RN - Endoscopy (CNA), Part-time, Rotating shift
About The Position
Provides nursing care to patients and families receiving endoscopic and other special procedures by using the nursing process. Assists physicians with GI procedures and performs pre-procedure admission assessments, minimal/moderate sedation, monitoring during procedures, and post-procedure recovery. Provides discharge instructions and patient education, and supervises non-licensed personnel assigned to patient care. Works collaboratively with staff nurses in the hospital setting to provide safe, knowledgeable, compassionate, educative, individualized, goal-directed care. Meets nursing-service scheduling needs, including overtime and schedule changes when necessary. The RN must be able to take weekday, weekend, and holiday-weekend on-call assignments as needed. This position is represented by CNA.
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.
Nice To Haves
- GI experience and experience with other special procedures.
Responsibilities
- Set up equipment for GI and other special procedures and demonstrate competency in endoscope manipulation, endoscopy complications and symptoms, and appropriate interventions under the endoscopist’s direction.
- Assist physicians and/or advanced providers during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to promote optimal patient outcomes.
- Complete the physical and social history within 30 minutes after 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 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 in collaboration with the health care team and provide care based on that plan.
- Follow hospital policy for minimal/moderate sedation, including pre- and post-assessment.
- Identify common recurring 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 pre-procedure assessment, procedural monitoring and recovery care, discharge instructions, and patient education.
- Supervise non-licensed personnel assigned to patient care.
- Take weekday, weekend, and holiday-weekend on-call assignments as needed, and accommodate overtime or schedule changes when necessary.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
