The Registered Nurse (RN) is accountable for providing competent nursing care. Responsible for coordination of the patient's plan of care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing interventions that lead to established outcomes. This position practices under the direction of the designated nurse executive, within the scope of the Nursing Practice Act, and in accordance with Valley Children's Hospital policies.
The Perioperative Department at Valley Children’s is a robust division, incorporating many procedural areas and their associated support services. Periop supports every service line within a healthcare system providing care to patients within the Central Valley and its surrounding areas, collaborating with outlying facilities to accomplish the mission of the organization to provide the best care to our patients, always. The Pediatric Endoscopy Unit is a small procedural unit that performs endoscopic procedure Monday thru Friday. The registered nurse works closely with the Gastroenterology (GI) provider and Pulmonologist throughout the day. General Anesthesia is provided for all endoscopy procedures. In most instances, one room is open daily with a second team on site to perform concurrent procedures when needed. The RN learns bedside procedures, primarily bronchoscopy for the patient in the PICU/NICU always working alongside their provider. There is one circulating nurse and a scrub assigned in the room for each case. The case load for endoscopy scheduling is normally 8 to 14 cases daily. Many procedures are EGD w/biopsy and colonoscopy. The team also enters the operating room arena when assisting on multiple procedure bookings. The endoscopy nurse team aligns with day surgery and supports unit work in that area when the need arises. Outside of normally scheduled shifts, call hours are assigned to all nurses in the unit.
Valley Children’s Healthcare – one of the largest pediatric healthcare networks in the nation – provides Central California’s only high-quality, comprehensive care exclusively for children, from before birth to young adulthood. With more than 670 physicians and 3,500 staff, Valley Children’s delivers high-quality, comprehensive care to more than 1.3 million children in our service area. Our network offers highly specialized medical and surgical services to care for children with conditions ranging from common to the highly complex at our 358-bed stand-alone children’s hospital that includes 28 regional NICU beds. Our family-centered, pediatric services extend from a leading pediatric cancer and blood disorders center home on the West Coast, and a pediatric heart center known for its expertise and pioneering treatments, to a Regional Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), the highest level referral center between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. We participate in community initiatives, we support community efforts, we get involved where we can do the most good.
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