Registered Nurse at Gastroenterology

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Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off

Job Overview:

AIMS Locum Tenens is seeking a qualified Registered Nurse - Otolaryngology to provide specialized outpatient nursing care within the Gastroenterology Clinic at Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center (MOMMC) .



General Duties

• Ensure compliance with standards of care and practice in accordance with all established policies, procedures, and guidelines used in the medical treatment facility. Provides care within ethical and legal boundaries.
• Perform duties in accordance with the PWS, DHA standards, and MTF policies.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for adult and geriatric patients.
• Coordinates patient care through a continuum and facilitates the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to care, quality and cost effectiveness

Specific Duties

Procedural & Clinical Support:

• Procedure Preparation & Counseling: Conduct pre-procedural counseling and education for patients and families. Prepare patients upon arrival, obtaining and documenting detailed medical histories and physical assessments.
• Procedural Assistance: Assist providers during a wide range of GI procedures, including Upper Endoscopy (EGD), Colonoscopy, ERCP, esophageal pH testing, paracentesis, liver biopsy, and PEG placement.
• Emergent Interventions: Assist with urgent and emergent procedures such as endoscopy for GI bleeding control, foreign body removal, and cholangitis.
• On-Call Coverage: Provide scheduled on-call coverage during regular and after-business hours (including overnights, weekends, and holidays) to support urgent and emergent needs.

Sedation & Patient Care Management:

• Moderate Sedation & Recovery: Administer and monitor intravenous (IV) moderate/conscious sedation during procedures. Manage full patient recovery in the procedure room or designated recovery areas.
• Advanced Nursing Procedures: Perform IV cannulation and therapy (including antibiotics and blood products), oxygen administration, vital signs monitoring, specimen collection, pill camera endoscopy, and manometry.
• Equipment Operation: Set up, operate, and monitor specialized medical and endoscopy equipment, IV infusion pumps, cardiac monitoring devices, and EKG units.
• Care Coordination: Collaborate proactively with the GI team to assess discharge planning needs, ensuring optimal patient outcomes, safety, and timely discharge.

Qualifications


Degree: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).


Education: Graduate from a college or university accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Certification

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Certifications must be through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross. Online-only certifications are not accepted.



Experience:

• Minimum of two (2) years' experience as a clinical nurse in the medical/surgical, critical care inpatient, or emergency department settings and have been employed in one of those work settings within the past 36 months. Minimum of one (1) year experience providing moderate sedation with recovery..

Licensure:

Must possess a current, full, active, and unrestricted Registered Nurse license in any U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.



Skills and Abilities:

• Must have knowledge of professional care theories, principles, practices, disease process and procedures to perform nursing assignments of moderate difficulty and experience to acutely ill adults and geriatric patients as appropriate.
• Utilize the nursing process as a basis for professional practice; a variety of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment, the desired effects, side effects, and complications of their use as well as the accurate administration of the pharmacologic agent, including dosage calculations; administrative requirements for proper documentation of patients condition including disease progress, acknowledgement of teaching, and follow up care; a wide range of medical disorders and conditions as appropriate, as seen in critically ill patients; and preventative health schedules, procedures, processes, and education methods

Schedule:

• Monday through Friday
• Standard clinic hours: 0600 - 1800
• To meet clinic coverage requirements, a flexible schedule may be implemented, including the option of working 10-hour shifts.
• Maximum 40 hours per week
• No on-call requirement

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods
• Ability to lift and move clinical supplies and equipment
• Ability to assist patients during examinations and procedures
• Manual dexterity sufficient for clinical nursing duties

Work Environment

This position is performed in a military outpatient Otolaryngology clinic environment within Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center. The work setting includes direct patient care, specialty procedures, interdisciplinary collaboration, and electronic medical documentation.


Immunization Requirement

Must comply with all DHA and Medical Employee Health Program (MEHP) immunization and health screening requirements, including annual influenza vaccination and tuberculosis screening.

Security Requirement

Must be able to pass all required background investigations, credentialing, and installation access requirements for work on Nellis Air Force Base.


Compensation: $40.00 - $45.00 per hour


We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About Us

AIMS Locum Tenens, LLC, is a women owned and SBA's 8(a) certified healthcare management company based in Northern Virginia and Washington DC area focus on healthcare management in both public and private sectors

AIMS Locum Tenens is one of the fastest growing healthcare management solution specialized in management of highly skilled healthcare professionals in both commercial and government healthcare facilities all over the country. We have the experience, resources, and scale required to help physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals to take advantage of both short and long term staffing opportunities in a wide variety of practice specialties. We do staff healthcare providers for both short and long-term assignments to local, state and federal government healthcare facilities.

AIMS realizes the key to quality is attention to details. AIMS is the one stop shop for various healthcare facilities and handles every steps to get best candidate from sourcing, recruitment, candidate screening, credentialing, final placement and retention of highly qualified healthcare provider.

As one of the nation's fastest growing healthcare management companies, AIMS Locum Tenens manages highly qualified physicians and nurses during staffing crisis at community hospitals, clinics and Army based MTFs ( Military Treatment Facilities) . Hospital systems, MTFs, nursing homes and out patient clinics benefit from our comprehensive, cost-effective supplemental medical staffing services.

Our No. 1 priority is to provide the best service to our healthcare professionals and our hospital and MTFs clients. We welcome feedback and suggestions so we can continually improve our service.

At AIMS Locum Tenens, our core pillars-dedication, commitment, trustworthiness, and superior service-drive every aspect of our business.