Registered Nurse 8HR, Full time Days, GI Services

Huntington Health•Pasadena, TX

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for coordination of care to meet identified needs of the patient/family. Supervises the management of patient care utilizing critical thinking and nursing process, discharge planning, resource identification, linking and scheduling patients with required services, monitoring care delivery, advocating for the patient, care planning and evaluating outcomes. Coordinates patient care across the health care continuum, and assists other team members with meeting individual patient needs. The GI RN provides quality nursing care to meet the needs of the pre, intra and post GI procedure patient. This position requires flexibility of hours and the ability to take on-call for patients requiring emergency procedures.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (BSN) required. Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) will be considered if enrolled in a BSN program with degree completion within 2 years of date of hire or date of transfer to an RN position.
Diploma or transcripts on highest degree earned required.
Minimum 1 year of current experience in acute care area of expertise/equivalent service area.
Basic computer skills/experience with computerized documentation systems required.
Current unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license issued by California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN)
Current Basic Life Support Provider (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider (ACLS) issued by American Heart Association
Must challenge and successfully pass the Basic Dysrhythmia course curriculum within 21 days of hire.

Nice To Haves

2 years preferred experience in acute care area of expertise/equivalent service area.
Minimum two years GI Lab experience, preferred.
Current Certified Gastroenterology Registered Nurse (CGRN) or related certification.

Responsibilities

Coordination of care to meet identified needs of the patient/family.
Supervises the management of patient care utilizing critical thinking and nursing process, discharge planning, resource identification, linking and scheduling patients with required services, monitoring care delivery, advocating for the patient, care planning and evaluating outcomes.
Coordinates patient care across the health care continuum, and assists other team members with meeting individual patient needs.
Provides quality nursing care to meet the needs of the pre, intra and post GI procedure patient.
Ensures each patient's readiness for screening, diagnostic and therapeutic GI procedures including assessment of required aspects and IV access.
Utilizes the Universal Protocol and conducts Time Out for each procedure.
Manages care of procedural patient including comprehensive pre, intra and post procedural care.
Establishes discharge readiness based on established discharge criteria and provides each patient with individualized written discharge instructions.