What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN - Ambulatory Care/GI Lab, Canonsburg position at Allegheny Health Network?
Company
Allegheny Health Network
Job Description
GENERAL OVERVIEW
Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures, protocols, and standards of the healthcare organization. Delivers professional nursing care in the preprocedural, intraprocedural and postprocedural settings to patients undergoing invasive procedures.
Essential Responsibilities
Required
Compliance Requirement This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.
As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.
Furthermore, it is every employee’s responsibility to comply with the company’s Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.
Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
We endeavor to make this site accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact the email below.
For accommodation requests, please contact HR Services Online at HRServices@highmarkhealth.org
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Allegheny Health Network
Job Description
GENERAL OVERVIEW
Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures, protocols, and standards of the healthcare organization. Delivers professional nursing care in the preprocedural, intraprocedural and postprocedural settings to patients undergoing invasive procedures.
Essential Responsibilities
- Utilizes the nursing process in providing and coordinating the plan of patient care for the age-appropriate population.
- Initiates, monitors and revises interdisciplinary plan of care based on assessment findings and physician orders for the age-appropriate population.
- Completes patient documentation in a comprehensive manner in accordance with facility policies and regulatory requirements that promotes interdisciplinary communication.
- Provides ongoing and appropriate teaching to patients and families to effectively guide them across the continuum of care.
- Supports the development of students, new staff and colleagues, may serve as a preceptor.
- Performs scrub functions including the selection and handling of scopes and supplies used during procedure.
- Performs circulating functions including monitoring, recording and communicating patient condition and managing overall nursing care of patient before, during and after procedure.
- Assists physician with procedural tasks including procedure exposure as well as patient positioning.
- Performs other duties as assigned or required.
Required
- Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
- CPR – American Heart Association
- Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
- Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
- Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
Compliance Requirement This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.
As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.
Furthermore, it is every employee’s responsibility to comply with the company’s Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.
Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
We endeavor to make this site accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact the email below.
For accommodation requests, please contact HR Services Online at HRServices@highmarkhealth.org
California Consumer Privacy Act Employees, Contractors, and Applicants Notice