Registered Nurse (Urology) Hampton, VA

Nitelines Usa•Hampton, VA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

NiteLines USA is seeking a Registered Nurse specializing in urology to provide advanced professional nursing care at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia. The role provides direct care to patients undergoing urologic surgical procedures and involves assessing complex urologic situations, carrying out specialized diagnostic and treatment procedures, and coordinating efficient, cost-effective surgical care with urologic surgeons. The nurse provides expert pre-operative and post-operative care, coordinates cases and resources, and communicates with patients, physicians, healthcare providers, hospitals, and community resources. The position may also involve comprehensive nursing care based on physician plans and patients’ physical, mental, and emotional needs; case management and continuity-of-care coordination; patient advocacy; telephone screening and triage; assessment of walk-in patients; emergency response; and coordination of patient transport when needed. The nurse may serve as a professional resource and team leader, training or mentoring assigned personnel and supporting team cohesion. The role requires independent clinical judgment, accurate documentation, and adherence to applicable nursing standards, laws, policies, and safety requirements.

Requirements

Registered Nurse degree from a college or university accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
At least one year of registered nurse experience within the last two years.
Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Registered Nurse.
Basic Life Support (BLS).

Responsibilities

Provide specialized direct nursing care to patients undergoing urologic surgical procedures.
Review and analyze complex urologic situations to assess and evaluate healthcare needs.
Perform specialized diagnostic and treatment procedures, methods, and techniques.
Set up equipment, run routine diagnostic tests, observe patients during testing, and adjust equipment as necessary.
Collaborate with urologic surgeons to assess, coordinate, plan, and implement approaches to urologic care.
Coordinate and follow cases, providing pre-operative and post-operative care.
Obtain accurate patient information before surgery and contact healthcare providers and treatment planners about treatment policies as needed.
Coordinate with local and community hospitals and serve as a liaison between healthcare organizations.
Schedule cases and ensure availability of rooms, equipment, and personnel.
Answer questions and resolve conflicts about scheduling, test equipment, and procedures for patients and physicians.
Provide comprehensive nursing care based on physician care plans and patients’ physical, mental, and emotional needs.
Set up, operate, and monitor specialized equipment, including cardiac monitors and defibrillators.
Perform case management and coordinate with providers, nursing personnel, and other healthcare providers to support continuity of care.
Advocate for patients and their families or significant others through coordination of care.
Use base-wide and community-wide resources to provide appropriate, timely, and acceptable patient care.
Screen and triage telephone requests for care and coordinate the appropriate level of care.
Recognize signs of patient distress and provide appropriate emergency care, including life-sustaining measures within training; initiate or coordinate patient transport when a provider is absent.
Apply community and population health management principles and processes as needed.
Assist with care coordination for complicated or VA patients who do not meet case-management criteria.
Obtain consultation reports from outside providers and deliver the information to the patient’s provider.
Assess walk-in patients as indicated and ensure prompt attention and appropriate treatment as ordered by the provider.
Serve as a professional resource for in-service education provided to or by ancillary personnel.
Seek opportunities to conduct or participate in nursing research.
Train and mentor assigned nurses, medical technicians, administrative personnel, volunteers, and students, and provide team leadership and support team cohesion.
Initiate and perform duties independently and assist healthcare providers with clinical and diagnostic procedures, treatments, assessments, interviews, examinations, interventions, and evaluations.
Communicate orally and in writing with patients, base organizations, healthcare professionals, community resources, and TRICARE to coordinate care and base access.
Assess, identify, plan, perform, develop or coordinate, implement, and evaluate individual and population care needs, taking appropriate action under established guidelines and policies.
Document the performance and effectiveness of treatments, procedures, and medications according to Air Force and local guidelines and policies.