REGISTERED NURSE

Description Job Title Registered Nurse

Reports to Manager of Nursing Services

Status Full Time/Non-Exempt

Position Summary We are seeking a dedicated and patient-focused Outpatient Radiology Nurse to join our radiology team. This role is ideal for a nurse who enjoys working in a dynamic outpatient environment, supporting diagnostic and interventional procedures while delivering high-quality, patient-centered care.

The Outpatient Radiology Nurse provides comprehensive nursing support within radiology settings, ensuring safe, efficient care and a positive patient experience. This role supports a variety of diagnostic and interventional procedures, coordinates communication among multidisciplinary care teams, and plays a key role in patient education, safety, and comfort.

The nurse works both independently and collaboratively across multiple imaging modalities and locations, using sound clinical judgment to support high-quality clinical outcomes.

Detailed Responsibilities

• Requires the ability to work independently often, as well as be a contributing member of the healthcare team.
• Requires assisting in general diagnostic, special procedures, ultrasound, CT, PET, MR, Nuclear Medicine and mammography procedures.
• Contacts patients to obtain necessary pertinent information/medical history for upcoming appointments.
• Facilitates communication between patient, radiologists and other healthcare providers for assigned patients.
• Explains procedures and treatments to patient to gain cooperation, understanding, and diminish patient apprehension.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing standards, policies, procedures and protocols.
• Maintains awareness of comfort and safety needs of patient.
• Observes patient, obtains/monitors vital signs, records significant findings and notifies appropriate chain of command of patient's condition, deviations from normal, reaction to drugs, response to treatments and significant incidents.
• Responds to urgent/emergent/life-saving situations based upon nursing standards, policies, procedures and protocols.
• Documents all patient information in appropriate areas of medical record.
• Helps positively promote/market the services provided by the company to patients and healthcare providers.
• Requires flexibility to work at multiple locations.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Among the many benefits of a career with Southwest Medical Imaging, are the following:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA-available if enrolled in a high-deductible plan)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts (DCRA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP available if enrolled in Health plan)
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Company Paid Basic Life & AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Voluntary Short Disability
• Company Paid Long-Term Disability
• Pet Discount Program
• 6 paid Company Holidays
• Floating Holiday, Jury Duty & Bereavement Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Competitive Salary
• Leadership Mentoring Opportunities

Requirements Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) preferred, or Associate's degree (A. A.)
• Excellent IV placement and chest port access skills required
• Radiology experience preferred
• Recent experience with cardiac monitoring and conscious sedation preferred

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Current AZ State Board of Nursing Registered Nurse License
• BLS certification
• ACLS certification

Physical Requirements While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and smell. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.