RN - Endoscopy (CNA), Full-time, Variable shift
About The Position
Provides nursing care to patients and families receiving endoscopic and other special procedures by using the nursing process. The role includes assisting physicians with GI procedures; conducting pre-procedure admission assessments; providing minimal/moderate sedation; assessing and monitoring patients during procedures; and providing post-procedure recovery care, 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, educational, individualized, goal-directed care. The position must meet nursing service needs as required by the schedule, including when overtime hours or time changes become 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.
- Meet the required vaccination conditions of employment and annual vaccination requirements where applicable; medical and religious exemptions may apply.
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 patient’s physical and social history within 30 minutes of arrival.
- Recognize signs of 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 healthcare team and provide care based on the plan.
- Follow hospital policy for minimal/moderate sedation, including pre- and post-procedure assessment.
- Identify common recurring patient problems, symptoms, and behavioral changes using standards of care.
- Perform unit-specific safety and quality-control checks, including verbal/order read-back, crash cart checks, refrigerator logs, and outdate checks.
- Provide pre-procedure assessment, procedure monitoring and recovery care, discharge instructions, and patient education.
- Supervise non-licensed personnel assigned to patient care.
- Meet nursing service scheduling needs, including overtime or time changes when necessary, and take on-call assignments on weekdays, weekends, and holiday weekends as needed.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
