Registered Nurse (RN) - Endoscopy (GI Lab)

Registered Nurse (RN) - Endoscopy (GI Lab)
Job Type: Full-time | Monday through Friday daylight (630-230, 7-3, 730-330) with rotating on-call, typically one night per 2 weeks, one weekend every 6-8 weeks.10 or 8-hour Shifts, rotating weekends, holiday and On-call 

Up to $20,000 Sign-on Bonus
 

Your experience matters 

Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Registered Nurse (RN), joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ^®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

More about our team 

The GI Lab team is a highly motivated group who work well together as a team to achieve a common goal. Our main priorities are patient safety and patient satisfaction, as well as staff satisfaction. Our schedule is busy but still allows staff to maintain a good work-life balance.

How you'll contribute 

A Registered Nurse (RN), who excels in this role:

• Coordinates the Care Team's delivery of personalized, efficient care with respect for patient's spiritual and cultural differences.
• Promotes factors related to safety, effectiveness and cost in planning and delivering patient care.
• Provides initial and ongoing assessment throughout patient stay.   Participates in discharge planning while maintaining a therapeutic partnership with patient, family and caregivers.
• Initiates individualized patient and family teaching plan, with appropriate supportive documentation.
• Demonstrates competency in safe medication administration including initiation and maintenance of IV therapy, administration of conscious sedation and accurate documentation per policy.
• Implements physician orders and records physician's telephone orders in the electronic medical record. 
• Establishes a collegial and collaborative relationship with all physicians. Promotes RN physician communication to enhance patient safety through communication.
• Effectively communicates patient's status, using SBAR (Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendations) and anticipates situations that prevent/minimize adverse outcomes.
• Applies critical thinking skills and judgment in preventing, analyzing, and resolving patient care concerns.
• Completes annual dysrhythmia examination and demonstrates knowledge and understanding of dysrhythmias, treatments, interventions, and expected outcomes.
• Reassesses and reports signs and symptoms, progress, and changes in the patient's condition throughout the pre, intra, and post procedural period providing appropriate intervention and accurate documentation while striving for positive experience and outcomes.
• Performs the required amount of on-call duty during evenings, weekends, and holidays after successfully completing 6-month probation period.
• Completes annual medication exam with a passing score.

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers: 

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.

• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.

• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.

• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).

• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we're looking for 
Applicants should have a current state RN license and possess an associate or bachelor's degree from an accredited nursing school. Additional requirements include: 

• Two-year acute care experience or other comparable nursing experience

• Current CPR. Basic dysrhythmia certification and successful completion of ACLS (or attainment within one year of date of transfer)

More about Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center 

Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center is a 420 Bed, Level 1 Trauma Center, located in Johnstown, PA, and is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestone--your experience matters. 

EEOC Statement

"Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.