GI Services RN
About The Position
As a Registered Nurse, you will deliver compassionate, high-quality care that supports patients’ well-being and recovery. You will provide individualized, comprehensive nursing care through critical assessments, skilled procedures, and implementation of patient care plans, collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes. The position calls for strong assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment. The RN follows department and hospital policies and procedures, including safety, risk management, and regulatory standards, and keeps current with relevant developments and requirements. The role includes administering and documenting medications as ordered and in accordance with hospital policy; assessing patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, behavioral, developmental, and spiritual needs; planning and providing appropriate care; evaluating outcomes; and preparing patients for discharge and coordinating post-discharge needs. The RN documents care and patient status in accordance with nursing standards, ensures physician orders are appropriate and accurately executed, communicates effectively across cultures, and pursues professional growth while meeting mandatory requirements.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Previous GI Lab experience, or new graduate status with completion of a senior practicum in a specialty area such as critical care, ED, PACU, or GI.
- Washington Registered Nurse license upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR) certification upon hire.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification within 90 days.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
- One year of related work experience in an acute care setting.
- Two years of experience within the past three years in an acute care setting, such as Med/Surg, ICU, PCU, or PACU.
- Certified Gastroenterology RN certification upon hire.
- Critical RN Adult/Neonatal/Pediatric/Acute certification upon hire.
- Certified Emergency Nurse certification upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Follow department and hospital policies and procedures, including safety, risk management, and regulatory standards, and stay current with relevant developments and requirements.
- Administer, oversee, and document medications as ordered by healthcare practitioners and in accordance with hospital policy.
- Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, behavioral/emotional, developmental, and spiritual needs; gather relevant data; plan and provide comprehensive nursing care; implement interventions; and evaluate outcomes.
- Prepare patients for discharge and assist with coordinating post-discharge needs.
- Use available communication tools and materials appropriately and account for the ways patient cultures may affect communication, collaboration, and care.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills appropriate to the department’s defined patient populations.
- Maintain competent professional practice, pursue professional growth, and meet deadlines for mandatory requirements.
- Document care and patient status using the nursing process and applicable standards of care, including changes in condition, responses to interventions, and reassessments.
- Receive and ensure the appropriateness, accuracy, timeliness, and execution of physician orders.
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
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