Registered Nurse-Hourly

Essential Duties, Tasks, and Responsibilities

• Proactively participates as a team member in support of the total endoscopy process


• Organizes time, equipment, supplies, and personnel to provide effective and efficient case management


• Supervises and directs patient care in the endoscopy room


• Verifies patient procedure prior to transport to procedure room


• Participates in time out in procedure room


• Uses safe surgery check list


• Organizes nursing activities efficiently and effectively


• Delegates activities appropriate to the abilities of available staff members


• Considers cost containment by using supplies economically and by managing efficient turnover time


• Assists with supplies, drugs, and equipment inventories to maintain stock level and availability


• Addresses patient needs specific to the endoscopy procedure


• Transports patients to the endoscopy room, as needed, observing policies, procedures, and safety requirements


• Using two patient identifiers, identifies the patient and correct procedure, according to policy and procedures and communicates with the healthcare team


• Reviews patient’s medical record and needs to provide continuity of care, collaboratively with other members of the healthcare team; communicates variances appropriately to other healthcare team members


•  Provides comfort and reassurance to patient


• Maintains patient’s privacy and dignity


• Explains procedure(s) and plan of care to the patient


• Works collaboratively with the healthcare team to prepare the procedure room according to requirements of patient, physician, and procedure to includes, but not be limited to assembling and providing properly functioning equipment, supplies, and instruments

Qualifications

1. Cooperative work attitude toward coworkers, management, patients, visitors, and physicians

2. Ability to promote favorable center image with physicians, patients, insurance companies, and general public

3. Ability to make decisions and solve problems

Requirements

 1. High school graduate or GED certification

2. Graduate of accredited school of nursing

3. RN with active license in appropriate state

4. CPR certification

5. IV conscious sedation training

6. Endoscopy experience

7. Evidence of leadership qualities

8. Strong ethical and moral character references

9. Language skills adequate for high-level written, interpersonal, and telephone communication in American English

Preferred

1. ACLS certification 2. ASC experience 3. Computer literacy