Endoscopy Procedure Nurse PRN

GI/Endoscopy Nurse

Shift: Monday - Friday. 8- or 10-hour shift starting at 6:30AM or 7:00AM. Will be scheduled to cover staffing at one of the three GI locations in Columbia. No call, no weekends, no holidays.

Compensation: Base Pay Range: $33.75 per hour PRN

About the Job: MU Healthcare is looking for a dynamic and compassionate nursing professional to join our exceptional team in providing top-notch care to our GI/Endoscopy patients. If you're passionate about making a difference in patients' lives, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and excel in delivering high-quality, attentive care, we want you on our team. Ideal candidates will bring a proactive, patient-centered approach, demonstrating expertise in setting up sophisticated equipment, managing critical data, and delivering vital therapies with precision. If you're dedicated to ensuring optimal patient outcomes and enjoy the challenge of working in specialized, high-impact settings, apply now and become a key player in our innovative healthcare environment. Join us in transforming patient care and advancing medical excellence at MU Healthcare!

About MU Health Care: MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes' Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that's largely a result of the incredible culture and team we've built. At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger — to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine. Our academic health system — the only in mid-Missouri — is home to seven hospitals, including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions — with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.

Detailed Job Description:

1. Administer and monitor the effects of medications via the intravenous/analgesia, intracardiac, intramuscular, subcutaneous topical and oral routes during special procedures as ordered by a physician.
2. Monitor patient's vital signs. Administer oxygen therapy as ordered by physician. Conduct hemodynamic monitoring as indicated by procedure and policy. Assist in the collection of arterial and venous blood samples and respiratory gases. Attend to patient needs during cardiac studies. Defibrillation of life-threatening arrhythmias without direct medical supervision. Implement emergency procedures including CPR and defibrillation of life-threatening arrhythmias. Obtain and record hemodynamic, electrical, and angiographic data by operating hemodynamic and electrical amplifiers and digital and line fluoroscopic equipment.
3. Develop and contribute to a plan of nursing for the patient's care.
4. Monitor physiological conditions of patients and give timely notification to physician regarding changes in patient status.
5. Prepare patient and equipment for catheterization procedures by preparing site of entry, draping patient, arranging sterilized instruments and catheters, and calibrating and setting-up pressure transducers and tubing.
6. Assist in general endoscopy and fluoroscopy procedures.
7. Transport and aid in transfer of patients.
8. May complete unit/department specific duties as outlined in department documents.

Required Qualifications: Missouri Board of Nursing RN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state RN. When primary state of residency changes, compact state RNs must apply under new state of residency within thirty (30) days.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Two (2) years of cardiovascular inpatient, acute-care, or invasive procedure RN experience.
2. Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs. Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.