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Job ID: 896360
Job Title
Registered Nurse – Endoscopy/GI
Location
Roanoke, VA | Acute Care
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | Days | 5×8-hour shifts (7:00 AM–3:00 PM) or 4×10-hour shifts (7:00 AM–5:00 PM) | Expected 40 hours/week | Onsite
Key Responsibilities
- Perform scrub and circulator roles for endoscopic procedures including colonoscopy, EGD, ERCP, and esophageal varices banding
- Manage airway, recover patients from conscious sedation and monitored anesthesia care (MAC) sedation in pre/post procedure and inpatient/outpatient settings
- Operate and assist with specialized endoscopy equipment including balloon dilators, electrosurgical units, ERBE, polyp snares, and foreign body equipment
- Monitor and assess patients across a broad population (neonates, infants, pediatrics, adolescents, adults, and geriatrics), including lab values, pain, RASS, and malignant hyperthermia protocols
- Perform dysrhythmia interpretation and management, obtain 12-lead ECGs, start and maintain IVs, and handle/label specimens accurately
- Participate in an on-call rotation including approximately 4 weeknights per 6-week schedule and 1 weekend; expected to work at least one holiday per 13-week contract
Required Qualifications
- Active Virginia state RN license or active Compact RN license required; pending license accepted only if candidate holds a single-state license from a non-compact state
- ACLS and BLS certification required
- Scrub experience in endoscopy required
- Proficiency with EPIC electronic health records required
- Experience with endoscopy procedures including colonoscopy, EGD, ERCP, and esophageal varices banding
- Candidates residing within 100 miles of the facility are considered local and are not eligible; candidates 50–99.9 miles away may be considered for a single 13-week assignment with no extension eligibility
Preferred Experience / Skills
- Experience working across inpatient, outpatient endoscopy center, and portable/bedside travel case settings
- Familiarity with monitoring protocols including isolation precautions, PCA management, and malignant hyperthermia response
- Prior travel nursing experience welcomed; first-time travelers are accepted
Why Join Us
- Opportunity to work at a large, Magnet-designated acute care teaching hospital that serves as the region’s only Level I Trauma Center for both adults and pediatrics
- Gain experience in a high-acuity, full-service endoscopy program serving a diverse patient population across all age groups