Nursing, RN, GI LabEndoscopy

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

Coordinates total nursing care for patients in the above listed setting. Participates in patient and family teaching pre intra and post procedure. Demonstrates leadership abilities by working cooperatively with all patient care team personnel in maintaining standards for professional nursing standards.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Practices according to entity mandatory requirements.
2. Practices according to department expectations and according to best practice standards of care.
3. Practices with a Customer Service approach to all activities.
4. Participates in ongoing Performance Improvement programs.
5. Cares for patients utilizing the nursing process with an interdisciplinary approach.
6. Provides effective patient and family teaching throughout the spectrum of care initiating discharge planning at time of admission.
7. Assesses patients for actual and potential problems and updates assessments continually.
8. Documents the patients diagnosises which are derived from: health assessment history and interviews.
9. Administers medications safely to include moderate sedation within hospital guidelines under the direction of the physician.
10. Manages the patient with pain.
11. Utilizes chemical and physical restraints per policy.
12. Identifies signs and symptoms of neglect/abuse and reports as required by law.
13. Cares for terminally ill patient and family respective of patients advance directives.
14. Addresses age-specific needs of infants toddlers school age adolescents adults older adults.
15. Performs cardiovascular assessment.
16. Assess the physical mental and psychosocial status of patients.
17. Assists physicians with minor/local surgical procedures to include pain management interventions.
18. Assists physicians with gastroenterology procedures to include but not limited to colonoscopy with polypectomy biopsy splinting patients abdominal wall during colonoscopy esophageal dilations percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy bandings and electrocautery procedures to include argon plasma coagulation clipping and subcutaneous injections.
19. Performs pre and post procedure phone calls
20. Provides care of the post procedure patient.
21. Maintains appropriate licenses certifications registrations required to perform duties of their designated role/position.
22. Demonstrates proficiency in computerized nursing informatics.

Consistently provides service excellence to all patients family members visitors volunteers and co-workers in a manner that reflects Falmouth Hospitals commitment to CARES: compassion accountability respect excellence and service.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/TRAINING:

• Must read write and communicate in English.
• Minimum of 2 to 3 years of current (within the last 5 years) Endoscopy experience.
• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• BLS certification.
• Successful passage of pharmacology exam.
• Successful passage of Basic Arrhythmia Program or challenge exam.
• ACLS
• Moderate Sedation certification