Endoscopy Procedure Nurse
About The Position
MU Healthcare is seeking a dynamic and compassionate nursing professional to provide care to GI/Endoscopy patients. The role involves working in a fast-paced, specialized setting and delivering attentive, high-quality, patient-centered care, including preparing sophisticated equipment, managing clinical data, and administering therapies. The nurse will be scheduled at any of the three GI locations at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. The schedule is four 10-hour shifts, Monday through Friday, starting at 7:00 or 7:30 a.m. Weekend and holiday call is required. The position is on-site.
Requirements
- Missouri Board of Nursing RN license or Nurse Licensure Compact multistate RN license. If the primary state of residency changes, compact-state RNs must apply under the new state of residency within 30 days.
Nice To Haves
- Two years of cardiovascular inpatient, acute-care, or invasive procedure RN experience.
- Additional license or certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.
Responsibilities
- Administer medications through intravenous/analgesia, intracardiac, intramuscular, subcutaneous, topical, and oral routes during special procedures as ordered by a physician, and monitor their effects.
- Monitor patients’ vital signs; administer oxygen therapy as ordered; and conduct hemodynamic monitoring as indicated by procedure and policy.
- Assist with collecting arterial and venous blood samples and respiratory gases, and attend to patient needs during cardiac studies.
- Perform defibrillation of life-threatening arrhythmias without direct medical supervision and implement emergency procedures, including CPR and defibrillation.
- Obtain and record hemodynamic, electrical, and angiographic data using hemodynamic and electrical amplifiers and digital and line fluoroscopic equipment.
- Develop and contribute to a plan of nursing care for patients.
- Monitor patients’ physiological conditions and promptly notify physicians of changes in patient status.
- Prepare patients and equipment for catheterization procedures, including preparing the entry site, draping the patient, arranging sterilized instruments and catheters, and calibrating and setting up pressure transducers and tubing.
- Assist with general endoscopy and fluoroscopy procedures.
- Transport patients and assist with their transfer.
- Complete unit- or department-specific duties as outlined in department documents.
Benefits
- Health, vision, and dental insurance coverage starting on the first day.
- Generous paid leave and paid time off, including ten holidays.
- Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years.
- Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%).
- Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels, and more.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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