Staff RN - Endoscopy Part Time Days

Core Competencies

• Adheres to infection prevention guidelines
• Adheres to policies, procedures, and standards of practice to deliver safe and optimal care
• Assesses patient history, physiological, and psychosocial status
• Communicates with the patient, family, medical staff and others during the continuum of care
• Complies with Joint Commission’s national patient safety goals
• Complies with organizational quality dashboard/benchmarking goals
• Interprets common variables affecting patient care and follows reporting process
• Maintains regulatory compliance consistent with quality standards and ethical obligations of the profession
• Participates in activities in alignment with the Magnet Model
• Participates in organizational activities
• Participates in Peer Review
• Participates in professional development activities
• Performs as a preceptor in an active and engaged manner
• Provides age-specific individualized care that supports protection from harm and complies with patient safety centered interventions/bundles
• Provides patient and family education throughout the care of patient
• Uses critical thinking to formulate and carry out a care plan according to patient needs
• Utilizes resources in an economical manner
• Utilizes safe administration of medications
• Utilizes Safe Patient Handling

Department Specific Competencies

• Coordinates entry of patients into the Endoscopy Center.
• Communicates working knowledge, function, availability and location of all endoscopy equipment
• Transports and moves patients using appropriate body mechanics and safety precautions. Demonstrates knowledge and practice of safe patient handling devices.
• Ensures consent is correctly obtained and documented prior to treatment/procedure.
• Assists the physician with advanced endoscopic procedures and care of the GI patient. Anticipates needs of physician during procedures.
• Follows moderate sedation guidelines and monitoring per policy.
• Provides patient comfort measures prior to, during and after procedures.
• Recovers patients post procedure according to policy and procedure.
• Maintains appropriate inventory and par levels on all supplies, ordering and restocking endoscopy rooms, carts and department.
• Transports supplies and equipment as required.
• Completes all assigned procedures in a timely manner and uses time between procedures to department advantage assisting others, clerical duties, stocking, transporting, etc
• Attends in-services to update and maintain knowledge in the endoscopy field.
• Monitors and reports to the Unit Lead any patient or family complaints, intervening before issues arise and implements service recovery strategies as needed.
• Uses basic radiology and fluoroscopy practices and wear pratictine equipment correctly.
• Completes required documentation in EMR and departmental log books in a timely manner.
• Institutes special precautions with patient at risk for injury from falling.
• Performs portable procedures in high stress environments includes Intensive Care Units, Surgery Suite and Emergency Room.
• Selects, maintains and utilizes all equipment and accessories correctly.
• Assumes on-call status and call back as assigned, responding within 30 minutes of receiving call.

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License / Certification Requirements