Erlanger Health System
Location
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The procedure nurse is responsible for coordinating procedure time and scheduling, conducting initial and ongoing patient assessments, starting IVs, administering medications, drawing lab work, and monitoring patients before, during, and after invasive and noninvasive procedures. When not in the procedure area, the nurse will assist providers and staff with patient care tasks or other assigned duties.
Candidates must be a graduate from an accredited School of Nursing and hold current licensure to practice nursing in Tennessee, along with current BLS certification. Preferred experience includes 1-2 years in surgical specialty procedures.
A registered professional nurse employed by Erlanger Health System is responsible for direct and/or indirect care of patients under the supervision of a physician. The responsibility of the procedure nurse is to closely monitor patients before, during, and after invasive and noninvasive procedures.
Required: Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
Required: Knowledge of general nursing principles and practice skills; knowledge of organizational functions, policies and regulations; knowledge of current trends and new developments; knowledge of principles and practices of nursing, applicable to those areas requiring special education
Preferred: 1-2 years of surgical specialty procedures
The Nurse Licensure Compact will not change how to obtain or renew a Tennessee license. However, the Tennessee nursing license will be a single state license for Tennessee Residents or non-compact state residents. Tennessee licensure or multistate licensure from a compact state must be obtained within three months of hire for non-Tennessee residents.
Preferred: ACLS
The procedure nurse is responsible coordinating procedure time and scheduling. They are also responsible for conducting an initial and ongoing assessment designed to gather data relevant to the patient�s individual needs and age group. The procedure nurse will be responsible for starting IV�s, administrating medications, drawing lab work, taking patient history and performing patient assessments. Must be able to recognize risks and complications related to procedures through knowledge of physical assessment. The responsibility of the procedure nurse is to closely monitor patients before, during, and after invasive and noninvasive procedures.
When not working in procedure area the nurse will assist providers and staff in the department within the patient care tasks or other duties as assigned.