Gastroenterology Registered Nurse – Fort Carson

SUMMARY

Coordinate patient care and facilitate the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to clinical care.

• Coordinate patient care through a continuum and facilitate the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to clinical care, quality, and cost effectiveness.

• Accountable for making patient appointments and follow up.

• Assess patient needs telephonically and/or in person.

• 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.

• Prescribe and communicate treatment plans and patient teaching in accordance with established protocols. Collect and assess significant patient history information and perform all necessary patient teaching.

• Make referral appointments and arrange provider scheduling (in coordination) as appropriate. May be required to manage surgical schedules.

• Perform/assist with procedures such as bladder catheterizations, administration of oxygen, visual acuity tests, EKGs, irrigation of eyes and ears, tympanograms, splinting, phlebotomy and other clinic specific procedures, in accordance with established protocols.

• Ensure proper documentation of procedures/treatments within the prescribed timeframe.

• Ensure all equipment is properly cleaned and stored at the end of each work shift.

• Ensure preventive maintenance and routine cleaning are performed as directed. Ensure medication/supplies are replenished.

• Participate in the newcomer’s orientation and complete annual training, as required.

• May be required to work various shifts or augment clinical nursing support during the absence of other team nurses due to illness, leave, or deployment.

• Ensure a safe work environment, employee safe work habits and patient safety IAW regulatory agencies, infection control policies, and process improvement initiatives.

• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

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• Bachelor’s degree in nursing from a National League of Nursing (NLN) or from an American Academy College of Nursing accredited college. A nursing program from a college/ university accredited by the national nursing accreditation agencies of the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

• Hold a current, active, full, and unrestricted Registered Nurses (RN) license in a nurse compact state license or Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) or have a license from any United States jurisdiction.

• Hold a national or state nursing license that is valid and current with no limitations, stipulations or pending adverse actions. License must be unencumbered and remain in effect during contract employment.

• Must have at least twenty-four (24) months of experience within the last forty-eight (48) months in a primary care clinic setting.

• Must have a current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certificate from the American Red Cross, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). These certifications must be current at all times.

• Strongly preferred working knowledge of the military health care system including TRICARE health benefits.

• Knowledge of professional care theories, principles, practices, and procedures to perform nursing assignments, utilizing nursing judgment and approved telehealth/triage protocols for assessing pediatric, adolescent, adults, obstetrics, and geriatric patients, as appropriate.

• Utilizes the nursing process as a basis for professional practice.

• Knowledge of a wide range of medical disorders/conditions and disease processes across the lifespan, as appropriate.

• Knowledge of preventive health schedules, procedures, processes and education methods.

• Knowledge of disease management and population health principles.

• Knowledge of 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 as required.

• Knowledge of the administrative requirements for proper…