Description
Description SHIFT: Days (rotating weekends)
SCHEDULE: Full-time
About Las Palmas Medical Center
Las Palmas Medical Center offers
comprehensive services and special expertise in Emergency Room Medicine (Level
III Trauma), Cardiology, Women’s Services, Labor & Delivery, Neonatal
Intensive Care, Neuroscience, Pediatric care, and Wound Care Management. Las
Palmas Medical Center is also the only Kidney Transplant Center in the Region.
Las Palmas Rehabilitation Hospital is a separate facility with newly renovated
patient rooms, exercise equipment and cafeteria. The physicians, nurses and
staff at our 325-bed facility are committed to caring for our community with
compassionate, quality healthcare.
Benefits We offer an excellent total compensation package, for various positions including competitive salary, excellent benefit package and growth opportunities. We believe in our team and your ability to do excellent work with us. Your benefits include 401k, PTO medical, dental, flex spending, life, disability, tuition reimbursement, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program. We would love to talk to you about this fantastic opportunity.
POSITION SUMMARY: The RN staff nurse provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies and procedures of Las Palmas Medical Center and the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners. In collaboration with the patient, the patient's family and other members of the health care team, the clinical RN assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and coordinates treatment plans to meet the needs of the endoscopy schedule, gastroenterologist, pulmonologist patient and staff needs. The Endoscopy RN collaborates with other members of the healthcare delivery team including physicians to deliver quality health care; provides professional nursing care to patients utilizing nursing process; practices, develops and endorses customer service skills in relationship with all internal and external customers; participates and cooperates in the unit Quality Improvement processes, supports, maintains and provides an environment which is supportive of quality patient care through effective use of resources and personal; serves as the patient and family advocate with respect to the patient's right to privacy by protecting confidential information; plans and implements patient care and teaching based on a total assessment and the age of the patient; evaluates and documents patient response; monitors and recognizes changes in physiological and psychological status, takes appropriate action based on the assessment of the patient ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: - Demonstrates knowledge and application of the nursing process for Endoscopy patients of all ages in each assigned area.
- Nurse provides leadership and direction to all disciplines assigned to the health care team
- Provides for the smooth processing of patients into and out of the department
- Assist in the Performance Improvement activities of the department
- Endoscopy RN demonstrates knowledge and application of the nursing process related in the admitting, intraprocedure and recovery areas
- Monitors and recognizes changes in the patient's behavioral and physiological status; takes the appropriate action based on assessment when administer, monitor, and recover patients involving the use of conscious sedation
- Utilizes professional skills and judgment to coordinate cases for the Endoscopy unit: assigning patients and appropriate staff to procedure rooms; accommodate physicians with preferred times; problem solve scheduling issues with add-ons, staff changes/shortages, and patient issues.
- Educates the patient/family based on individuals needs
- Provides and ensures patient safety at all times.
- Maintains patient privacy at all times.
- Assist physicians with specific Endoscopy procedures according to SGNA.
- Has the ability to use all the equipment in the endoscopy unit in a proficient and safe manner.
- Logs in the unit pertinent data in the log book completely, accurately and in a timely manner.
- Coordinates with OR, Radiology and with other staff members to facilitate the management of the day's schedule cases.
- Is responsible for following the hospital and unit policies and procedures
- Provides care for endoscopy outpatients, bedside ER, ICU, PICU cases.
- Responsible for meeting SGNA and JCAHO standards
- Attends and participates in unit meetings, if not in attendance is responsible for reading the minutes of the meetings.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications REQUIRED LICENSURE/CERTIFICATIONS
- Licensure that allows the practice of professional nursing in the state of Texas.
- BLS
- ACLS (with exception of GN , 6 months from DOH)
- Conscious sedation certification (3 months from DOH)
REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
- 1-2 years nursing experience.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to move in excess of 100 pounds ...
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