About the role: 

An Endoscopy Registered Nurse’s duties range from pre -and intraprocedural interventions to immediate postprocedural assessment, care of equipment, specimen handling, and documentation.

Responsibilities:

  • Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, cognitive and cultural diversity of the patient.
  • Responsible for supervising and directing patient care in the endoscopy suite while ensuring proper techniques are used.
  • Ensures patient identification by checking patient identifiers. Verifies procedure, consent, NPO status, and any allergies.
  • Communicates data collected with other health care team members participating in the patient’s care to ensure a completed Pre-Procedure Verification Checklist.  
  • Collaborates as appropriate with proceduralist and other members of the multidisciplinary team in planning interventions to meet patient and family needs.
  • Assists the proceduralist and health care team in safe patient positioning for the procedure. 
  • Intervenes with proper technique, procedure and safety precautions to meet individual needs of patients and families.
  • Evaluates and documents patient response to and outcome of care provided and revises plan of care accordingly.
  • Ensures all supplies and equipment required are sterile or high level disinfected and available for use.
  • Observes and communicates to team any changes in the patient’s condition.
  • Directs other staff when necessary and reports any unusual occurrences to proceduralist.
  • Ensures all medications on field are administered and charted.
  • Ensures care and handling of specimens, confirming labeling and quantity with proceduralist in debriefing and secured as per policy.
  • Performs other duties as required.

Experience:

Minimum 2 years experience in an Endoscopy Unit, PACU, Operating Room, or Critical Care setting.

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