Registered Nurse- Endoscopy

Job Duties

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Deliver fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care based on age-specific components
• Assume responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care
• Administer medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines
• Influence care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team
• Deliver and manage the care of patients undergoing diagnostic endoscopy procedures including both inpatients and outpatients
• Ensure completion of pre-procedural orders
• Provide clear and concise pre-procedural teaching
• Assist anesthesia team and provider as needed
• Maintain competence in the delivery of nurse administered sedation measures
• Monitor patient's level of consciousness after the recovery of anesthesia/sedation
• Closely observe for signs of residual anesthesia medications
• Ensure comprehensive, timely, and accurate documentation for all phases of care in the electronic health record (EHR)
• Review discharge instructions with patients families with written and verbal communication
• Maintain proficiency in the maintenance, cleaning, and preparation of endoscopy specific equipment
• Recognize changes in patient care situations and initiate appropriate emergency interventions as needed
• Adapt and assist with changes in the daily schedule
• Maintain knowledge of current gastroenterology standards, VHA Directives, and service level standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Maintain nursing competency for other areas within the Perioperative Department to ensure patient access and care
• Focus on individual growth and development and maintain accountability for individual nursing practice and determine the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse obligation to provide optimal care

Preferred Experience:

• Endoscopy experience
• Conscious Sedation experience
• Pre-op and Post-op experience

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:00am - 5:00pm

Compressed/Flexible: 10 hour day

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

US Department of Veterans Affairs