Registered Nurse(RN), Elizabeth, NJ, Specialty Service/Endoscopy Room, Full Time, DaysReq #:0000136619

　　Category:Nursing

　　Status:Full-Time

　　Shift:Day

　　Facility:Trinitas Regional Medical Center

　　Department:Endoscopy Room

　　Location:

　　WILLIAMSON STREET, 235 Williamson Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07202

　　JOB SUMMARY:

　　Ensuring a high standard of nursing care for patients attending the Endoscopy Unit, working within company policies and procedures. Providing technical assistance during diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures, ensuring safe working practice. Setting, monitoring and maintaining excellent standards of nursing care. Maintaining personal contact with patients and relatives, being sensitive to their needs for courtesy, dignity and privacy and ensuring a friendly environment at all times. Maintaining timely and accurate nursing records and ensuring that confidentiality is respected. Storing, checking and administering drugs in accordance with established standards and guidelines. Working with minimal supervision during endoscopic procedures, admission and recovery of patients and other related procedures. Participating in the care and maintenance of endoscopes and other specialized equipment, ensuring an agreed standard of decontamination at all times including accurate records of trace ability of all endoscopes and associated equipment. Ensuring the safe discharge of all patients from the Endoscopy unit. Maintaining a safe and clean environment within the clinical area in accordance with established standards and regulations.14 week preceptor program: learn to circulate, scrub, process, intake, out-take, and instrumentation

　　EDUCATION:

　　Must be a graduate from an accredited school of nursing.

　　BSN Degree preferred.

　　REQUIREMENTS:

　　Current New Jersey Registered Nurse License.

　　Ability to perform all competencies of the position is required for employment in the position.

　　Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association.

　　RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer