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Job Description​

Job Description

Saint Luke’s East in Lee's Summit is seeking a Registered Nurse to join our Gastroenterology Lab department. This unit performs general and therapeutic GI procedures, pulmonary procedures, pre and post procedural care, as well as pre-procedure phone calls.

In this role you will admit and recover endoscopy center patients, circulate and assist physicians during GI and pulmonary procedures, and complete pre-anesthesia assessment phone calls. Along with the procedure room team, you will travel to the ICU to perform bedside procedures as needed. As a nurse in the endoscopy center you will be trained on our infection prevention and scope reprocessing procedures.

This position takes call for the GI Lab.

The Work:

• The Registered Nurse in the Digestive Disease/GI Department at Saint Luke's Hospital functions independently and accountable for utilizing the nursing process.

• Coordinates the care for a group of endoscopy and/or bronchoscopy patients with the Multidisciplinary Team.

• Circulate and assist physicians during GI and pulmonary procedures

• Care for patients in pre-op and recovery phases of care

• Delegates tasks appropriately. Identifies hospital resources.

• Serves as a clinical resource for new employees.

• Demonstrates positive formal or informal leadership within endoscopy unit or department.

• Will preform ECT’s

This is a great opportunity if you are looking for a fast-paced environment that will provide variety each day. We are looking for nurses who enjoy working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, patient centered, and eager to learn.

Why Saint Luke’s?

• Our leadership supports nurse engagement and allows their voices to be heard.

• We value our nurses’ knowledge, experience, and expertise to improve patient outcomes and quality care.

• The opportunity to make an impact on their unit, hospital, health system, and the healthcare industry.

• Strong nurse governance and we encourage all of our RNs to participate

• Various CEU, Continuing Education, Leadership and other career training available

• Career Advancement Program dedicated to RNs.

• Saint Luke’s offers competitive salaries and benefits packages to all eligible employees, click here (https://careers.saintlukeskc.org/homepage/#benefits) to find out more.

Job Requirements

Applicable Experience:

1 year

Basic Life Support - American Heart Association or Red Cross, Registered Nurse - Various

Associate Degree

Job Details

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