Description
SHIFT: Mixed (rotating weekends)
SCHEDULE: Full-time
About Del Sol Medical Center Since 1974, Del SolMedical Center has provided quality healthcare to El Paso and the surroundingregion. As a full-service, acute care hospital in East El Paso with a Level IITrauma designation in Emergency Services, we continue to expand our services tomeet the growing needs of our tristate community, providing special expertisein Cardiology, Maternity & Child Services, a Level III NICU, a Center ofExcellence designation for our Bariatric Clinic, a Level II Trauma Center, anda newly renovated 32-bed Rehabilitation Hospital. The physicians, nurses andstaff at our 350-bed hospital are committed to providing the highest qualitycare with compassion and integrity.
Benefits:
We offeran excellent total compensation package, for various positions includingcompetitive salary, excellent benefit package and growth opportunities. Webelieve in our team and your ability to do excellent work with us. Yourbenefits include 401k, PTO medical, dental, flex spending, life, disability,tuition reimbursement, and employee discount program. We would love to talk toyou about this fantastic opportunity.
POSITION SUMMARY: To provide professional nursing care to patients utilizing the nursingprocess. To collaborate with other members of the health care delivery teamincluding physicians, to deliver quality health care.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: - Demonstrates knowledge and application of the nursing process.
- Participates and cooperates in the unit based Quality Improvement processes.
- Supports, maintains and provides an environment which is supportive of quality patient care through effective use of resources and personnel.
- Practices, develops and endorses customer service skills in relationships with internal and external customers.
- Serves as the patient and family advocate with respect to the patients right to privacy by protecting confidential information.
- Plans and implements patient care and teaching based on a total assessment and the age of the patient.
- Evaluates and documents patient response; monitors and recognizes changes in physiological and psychosocial status; takes appropriate action based on assessment of the patient.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
EDUCATION REQUIRED AND/ORPREFERRED:
REQUIRED
- Minimum College: AssociateDegree or BSN.
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:
REQUIRED
- Current RN licensure in Texas or compactstate.
- Current BCLS certification.
- ACLS/PALS certificationcurrent or obtained within one year of employment or transfer into unit.
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED ORPREFERRED:
PREFERRED - Previousexperience in endoscopy or a critical care area.
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ANDABILITIES:
PREFERRED - Reads and writes BasicEnglish with the basic skills necessary to transfer physicians orders.
- Knowledge of body substanceisolation.
- Ability to listen, empathizeand respond to patient, family, internal and external partners needs.
- Bilingual inEnglish/Spanish.
COMPETENCIES:
- Administers sedation/analgesia safely and accordingto hospital policy
- Identifies need for sedation reversal agent andadministers promptly and correctly.
- Knowledge and proficiency in the recovery ofconscious sedation patients.
- Responds appropriately to respiratory distress.
- Knowledge of gastrointestinal and pulmonary anatomyand physiology.
- Responds appropriately to control hemorrhage.
- Knowledge of sterile technique.
- Correctly obtains, labels, and processes biopsies ina timely manner.
- Technical knowledge of endoscopy procedures.
- Ability to document in PCM in a concise and thoroughmanner.
- Ability to man