Staff RN - Endoscopy FT Days

Core Competencies

• Adheres to infection prevention guidelines
  
  
• Adheres to policies, procedures, and standards of practice to deliver safe and optimal care
  
  
• Assesses patient history, physiological, and psychosocial status
  
  
• Communicates with the patient, family, medical staff and others during the continuum of care
  
  
• Complies with Joint Commission’s national patient safety goals
  
  
• Complies with organizational quality dashboard/benchmarking goals
  
  
• Interprets common variables affecting patient care and follows reporting process
  
  
• Maintains regulatory compliance consistent with quality standards and ethical obligations of the profession
  
  
• Participates in activities in alignment with the Magnet Model
  
  
• Participates in organizational activities
  
  
• Participates in Peer Review
  
  
• Participates in professional development activities
  
  
• Performs as a preceptor in an active and engaged manner
  
  
• Provides age-specific individualized care that supports protection from harm and complies with patient safety centered interventions/bundles
  
  
• Provides patient and family education throughout the care of patient
  
  
• Uses critical thinking to formulate and carry out a care plan according to patient needs
  
  
• Utilizes resources in an economical manner
  
  
• Utilizes safe administration of medications
  
  
• Utilizes Safe Patient Handling
  
  

Department Specific Competencies

• Schedules patients for procedures and organizes schedule to accommodate contaminated cases, emergency, and routine procedures with physician schedules.
  
  
• Provides information and support for a patient who is making a decision regarding health care.
  
  
• Ensures consent is correctly obtained and documented prior to treatment/procedure.
  
  
• Communicates working knowledge, function, availability and location of all endoscopy equipment
  
  
• Demonstrates knowledge of anesthetic agents, continuously evaluating the patient's progress toward recovery from anesthesia.
  
  
• Performs portable procedures in high stress environments includes Intensive Care Units, Surgery Suite and Emergency Room.
  
  
• Assists the physician with procedures and care of the GI patient. Anticipates needs of physician during procedures.
  
  
• Provides patient comfort measures prior to, during and after procedures.
  
  
• Recovers patients post procedure according to policy and procedure.
  
  
• Transports and moves patients using appropriate body mechanics and safety precautions. Demonstrates knowledge and practice of safe patient handling devices.
  
  
• Completes all assigned procedures in a timely manner and uses time between procedures to department advantage assisting others, clerical duties, stocking, transporting, etc
  
  
• Maintains appropriate inventory and par levels on all supplies, ordering and restocking endoscopy rooms, carts and department.
  
  
• Monitors and reports to the Unit Lead any patient or family complaints, intervening before issues arise and implements service recovery strategies as needed.
  
  
• Pre-cleans endoscopic equipment on completion, cleans and disinfects equipment and accessories to established policies and procedures
  
  
• Uses basic radiology and fluoroscopy practices and wear pratictine equipment correctly.
  
  
• Completes required documentation in EMR and departmental log books in a timely manner.
  
  
• Assumes the responsibility of leadership position in absence of Lead RN or supervisor.
  
  
• Moves the patient or body part to promote surgical exposure while reducing the risk of discomfort and complications.
  
  
• Assumes on-call status and call back as assigned, responding within 30 minutes of receiving call.
  
  

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License / Certification Requirements