Registered Nurse - Endoscopy

Washington Outpatient Surgery Center•Fremont, CA

3d•$65 - $75

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides direct patient care in the endoscopy department and is responsible for patients throughout all phases of perioperative care. Duties span telephone preoperative evaluation, admission, conscious sedation, recovery, and postoperative telephone follow-up. Washington Outpatient Surgery Center is a multispecialty center with five operating rooms and two procedure rooms, operating Monday through Friday. The center has provided surgical services since April 1986 and emphasizes innovation, process improvement, and excellence.

Requirements

Associate-level degree from an accredited school of nursing.
Active California RN license.
Current AHA BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications.
Strong ethical and moral character references.
Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with patients, visitors, physicians and their office personnel, coworkers, and other healthcare facilities in a positive, respectful, and considerate manner.
Ability to promote a favorable facility image with physicians, patients, and the general public.
Ability to make decisions and solve problems.
American English language skills adequate for high-level written, interpersonal, and telephone communication.
Electronic Medical Record experience.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
At least two years of experience in an acute care facility within the last five years, in an admitting department, operating room, or post-anesthesia recovery.
Ambulatory surgery center experience.
GI/Endoscopy experience.
EPIC experience.

Responsibilities

Participate as a team member in support of the total perioperative process.
Conduct patients’ preoperative evaluations by phone and assist in assessing their physical and emotional status before admission.
Provide preoperative instructions and answer patients’ questions.
Administer medications and provide safe, individualized patient care.
Communicate effectively with the care team, physicians, and patients’ family members about patient status and schedule changes.
Develop plans of care to meet patients’ needs related to their surgical conditions.
Confirm that proper techniques and procedures are used according to accepted standards of practice.
Maintain order and cleanliness in preoperative and postoperative areas.
Obtain indicated laboratory tests and results, and report abnormal values according to policy.
Explain the perioperative plan of care to patients and their families, including recovery expectations and the family’s role.
Assess and document patients’ physical and emotional status upon arrival in the recovery room and upon discharge.
Conduct postoperative telephone follow-up to assess patients’ status and provide additional education and advice as needed.