RN - Endoscopy (CNA), Part-time, Rotating shift

Adventist Health

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About The Position

Located in Templeton, Adventist Health Twin Cities is a 122-bed acute care facility serving northern San Luis Obispo County. The RN provides nursing care to patients and families receiving endoscopic and other special procedures, using the nursing process. The role assists physicians with GI procedures and performs pre-procedure admission assessments, minimal/moderate sedation care, monitoring during procedures, post-procedure recovery, discharge instructions, and patient education. The RN supervises non-licensed personnel assigned to patient care and collaborates with hospital staff nurses to provide safe, knowledgeable, compassionate, individualized, goal-directed care.

The position is part-time and represented by CNA. The RN must meet nursing-service scheduling needs, including overtime and schedule changes when necessary, and take weekday, weekend, and holiday-weekend on-call assignments as needed.

Requirements

• Graduate of a school of nursing.
• One year of recent acute care RN experience.
• Current RN license in the state of practice.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification from an approved vendor per Adventist Health policy.
• AHA-ACLS or ARC-ALS certification as specified by the facility.
• Receive required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter where applicable; medical and religious exemptions may apply.

Nice To Haves

• GI experience and experience with other special procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to patients and families receiving endoscopic and other special procedures, using the nursing process.
• Assist physicians and/or advanced providers during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• Set up equipment for GI and other special procedures and demonstrate competency in endoscope manipulation, recognizing endoscopy complications and symptoms, and appropriate interventions under the endoscopist’s direction.
• Perform admission assessments, minimal/moderate sedation care, monitoring during procedures, and post-procedure recovery.
• Complete the physical and social history within 30 minutes of the patient’s arrival.
• Recognize cardiac or respiratory distress and other impending emergencies.
• Participate in the universal protocol time-out process for each patient.
• Review the medical history, physical examination, nursing care plan, and available assessment data; identify abnormal diagnostic data and report it to the appropriate person.
• Initiate a multidisciplinary, goal-oriented care plan with the health care team and provide care based on that plan.
• Follow hospital policy for minimal/moderate sedation, including pre- and post-assessments.
• Identify common recurrent patient problems, symptoms, and behavioral changes using standards of care.
• Perform unit-specific safety and quality-control checks, including VO/TO read-back, crash-cart checks, refrigerator logs, and outdate checks.
• Provide discharge instructions and patient education.
• Supervise non-licensed personnel assigned to patient care.
• Meet nursing-service scheduling needs, including overtime and schedule changes when necessary, and take on-call assignments on weekdays, weekends, and holiday weekends as needed.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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