Registered Nurse (RN) - GI Services

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation•Port Washington, WA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides and coordinates comprehensive patient care through the nursing process, delivering safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures. The RN uses evidence-based practice, clinical decision-making, compassion, and communication skills to help create the safest patient environment and the best patient experience across the continuum of care. This role is in Gastrointestinal Services at Aurora Medical Center–Grafton, serving an adult patient population in a supportive, collaborative department with two procedure rooms, a balanced technician-and-nurse staffing model, support for room turnover and scope processing, and a lead nurse model. The schedule is .9 FTE, Monday through Friday, with a combination of 8- and 10-hour shifts. Call rotation includes one weeknight per week, one weekend every 5–6 weeks, and 1–2 holidays per year; the nurse must respond to call within 30 minutes. Previous GI or procedural experience is preferred. The position involves frequent sitting, standing, walking, bending, squatting, reaching, twisting, and lifting. The RN must safely lift up to 35 pounds, push or pull up to 30 pounds, and assist with 150-pound sliding transfers. The role requires functional speech, vision, hearing, touch, fine motor skills, and the ability to operate equipment foot controls. The RN must respond quickly to changing patient conditions and may perform safety interventions, including verbal de-escalation and restraints when necessary. Exposure to blood, body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, and hazardous waste may occur; appropriate protective equipment must be used. Physical abilities testing and additional department-specific requirements may apply.

Requirements

Completion of an accredited or approved nursing program.
Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the teammate practices.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association.
Ability to safely lift up to 35 pounds, push or pull up to 30 pounds, and assist with 150-pound sliding transfers.
Functional speech, vision, hearing, touch, and fine motor skills for clinical procedures, and ability to operate equipment foot controls.
Ability to respond quickly to changing patient conditions and perform patient safety interventions.
Use appropriate protective equipment when exposed to blood, body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, or hazardous waste.

Nice To Haves

Previous GI or procedural experience.

Responsibilities

Provide and coordinate comprehensive patient care through the nursing process.
Deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures.
Use evidence-based practice, clinical decision-making, compassion, and communication skills in patient care.
Contribute to creating a safe patient environment and a positive patient experience across the continuum of care.
Respond to changing patient conditions and perform patient safety interventions, including verbal de-escalation and restraints when necessary.
Participate in the department’s call rotation and respond within 30 minutes when called.