Support to the Team
  • Peri-Procedure
  • Assists 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.
  • Performs 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 room, tracking expiration dates, rotating stock, and receiving, unpacking, labeling, and shelving incoming inventory.
  • Assist with room turnover efficiency by assisting with post procedure cleanup such as sharps and biohazard materials disposal according to policy and preparing the room for the next case (restocking, setting up basic items, checking lead availability).
  • Assist with ensuring devices are cleaned, charged, and stored properly (e.g., ultrasound, IVUS, etc.).
  • Accept responsibility for the direction, control, planning, of an activity
  • Make evaluations and decisions based on measurable or verifiable criteria
  • Work independently
  • Recognize the rights and responsibilities of patient confidentiality
  • Convey empathy and compassion to those experiencing pain, grief, or trauma
  • Relate to others in a manner that creates a sense of teamwork and cooperation
  • Communicate effectively and therapeutically with people from every socioeconomic background
  • Incorporate guest relations in daily activities
  • The employee supports the hospital mission, vision, values, policies, and procedures.
  • Participates in required education for DNV programs as applicable to position (reference program education curriculum).
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Qualifications:
Education
Required: Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing. Evidence of continuing education appropriate for skill level and area of practice.
Preferred: BSN
Licenses/ certifications/ registrations
Required: Current RN license in the State of Oregon; current BLS, ACLS certification. Required NIHSS (National Institute of Health Stroke Scale) Certificate (within 6 months of hire).
Preferred: Certifications specific to areas of clinical specialty preferred (e.g., RCIS, NIH Stroke Scale), IV certification
Experience
Required: At least one year's experience in critical care, emergency, cath lab, or IR.
Preferred: At least three years of experience in Interventional Radiology or Cath Lab, conscious sedation training, monitor role experience.
Other: Infusion pumps, PCA pumps, and other medical equipment, computer, printer, photocopier, and patient charts. Ability to provide care for the patient's age-specific, cultural, physical, and psychosocial wellbeing.
Physical Requirements:
The physical and sensory functions described below are essential to the successful performance of this position. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions. The position requires sufficient auditory ability to detect and respond to various sounds, including patient alarms and verbal communication. Clear and effective communication is essential, as is the ability to interact with patients, families, and healthcare team members. Visual acuity is necessary for observing patient conditions, reading documentation and monitors, and distinguishing colors for clinical purposes, such as identifying medications or safety indicators. Tactile perception is also important for assessing physical characteristics such as temperature, size, shape, or texture during patient care. Motor coordination is required for reaching, grasping, handling, and performing fine motor tasks necessary for the use of medical equipment and procedures. The position also involves occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling when assisting patients or accessing equipment. Walking and standing are typically continuous throughout the shift. The role requires the ability to lift to 50 pounds independently and involves frequent pushing, pulling, carrying, or repositioning of objects or patients weighing up to 25 pounds. There may also be occasional lifting or transferring of individuals weighing over 100 pounds, with the expectation that appropriate lifting techniques, mechanical aids, or team assistance will be used to ensure safety. May to sit for long periods of time.
Working Conditions:
This position is performed primarily in an indoor healthcare environment, such as a hospital, clinic, or long-term care facility. While the work setting is protected from outdoor weather conditions, it may be subject to variable indoor temperatures. The role involves frequent exposure to infectious and contagious diseases, hazardous materials, and medical equipment, with the expectation that all staff follow appropriate safety protocols and utilize personal protective equipment (PPE) as required.
The health care environment can be fast-paced and unpredictable, requiring the ability to respond quickly to changing circumstances, including high-pressure or emergency situations. The work setting also involves multiple simultaneous demands and varying levels of noise due to medical equipment, staff activity, and patient needs
40 Hours USD $46.78/Hr. USD $79.58/Hr. Day