GI Lab RN
Rio Rancho, New Mexico
UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center

GI Lab RN

Overview

• Specialty: Procedural Sedation RN / GI Lab
• Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico
• Employment type: Travel/Contract
• Contract length: 13 weeks
• Shift: Day, 5x8 hours, 7:00 AM–3:30 PM
• Hours per week: 40
• Weekend requirement: Every other weekend
• On-call: Required
• Floating: May float within scope to meet facility needs
• Block scheduling: Not available
• First-time travelers: Accepted
• Local candidates: Not accepted within 100 miles
• RTO restriction: Time off greater than 7 days requires approval

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in New Mexico
• GI Lab experience within the last year
• 1 year of GI Lab experience
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• ACLS issued by American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• BLS issued by American Red Cross or American Heart Association
• Interventional Radiology experience

Relevant Clinical Experience / Skills

• Conscious sedation administration and monitoring
• Dysrhythmia interpretation and management
• Specimen handling and labeling
• Colonoscopy
• ERCP
• EGD
• IR/GI sedation cases
• Laser-assisted procedures
• Angioplasty
• Upper and lower extremity angiography
• Radiation and laser safety
• Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale
• Vascular closure systems

Compliance / Pre-Start Requirements

• Background check
• Fingerprinting
• Physical exam within 1 year of start
• Fit mask within 1 year of start
• Tdap vaccine
• Negative TB test or chest X-ray within 1 year of start
• Annual TB questionnaire
• Negative 10-panel drug screen within 30 days of start
• Flu vaccination or approved exemption/documentation
• Two professional references within 3 years of hire
• Unit-specific skills checklist, updated annually

Work Environment

• Community-based hospital
• Level III trauma center
• Level I teaching facility
• 65 inpatient beds
• 12 ICU beds
• Cerner charting
• Black scrubs provided
• Free parking