Radiology Nurse at GP Consulting Limited

Job Description

• Serve as liaison between the patient and the medical team.
• Preparing patients for procedures.
• Starting intravenous fluids to inject contrast media into patient for special studies.
• Administering barium enema or other solutions before procedures.
• Monitoring patients’ vital signs and/or their clinical status during procedures to identify changes.
• Identifying unexpected reactions in patients during procedures and instituting relevant protocols to ameliorate such.
• Administering analgesia and sedation to patients upon instructions.
• Develops and ensure compliance to proper infection control protocols.
• Updating medical staff (Radiologists, Radiographers, Medical officers) on patients’ status.
• Reassessing patients after every procedure.
• Documents nursing care in all assigned patient records.
• Maintains patient's privacy and confidentiality of information and records at all times.
• Evaluates care given including the patient response.
• Reassesses and documents the proposed revision of interventions and desired outcomes.
• Providing care and comforting patients until discharge from the department.
• Demonstrates ability to assess patient's understanding of and compliance with instructions and health care teaching.
• Reviews documentation of instructions, teaching topics, and patient response with the Head Nurse/designee.
• Adheres to internal controls established for department.
• Performs Specialist nursing procedures by assessing, planning and delivering care packages, working closely with Consultant Radiologists and other Health Care Professionals often involving interventional procedures which may include conscious sedation.
• Participates in the development of the specialist nursing service in Radiology.
• Participates in departmental Clinical Governance and audit and responsible for maintaining the patients nursing records.
• Responsible for organising own daily workload of patients and liaising with the Radiologist, radiographers and administration staff, where appropriate.
• Assist the radiology staff in facilitating service development and suggest service improvements.
• Be able to analyse and examine a range of options in difficult clinical situations – and offer advice for positive outcomes in a variety of complex professional judgement issues.
• Contribute to the formulation of nursing policies and procedures – and offer suggestions for improvement, and comment on new policies.
• Performs related duties as required.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nursing license in good standing

Experience:

• At least 2 years of cognate Radiology experience preferred.

Job Specific Competencies and Knowledge Teamwork:

• Demonstrate ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Demonstrate motivation and an innovative approach to job.

Communication & Interpersonal Skills:

• Demonstrate effective communication skills including the ability to present information in a clear and concise manner.
• Demonstrate an understanding of change management Planning and Organising
• Demonstrate evidence of effective planning, organising and time management skills • Demonstrate flexible approach – to internal rotations, rostering, attitude to work Knowledge
• Demonstrate evidence of recent and relevant experience in the specialised area and in an acute hospital setting.
• Demonstrate knowledge of new developments in specialised area.
• Demonstrate knowledge of national strategies where appropriate to nursing care Patient/Customer Focus
• Demonstrate a focus on quality
• Demonstrate evidence of ability to empathise with and treat patients, relatives and colleagues with dignity and respect.

Personal Competencies:

• All posts in Premier Care Diagnostics require a high level of flexibility to ensure the delivery of an effective and efficient service. Therefore, the post holder will be required to demonstrate flexibility as and when required by the management