Registered Nurse Endoscopy Full Time-Flexible Hours

Riverside Hospital•Newport News, VA

54d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a Full Time position with Flexible Hours available. The Registered Nurse (RN) works under the supervision of the Nurse Manager and the Director, and is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of total nursing care for assigned patients. The RN may work in various settings within the Endoscopy Unit (Riverside Gastroenterology Specialist – Newport News, HSC Gastroenterology, and RRMC) and other roles within Riverside Health System. The RN utilizes communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills to create a care plan for each patient, considering physiological, psychosocial, and cultural diversity. Key responsibilities include administering Moderate Sedation, ensuring patient safety during monitored anesthesia care, and circulating during general anesthesia cases. The role involves performing emergent and advanced endoscopy at a Level II trauma center. The RN is responsible for supervising and delegating tasks to non-professional personnel to ensure optimal patient care. Competence in addressing the needs of specific patient populations, including critical care patients within the Endoscopy Unit, is essential. The RN works under the direction of leadership and a multi-disciplinary team to provide comprehensive clinical care in accordance with Riverside Health System's standards and strategic plans. Teamwork and flexibility to float to meet departmental needs are required.

Requirements

Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) Licensed as Registered Nurse by the state of Virginia or compact state Upon Hire(Required)
CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) Upon Hire(Required)
ACLS Provider - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) within 180 Days(Required)
Program Graduate, Nursing (Nursing Diploma is minimum education requirement, Associate’s or Bachelor’s in Nursing accepted in lieu of Nursing Diploma) (Required)
High School Diploma or GED, HS Diploma/GED only required if Nursing Diploma Graduate (Required)

Nice To Haves

Bachelors Degree, Nursing (Preferred)
Associates Degree, Nursing (Preferred)
1 year Related Experience (Preferred)

Responsibilities

Ability to delegate and prioritize tasks appropriately to facilitate quality patient care and ensure patient care needs are met.
Able to recognize and respond to emergency situations.
Evaluates own needs for support and uses identified systems to meet need.
Accurately completes all required clinical and quality documentation consistently per RHS standards and regulatory requirements.
Demonstrates understanding of diverse patient care populations and ability to modify education method to ensure patient/family comprehension.
Educates by assuming responsibility to individualize and coordinate patient education, and discharge specific education that includes family/caregiver.
Evaluates for patient comprehension and documents.
Partners with patients and families to develop, implement and evaluate plan of care, treatments and procedures that contribute to the physiological and psychosocial outcomes of the patient.
Assesses and incorporates evidence-based standards of practice.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary team in the coordination care.
Facilitates safe patient transitions to the next care setting as part of plan of care.
Demonstrates ability to assess patient clinical and psychosocial needs by applying standards of practice as it relates to the specialty or patient population served in the Endoscopy Unit (I.E. surgical, med surg, critical care, ED, specialty unit).
Demonstrates a sense of urgency to facilitate patient throughput to assure patients receive consistent, competent, and ethical care.
Focuses on quality outcomes of patient care when addressing customer’s needs to include current evidence based practice and quality measures.
Completes Moderate Sedation Audits to comply with monitoring moderate sedation outcomes.
Float to the needs of the department.