Registered Nurse - Urology

Nitelines Usa•Hampton, VA

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Established in 1994, NiteLines USA has successfully delivered contract support services to more than 144 government institutions and medical treatment facilities across the country. We’re a dynamic and growing organization, offering a wide range of employment opportunities. We are seeking professionals and dedicated individuals to be part of our team, where integrity, respect, accountability, and collaboration are among our core principles. Work with a dedicated and caring organization and start doing your life's best work.

Requirements

Registered Nurse Degree.
Graduate from a college or university accredited by National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
One year of experience withing the last two years as a registered nurse
Basic Life Support.
Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse.
The candidate must have prior experience working in a hospital facility, as experience from other types of healthcare settings will not be considered acceptable for this position.

Responsibilities

Provides highly specialized, direct nursing care to patients undergoing urologic surgical procedures.
Independently performs difficult and complex reviews and analysis of urologic situations to assess and evaluate specific provisions of health care.
Work involves performing a variety of duties including specialized diagnostic and treatment procedures, methods, and techniques.
Sets up equipment, runs routine diagnostic tests on equipment and observes patients to determine adequacy of testing and makes adjustments to equipment as necessary.
Collaborates with urologic surgeon to assess, coordinate, plan, and implement the newest approaches and practices in urologic care in order to deliver efficient, cost-effective surgical care for the beneficiary population.
Coordinates and follows cases, providing expert pre-operative and post-operative care.
Ensures accurate patient information is obtained pre-operatively and contacts healthcare providers and treatment planner to discuss treatment policies on an as-needed basis.
Liaison between the local hospitals such as the Veterans Administration Southern Nevada Healthcare System and surrounding community hospitals.
Ensures proper scheduling of cases to include availability of rooms, equipment, and personnel.
Answers questions, resolves conflicts, and provides pertinent information to patients and physicians on scheduling, test equipment, and procedures.
Incumbent may be required to perform nursing duties to include providing comprehensive nursing care to patients based on physician's medical care plan and the physical, mental and emotional needs of the patient.
Sets up, operates, and monitors specialized equipment such as cardiac monitors, defibrillators, etc.
May perform case management duties to include collaborating with providers, nursing personnel, and other healthcare providers to ensure continuity of healthcare for patient, family and /or significant other.
Advocates for patients, family and/or significant others through coordination of care to ensure desirable patient outcomes and increase satisfaction with healthcare.
Utilizes base-wide and community-wide resources to provide patient care which is appropriate, timely, and acceptable.
Screens and triages telephone requests for care of patients without appointments and coordinates appropriate level of care.
Remains alert for signs and symptoms of patient distress and provides appropriate emergency care, including initiation of life-sustaining measures such as Basic Life Support (BLS) as trained, the Heimlich maneuver, bleeding control, treatment of injuries etc.; and in absence of the provider, initiates/coordinates patient transport.
Applies community/population health management principles and processes as needed to optimize patient care.
Assist with care coordination for complicated/VA patients that may not fit the case management criteria.
Acquires consultation reports from outside providers, then delivers information to patient's provider.
Assesses and evaluates walk in patients as indicated; ensures prompt attention to patient needs/problems and appropriate treatment as ordered by the provider.
Serves as professional resource for in-service education provided to or by ancillary personnel.
Seeks opportunities to conduct and/or participate in nursing research.
Knowledge and ability to act as healthcare team leader to train/mentor assigned nurses, medical technicians, administrative personnel, volunteers, and/or students (may be active duty, reserve, civilian, and/or contractor), as well as provide overall team leadership/team cohesion.
Knowledge of application and abilities related to professional nursing care theories, principles, nursing research as it applies to ambulatory care, practices/procedures, the nursing process, clinical decision-making, tele-health nursing, and national/state/licensure practice standards as well as standards established by JC, OSHA, HSI, national patient safety goals, and others as determined by the Air Force Surgeon General.
Ability to initiate and perform duties independently and assist healthcare providers with a variety of clinical/diagnostic procedures medical treatments, performance assessments, interviews, examinations, interventions, and evaluations.
Knowledge of federal/state laws, professional principles/standards and/or requirements related to: privacy, customer service, patient and family advocacy, staff and patient safety, infection control, security of resources, documentation of nursing care, continuous quality improvement and outcome management.
Ability to communicate orally and in writing with patients, and base organizations to coordinate base access etc., medical professional network and community resources, and TRICARE.
Thoroughly assesses, identifies, plans, performs, develops/coordinates, implements, and evaluates individual patients, patient population care needs and takes appropriate action, using established guidelines and policies.
Effectively provides an advanced level of comprehensive professional nursing care to patients.
Accurately documents performance of, and the effectiveness of all treatments, procedures, and medications IAW Air Force and local guidelines/policy.