Registered Nurse - Endoscopy Lab

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is seeking a Registered Nurse for its GI Endoscopy Lab at One Hundred Oaks. This role involves applying the nursing process to plan and implement patient care, including education and continuum of care planning. The nurse will collaborate with the healthcare team, establish patient goals, and evaluate progress. VUMC is committed to an environment where everyone can thrive and where uniqueness is celebrated. The mission of Vanderbilt's is to advance health and wellness through patient care, education, and research.

Requirements

LIC-Registered Nurse - Licensure-Others
Relevant Work Experience
1 year of experience
Graduate of an approved discipline specific program

Nice To Haves

Care Planning (Novice)
Nursing Patient Education (Novice)
Nursing Patient Assessment & Evaluation (Novice)
Evidence-Based Practice (Novice)

Responsibilities

Applies the nursing process to plan and implement the care of patients, including patient and family education and continuum of care planning.
Effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to the health care team.
Collaborates in establishing patient goals and evaluates progress to ensure effective outcomes.
Furthers professional growth by engaging in learning activities according to the Board of Nursing standards.
Collaborates in establishing the plan of care, coordinates and implements care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the continuum.
Analyzes comprehensive information pertinent to the patient's care and management to determine nursing diagnosis.
Continually utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient's progress towards goals and applies appropriate interventions to ensure effective outcomes.
Employs strategies to promote health and a safe and healthy environment.
Anticipates resource needs, identifies distinct tasks, sets priorities, schedules activities, meets deadlines, and organizes work within areas of direct responsibility.
Handles multiple assignments often simultaneously by prioritizing work into manageable and measurable units.
Adapts to changes to patient care and area needs with minimal disruption and loss of productivity.
Follows up to assure problems and issues are resolved.
Provides patient education in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
Assesses and evaluates patients in practical applications of moderate difficulty.
Conducts primary care patient interviews and physical examinations.
Recognizes problems, asks questions, and contacts the patient's primary care provider and other members of the healthcare team.
Gathers pertinent clinical data that aids in referral, treatment, or other primary care pathways.
Searches for evidence to answer clinical questions, generally under the direction of others.
Provides informal guidance and support to team members.
Serves others with compassion, seeking to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizing services to better address them.
Solves complex problems by approaching them from different angles and identifying new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions.
Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness.
Performs excellent work, engaging regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality and directly addressing quality issues promptly.
Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them.
Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring.
Demonstrates accountability, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure.
Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area.
Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities.
Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches.
Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges.
Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.