RN-GI FT days w/ On-Call
About The Position
This is a full-time Registered Nurse position in the GI department, working day shifts with on-call responsibilities. The role involves providing comprehensive nursing care, collaborating with healthcare teams, documenting patient information, and ensuring patient safety and positive outcomes. Specific duties include administering moderate sedation, monitoring patients, preparing equipment, and assisting physicians during procedures. The hospital is committed to non-discrimination based on various factors including age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse license
- BLS certification
Nice To Haves
- Familiar with endoscopic equipment.
- Cross train to SDS or PACU.
Responsibilities
- Plans, provides, supervises and documents professional nursing care utilizing the nursing process for patients in accordance with physician orders and established policies and procedures.
- Communicates and collaborates with nurses, physicians, and other members of the healthcare team to develop a plan of care to ensure optimal patient outcomes and continuity of care.
- Charts observations and activities related to patient care in electronic health record.
- Provides safe, effective, and compassionate nursing care for a patient population using critical thinking skills, advocacy abilities and ethical approaches.
- Guides and directs assigned unlicensed assistive personnel in delivering interdisciplinary patient care.
- Assesses signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psychosocial changes in the patient’s condition and reports changes to the physician.
- Performs interventions according to identified priorities, plan of care, infection control and the hospital policies and patient care outcome standards.
- Actively participates in Quality Assurance/Process Improvement initiatives to improve patient safety and outcomes, such as monitoring compliance of core measures, infection control practices, etc.
- Educates patient/family prior to discharge regarding the diagnosis, medication and discharge instructions.
- Collects blood specimens by venipuncture or microtechniques for laboratory analysis necessary for patient treatment and diagnosis.
- Administer Moderate sedation.
- Answer patient questions and addressing their concerns.
- Observe patient vital signs and document per protocol.
- Monitor recovering patients after procedures.
- Administer the necessary medication to patients.
- Keep the patient informed throughout the duration of the procedure.
- Complete all necessary documentation including patient notes and discharge documents.
- Prepare the instruments, equipment and supplies for the procedure/ Room set-up.
- Clean and sterilize equipment before use.
- Providing assistance to doctors throughout the procedure.
- Administering IV drips.
- Familiar with endoscopic equipment.
- Cross train to SDS or PACU.
- On-Call responsibilities.
Benefits
- Medical benefits-BSBS Network/VSP
- Flexible Spending Acct.
- Retirement Plan-403b (non-for profit) We match!
- Tuition Reimbursement-up to 5,000-restrictions apply
- Public service Loan forgiveness Program -Federal Student Loans ONLY (We are a qualified co.)
- Americorps list of qualified hospitals (nurse grant)
- Conference & Certification Reimbursement -up to 750. annually
- BLS, CPI Trainings-onsite no charge
- Carebridge-(EAP)
- PTO accrual-8 hrs per check
- Nurse's park for free
- Updated nurses picnic area to enjoy
- HPH Wellness Center employee memberships
- Transfers after 9 month of service available
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
