What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN Endoscopy position at V R Della Infotech INC- V R Della group?
Minimum Qualifications
- Formal Education Required:
- Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing or a school accepted for candidacy status from an accrediting body
- Current license to practice registered nursing in the State of Ohio
- Experience and Training Required:
- Two years of related RN experience required for all float positions; for critical care, experience must include intensive and/or coronary care; for telemetry, experience must include telemetry
- Additional related previous experience and/or preparation maybe required for specialty units.
- Other Skills, Competencies and Qualifications:
- Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
- Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time
- Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range
- Requires working under stressful conditions or working irregular hours.
- Requires exposure to communicable disease, body fluids, toxic substances, ionizing radiation, and other potentially hazardous conditions common to a clinical environment, such as risk of falls, strains, etc.
- Maintains current Basic Life Support certification; All nurses new to critical care, telemetry, PACU, and ED must successfully complete Advanced Cardiac Life Support within the first six months and maintain current card. Experienced critical care RNs and RNs hired as per diems in critical care, telemetry, PACU, and ED are expected to have ACLS certification upon hire. If not credentialed, they must obtain ACLS certification within six weeks of hire.
- Population Specific Competency:
- Ability to effectively interact with populations of patients/customers with an understanding of their needs for self-respect, dignity and diversity.
- Level of Physical Demands:
- Heavy: Exerts 50-100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or ten to 20 pounds of force continuously to move objects.
- Essential Functions: The following job specific requirements should discuss the essential duties and responsibilities required of the position. They should not replicate those duties and responsibilities discussed above.
- Assesses, develops, implements and evaluates patient care utilizing evidence and nursing theory in practice through the organization s care delivery model.
- Communicates clearly with patients, families, nursing staff and interdisciplinary team to achieve healthcare goals. Provides constructive feedback and participates in peer review processes.
- Teaches patient/family at their level of understanding and documents response.
- Provides and documents procedures, medications, treatments, and intravenous therapy. Interprets clinical data/patient responses, and collaborates with physicians and other members of the healthcare team.
- Provides prompt accurate shift/handoff reports and shares pertinent patient care information throughout shift.
- Provides staff orientations, training, instructions, guidance, leadership and supervision as necessary.
- Ensures patient safety and takes accountability for following safety protocol and alerting appropriate staff of safety issues.
