RN GI Lab

CommonSpirit Health • Longmont, CO

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The RN GI Lab facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team, patients, and families to meet patients’ physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The nurse promotes patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process while following patient-care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act, and demonstrating accountability for relationship-based care and the organization’s mission.

The role is based in a collaborative, team-oriented environment at Longmont United Hospital, where Preop, PACU, GI, and Infusion departments are co-located. The Endoscopy unit has two suites, performs an average of 170 procedures monthly, and operates five days a week. The position includes on-call requirements, and the employee must live within 30 minutes of the facility; this requirement cannot be changed.

Requirements

• Associate degree in Nursing, nursing diploma, or RN licensure by endorsement.
• RN license in the state of employment.
• One year of RN experience in a GI specialty.
• Must live within 30 minutes or less of the facility to meet on-call requirements.
• Ability to exert or lift up to 50 lbs. occasionally, up to 20 lbs. frequently, and up to 10 lbs. constantly.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
• One year of experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interviews, and review of medical records and clinical data.
• Evaluate patient responses and intervene to support optimal outcomes.
• Develop and implement plans of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, including IVs, incision and wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
• Maintain patient charts and records thoroughly and confidentially.
• Document patient status, interventions, responses, and outcomes accurately and promptly.
• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
• Promote, advocate for, and collaborate to protect each patient’s health, safety, and rights.
• Educate patients and families by assessing learning readiness, needs, and ability; provide teaching and evaluate its effectiveness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree