Registered Nurse, RN - Endoscopy

Prime Healthcare • Lewiston, ME

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides direct and indirect care to medical-surgical outpatients and/or inpatients receiving surgical or invasive procedures. The nurse uses the nursing process—assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation—to care for adolescents, adults, and older adults. The role requires communicating patients’ clinical conditions, diagnostic results, and symptoms to physicians, coworkers, and nursing leadership, and responding promptly and accurately to changes in condition or treatment response. The RN collaborates with other departments and coworkers to support continuity and quality of care, efficient patient flow, and unit organization and maintenance. The position is accountable to the unit Charge Nurse and Director, and indirectly to the Shift Nursing Supervisor.

Requirements

• Current and valid state RN license.
• Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintained thereafter.
• ACLS certification within 30 days of hire and maintained thereafter.
• At least one year of experience in an acute care or outpatient surgery setting or G.I. lab.
• Complete Moderate Sedation competency within 30 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct and indirect patient care to medical-surgical outpatients and/or inpatients receiving surgical or invasive procedures.
• Use assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to provide care for adolescents, adults, and older adults.
• Communicate patients’ clinical conditions, diagnostic study results, and symptoms to physicians, coworkers, and nursing leadership as appropriate.
• Respond quickly and accurately to changes in a patient’s condition or response to treatment.
• Coordinate with other departments to provide continuity of care.
• Work with coworkers to provide quality patient care, efficient patient flow, and unit maintenance and organization.
• Adhere to regulations, standards, and hospital or unit policies and procedures.
• Participate in Performance Improvement activities, unit meetings, and in-services.
• Serve as a resource for other personnel as appropriate.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus available for qualified candidates: up to $20,000 for registered nurses with two or more consecutive years of RN experience, or up to $10,000 for new graduate registered nurses; eligibility and payout terms apply.
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package with options to customize benefits to individual needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed