About this role
Interventional Radiology Registered Nurse
Pre/Post Procedure and Moderate Sedation
ENVITA INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY | Full-Time | On-Site | North Scottsdale, Arizona
Location: East Bell Road and Loop 101 Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Compensation: Up to $60.00 per hour, depending on experience Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid time off, 401(k), and additional employee benefits
Provide Exceptional Procedural Care When Patient Safety Matters Most
Envita Interventional Radiology is seeking an experienced Interventional Radiology Registered Nurse with advanced hands-on moderate-sedation experience to guide patients safely through the complete procedural journey.
This is not an entry-level procedural nursing position.
The successful nurse must be capable of independently recognizing subtle changes in a patient’s condition, administering and monitoring moderate sedation under appropriate provider direction, supporting airway management, responding to complications, and maintaining calm clinical control during urgent situations.
This position is especially important because many Envita patients are facing complex medical conditions, including cancer and chronic disease. They may arrive feeling frightened, medically vulnerable, overwhelmed, or uncertain about their treatment options. The nurse must combine strong procedural judgment with compassion, patient advocacy, attention to detail, and an unwavering commitment to safety.
Why Experienced Nurses Choose Envita
* Monday-through-Friday schedule, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. * Specialized outpatient interventional radiology environment * Compensation up to $60.00 per hour, based on experience * Meaningful work with patients facing complex medical conditions * Opportunity to develop ongoing relationships with patients and families * Advanced interventional radiology and interventional oncology procedures * Close collaboration with interventional radiologists and clinical leaders * Individualized, quality-over-quantity patient care * Strong emphasis on clinical judgment, patient safety, and compassion * Opportunity to contribute to growing procedural capabilities * Comprehensive benefits package * Mission-driven and patient-first organizational culture
About Envita Interventional Radiology
Envita Interventional Radiology provides advanced, minimally invasive, image-guided procedures within a collaborative outpatient environment.
Our clinical teams work with patients facing cancer, chronic disease, and other complex medical conditions. Many patients seek Envita after exhausting conventional options or while looking for a more individualized and integrated approach to their care.
Procedures may include TACE, cryoablation, radiofrequency ablation, PEF, embolization, image-guided biopsies, kyphoplasty, vascular procedures, and other advanced interventional treatments.
Envita is committed to thoughtful innovation, clinical excellence, patient safety, meaningful collaboration, and helping every patient feel informed, respected, and genuinely cared for.
Why This Position Exists
The Interventional Radiology Registered Nurse ensures that patients are safely prepared, continuously monitored, clinically supported, and appropriately recovered throughout the interventional radiology experience.
Before a procedure, the nurse verifies clinical readiness, identifies risks, establishes venous access, administers ordered medications, confirms required documentation, and prepares the patient physically and emotionally.
During the procedure, the nurse administers and monitors moderate sedation according to provider orders and established protocols, assesses the patient’s airway and physiological response, maintains accurate intra-procedural documentation, and intervenes immediately when the patient’s condition changes.
Following the procedure, the nurse provides vigilant recovery care, recognizes complications, manages symptoms, communicates changes, and ensures that the patient meets established discharge, transfer, or admission criteria.
The performance of this nurse directly affects:
* Patient safety * Sedation-related outcomes * Procedural efficiency * On-time procedure starts * Clinical documentation * Patient confidence * Physician and team reliability * Discharge readiness * The overall quality of the Envita patient experience
Position Summary
The Interventional Radiology Registered Nurse is responsible for the assessment, preparation, medication administration, moderate-sedation monitoring, recovery, education, documentation, and discharge of patients undergoing diagnostic, interventional, and therapeutic procedures.
The nurse works closely with interventional radiologists, technologists, clinical leadership, and other care-team members to ensure safe transitions before, during, and after each procedure.
This position requires advanced clinical assessment skills, strong procedural judgment, confident airway awareness, competency with moderate sedation, and the ability to respond calmly and effectively when a patient’s condition changes.
Critical Moderate-Sedation Requirement
Candidates must possess a minimum of two years of direct, hands-on experience administering and monitoring moderate sedation in an interventional radiology, procedural, surgical, cardiac catheterization, endoscopy, or closely related clinical environment.
This experience must include demonstrated responsibility for:
* Pre-sedation patient assessment and risk identification * Medication administration under provider orders * Continuous physiological and level-of-consciousness monitoring * Airway assessment and basic airway support * Recognition of respiratory depression and oversedation * Recognition of hemodynamic instability * Use and interpretation of cardiac, oxygenation, and ventilation monitoring * Immediate clinical intervention and escalation * Familiarity with reversal agents and emergency-response protocols * Accurate intra-procedural medication and monitoring documentation * Post-sedation recovery assessment and discharge readiness
Observation-only experience, recovery-only experience, classroom training, or limited exposure to sedated patients will not satisfy this requirement.
Candidates should be prepared to provide detailed examples demonstrating the number and types of procedures supported, sedation medications administered, monitoring responsibilities, complications recognized, and interventions personally performed.
Key Performance Objectives
1. Demonstrate Safe and Independent Moderate-Sedation Competency
Within the first 60 days, successfully complete all required Envita moderate-sedation, medication-administration, monitoring, airway-management, emergency-response, and documentation competencies.
The nurse will consistently:
* Complete required pre-sedation assessments * Verify patient risk factors, allergies, medications, fasting status, and laboratory results * Administer moderate-sedation medications according to provider orders and policy * Continuously monitor respiratory, cardiovascular, neurologic, and sedation status * Recognize early signs of respiratory depression, airway compromise, oversedation, allergic reaction, or hemodynamic instability * Initiate appropriate nursing interventions without delay * Escalate concerns immediately to the qualified medical provider * Maintain accurate and complete sedation records * Recover patients safely until established discharge or transfer criteria are met
Successful performance requires more than completing a checklist. The nurse must demonstrate situational awareness, sound judgment, appropriate urgency, and the ability to anticipate clinical deterioration.
2. Ensure Complete Pre-Procedure Readiness
Within the first 60 days, independently complete thorough pre-procedure assessments and prepare assigned patients without avoidable omissions.
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