Registered Nurse III - Bronchoscopy - 12 Hour Days
About The Position
The Registered Nurse III provides professional nursing care to patients undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic services in a variety of healthcare settings. The role includes direct and indirect care for complex patients, medication and treatment administration, advanced assessment, patient education, and development and implementation of individualized plans of care in collaboration with interdisciplinary teams. The Cedars-Sinai Bronchoscopy Laboratory performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including flexible bronchoscopy with or without biopsy, navigation, cryotherapy, stent placement, or photodynamic therapy; bronchoscopy with laser resection; right heart catheterization with fluoroscopy; thoracentesis; and whole lung lavage.
Requirements
- Associate degree or college diploma in nursing, minimum.
- At least 3 years of relevant acute-care experience in the area of specialty.
- At least 1 year as a Clinical Nurse II at CSMC to be promoted within the clinical ladder.
- California State RN License upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) upon hire, unless a higher certification is required by the specialty unit.
- Specialty certification within 1 year.
- Other competencies required by the specialty unit, within 1 year (for example, ACLS, PALS, or fetal heart monitoring).
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing from a state-accredited program preferred.
- At least 2 years of bronchoscopy, endoscopy, PACU, critical care, CVIC, interventional radiology, or other procedural experience involving moderate sedation highly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide professional nursing care to patients undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic services in a variety of healthcare settings.
- Observe signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications or treatments, behavior, and general physical condition.
- Administer medications and treatments as ordered by a physician or licensed independent practitioner.
- Provide and accurately document direct and indirect patient care that supports patient safety, comfort, hygiene, and protection.
- Adapt care to patients’ cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, educational, family, and condition-related needs.
- Identify and assess patient safety concerns related to age and development, intervene to maintain a safe environment, and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
- Document nursing-process components and relevant interventions for direct and indirect patient care.
- Provide experienced care and patient education on disease prevention and restorative measures.
- Deliver comprehensive direct and indirect care to complex patients, including medications and therapeutic agents required for treatment, prevention, or rehabilitation plans.
- Perform skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy, and initiation of peripheral venous access.
- Evaluate patients and promptly adjust the plan of care based on signs and symptoms, treatment reactions, behavior, and physical condition.
- Use advanced assessment skills and appropriate data sources to distinguish normal from abnormal findings.
- Plan and implement individualized care with interdisciplinary teams; make appropriate reports and referrals and follow standardized procedures.
- Initiate emergency procedures when indicated.
- Provide care to special populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds; assess readiness to learn and ability to follow instructions and give consent.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
