Copley Hospital

Not-for-profit critical access hospital care.

Registered Nurse - Outpatient Procedures Department

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeMorristown, VT, USA$33.05 - $56.45 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

An associate degree or certification equivalent is required.
Current Vermont licensure is required.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) is required.

Responsibilities

Provide pre-procedural, intra-procedural, and post-procedural care for outpatient procedure patients, including colonoscopies, endoscopies, minor surgical procedures, and cardioversions.
Provide conscious sedation for some patient populations and support anesthesia colleagues caring for other populations.
Demonstrate unit-specific skills and integrate relevant knowledge of the patient populations served to plan interventions according to expected norms.
Meet hospital standards for telephone etiquette, customer service, comportment, inter- and intradepartmental relations, confidentiality, corporate compliance, patient and provider rights, UOR reporting, quality improvement, and conduct.
Develop and maintain therapeutic care relationships; adapt care for diverse populations, assist colleagues with care delivery, and refer concerns to appropriate resources.
Incorporate teaching into care delivery, promote health and disease prevention, provide appropriate information to patients and families, assess barriers to learning, and use colleagues as learning resources.
Provide care to the applicable patient populations, which may include infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients, and complete competency verification.
Manage workload and resources effectively by organizing multiple tasks, adapting to assignment changes, using supplies appropriately, and requesting assistance as needed.
Coordinate care within the multidisciplinary team, communicate directly and professionally, and clarify scope of practice for self and others.
Support organizational values, including compassion, respect for human dignity, professional competence, service, honesty, confidentiality, and stewardship.
Participate in continuing and mandatory education, document attendance, complete annual reviews and required training, maintain punctuality, and attend unit staff meetings or retrieve meeting information.
Apply critical thinking, integrate information from multiple sources, consider alternatives, and seek assistance or information appropriately.
Communicate accurately and promptly with patients, team members, and management; report pertinent data, complete forms and charting, protect confidentiality, and review communications.
Apply age-specific safety practices during disasters or evacuations, patient transfers, security-risk reduction, use of restraints or immobilization devices, and equipment use.
Apply assessment and intervention skills in nursing care, including medical asepsis, physical assessment, monitoring, pain management, reporting, therapeutic interventions, medication administration, IV line management, evaluation and revision of care plans, procedures, and medical technology.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with conscious sedation is preferred.

Overview

Copley Hospital, located in Morrisville/Stowe VT, is in search of a Registered Nurse to join our Outpatient Procedures Department (OPD)!

The OPD is a dynamic team of nurses who care for a variety of patient populations undergoing outpatient procedures such as colonoscopies and endoscopies, minor surgical procedures, as well as cardioversions. The nurses provide pre-procedural, intra-procedural and post-procedural care. Excellent communication and patient teaching are integral components of our work. Nurses are responsible for providing conscious sedation for some populations of patients and supporting our anesthesia colleagues caring for the remaining populations. The RN assumes leadership responsibilities, which includes delegation of work to other levels of employees. Compliance with all applicable State and Federal laws, regulations, and policies governing the provision of health care.

This is a Full-Time position (PT available).

Copley Hospital has a variety of shifts available across Full-Time, Part-Time, and Per Diem needs. Please consider applying to discuss how your availability may align.

Compensation range: $33.05-56.45/hour.

The posted salary range reflects base compensation for candidates with a variety of experience. An offer within this range may be presented based on experience.

Responsibilities

Demonstrates the unit specific skills requisite for assigned service area.
Integrates various aspects of specific knowledge for the patient populations served within unit area of hire: applies knowledge of expected norms in planning interventions. Demonstrates integration of knowledge, skills, and abilities for the patient populations served in unit of care.
Meets Copley Hospital standards related to: telephone etiquette, customer service, comportment, inter intra departmental relations, confidentiality, corporate compliance, patient provider rights, UOR reporting mechanism, QI, Code of Conduct.
Develops and maintains human care relationships & integrates the influence of the human experience of health, illness &/or healing. Adapts care for diverse populations, assists colleagues with care delivery, refers all concerns/issues to appropriate resource.
Incorporates teaching in delivery of care and demonstrates competence in health promotion & disease prevention. Provides information to patient family appropriately, assesses for barriers to learning, uses colleagues as a learning resource.
The specific patient population may include infants, children, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics. Competency verification.
Manages self and resources effectively. Organizes multitask workload, accepts changes in assignment, utilizes supplies appropriately, requests assistance appropriately.
Applies leadership skills appropriately. Coordinates care within the multi-disciplinary team, interacts in a professional manner, communicates directly, verbalizes scope of practice for self and others.
Supports the organizational values: Compassion and respect for Human Dignity, Commitment to Professional Competence, Commitment to a spirit of service, Honesty, Confidentiality, and Good Stewardship careful administration.
Education, attendance, punctuality, meetings: Participates in continuing education programs & mandatory education to maintain competence and gain additional skills & documents attendance. Completes annual review and or training i.e. Healthstream topics, mandatory education, BLS renewal, etc. Attendance & punctuality expectations met. Attends unit staff mtgs or retrieves info from the same.
Applies critical thinking knowledge, integration skills and considers alternatives in a multitask workload. Collects integrates data from multiple sources, seeks assistance information appropriately.
Communicates with patients, team members, and management in an accurate, timely manner. Reports pertinent data, completes forms and charting, protects confidentiality, attends staff meetings or retrieves information from same, reads communications.
Identifies & applies age specific safety needs when performing job duties in the following circumstances: disaster/evacuation, transfer of patients, minimizing security risks, restraints/immobilization devices, use of equipment.
Incorporates appropriate assessment and intervention skills in all interactions and delivery of nursing care: medical asepsis, physical assessment, monitoring, pain management, reports, therapeutic interventions, medication administration, IV lines management, evaluation & revisions of plan of care, procedures, & medical technology.

Qualifications

Associate Degree (or certification equivalent)
Current Vermont licensure
ACLS required
Conscious sedation experience preferred

About the Company

Copley Hospital

Not-for-profit critical access hospital care.

Copley Hospital is a not-for-profit critical access hospital that serves Lamoille County and north central Vermont with inpatient and outpatient medical care, including a 24-hour emergency department and the Copley Birthing Center. Care is delivered by a 75-member medical staff in a small, warm, patient-centered setting with state-of-the-art facilities. What sets Copley apart is its not-for-profit mission to treat all patients regardless of ability to pay, strong focus on patient experience, and recognition such as Hospital of the Year and top national rankings. Its goal is to provide accessible, high-quality medical care to the community while maintaining personalized service and continued patient satisfaction.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Morristown, VT
Founded: 1932

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