Registered Nurse - Endoscopy, PT

Job Summary

To act as patient advocate, providing continuity of care designed to meet individual patient needs through collaboration with other members of the healthcare team and supporting the philosophy, objectives and goals of the facility.

About the Role

Assesses the needs of individual patients including but not limited to adult, pediatric, adolescent, and geriatric patients.

Essential Functions

• Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychological and cognitive status
• Formulates a goal-directed plan of care, which is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnoses and patient outcomes
• Implements care in a knowledgeable, skilled, consistent manner in reaching the desired patient outcomes through nursing processes
• Prioritizes patient care based on essential patient needs and available center resources of time, personnel, equipment and supplies
• Performs efficiently in emergency patient situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons and documenting events
• Demonstrates applied knowledge base in areas of medical/surgical patient care, pain assessment and actions of pharmaceuticals and anesthetic agents, laboratory values, safety and legal issues and all emergency equipment
• P Practices effective problem identification and resolution skills as a method of sound decision making
• Performs documentation duties on the floor and in the patient record, which is timely, accurate and concise
• Works as part of a team in delivering patient care
• Maintains CPR/ACLS certification
• Attends all mandatory in-services and participates in staff meetings
• Remains flexible, adaptive and able to accept and implement new ideas and approaches
• Treats all patients equally adopting the center's Patient Rights policy
• Reviews and carries out physician orders in an appropriate professional manner
• Willingness to assist with other duties when asked

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to sit, converse, and listen
• Use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Reach with hands and arms
• Close vision and ability to adjust focus
• Lift and/or carry over 20 pounds on a regular basis
• Push/pull over 25 pounds on a regular basis
• Stand and/or walk at least 8 hours per day

Work Environment

• Sit, converse, and listen
• Use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Reach with hands and arms
• Close vision and ability to adjust focus
• Lift and/or carry over 20 pounds on a regular basis
• Push/pull over 25 pounds on a regular basis
• Stand and/or walk at least 8 hours per day