High Paying | Endoscopy RN | Post Anesthesia | Brooklyn | NY

DirectShifts; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DirectShifts is seeking an Endoscopy Registered Nurse to perform pre-, intraprocedural, and postprocedural care, including assessment, documentation, and equipment handling. The role requires ensuring patient safety, verifying details, and collaborating with the care team in a dynamic endoscopy setting.

The position emphasizes patient-centered care, accurate charting, and adherence to protocol across the perioperative continuum.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years experience in an Endoscopy Unit, PACU, Operating Room, or Critical Care setting.
• Experience with pre- and intraprocedural interventions, patient assessment, and documentation.
• Ability to supervise and direct patient care in the endoscopy suite and ensure proper techniques.

Responsibilities

• Performs assessment/data collection focusing on physiologic, cognitive, and cultural diversity.
• Supervises and directs patient care in the endoscopy suite with proper techniques.
• Verifies patient identifiers, procedure, consent, NPO status, and allergies.
• Communicates collected data to the care team to complete Pre-Procedure Verification Checklist.
• Collaborates with proceduralist and team to plan interventions.
• Assists with safe patient positioning for the procedure.
• Intervenes with techniques and safety precautions to meet patient needs.
• Evaluates and documents patient responses and revises the care plan as needed.
• Ensures supplies and equipment are sterile or high-level disinfected and ready.
• Observes changes in patient condition and communicates to the team.
• Directs staff when necessary and reports unusual occurrences to the proceduralist.
• Ensures medications on field are administered and charted.
• Handles specimens with proper labeling and secure storage as per policy.
• Performs other duties as required.

Job description

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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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status,or any other characteristic protected by law.

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