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Registered Nurse- Endoscopy-Day Shift

Southern Illinois Healthcare · Carbondale, IL · $31.25–$49.06 an hour · Full time

Posted Aug 28, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a time you helped keep a busy procedure schedule running on time.

What they are checking: Teamwork and organization in a fast, high-volume department.

What is your plan to complete ACLS within six months of hire?

What they are checking: Whether they can meet the certification that procedure and sedation areas require on the stated timeline.

What would you do

A patient's oxygen saturation drops during an EGD. What do you do?

What they are checking: Fast airway response and clear communication with the physician in the middle of a procedure.

A patient arrives with a poor bowel prep and the schedule is full. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Communicating with the physician and patient honestly instead of letting a poor-quality exam go ahead quietly.

About the work

Walk me through how you monitor a patient under moderate sedation during a colonoscopy.

What they are checking: Whether they watch airway, oxygen and capnography closely enough to catch oversedation before it becomes an emergency.

What do you check in pre-procedure assessment before an endoscopy?

What they are checking: Screening for bowel prep, anticoagulants, allergies and sedation risks that could cancel or complicate the case.

How do you handle specimens and polyps so each one is labeled correctly?

What they are checking: Attention to specimen labeling when one patient may have several biopsies from different sites.

What signs of a perforation or bleeding would you watch for after a procedure?

What they are checking: Recognizing serious complications early during recovery and discharge.

How do you teach patients discharge instructions when they are still drowsy from sedation?

What they are checking: Making sure the responsible adult also understands, since the patient may not remember.

What do you know about scope reprocessing and why it matters?

What they are checking: Awareness that poorly cleaned scopes have spread infections between patients.

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The full job description

As published by Southern Illinois Healthcare.

Current SIH employees need to apply for positions through our internal job portal. Log in to Workday to apply through the Jobs Hub. Position Summary • Responsible for providing professional nursing care for SIH patients. Education • Associate, Diploma, Bachelor’s degree or Master’s in Nursing Licenses and Certification • Current Illinois Registered Nurse license • Current CPR/BLS Card • Current ACLS card (within 6 months of hire) • Intensive Care Unit: 10114, 20114 • Progressive Care Unit: 10116, 20110 • Stepdown ICU: 10118 • Cardiac Services: 10310 • Cardiac Catheterization: 10340 • Cardiac Care Decision Unit: 10342 • OP Cardiovascular Center: 10344, 20344 • Electrocardiology: 10336, 20336 • Interventional Imaging: 10367 • SDS Procedure Room: 10317, 20317, 30317, 40317 • Current ACLS & PALS card (within 6 months of hire) • Emergency Room: 10306, 20306, 30306, 40306 • Recovery Room: 10314, 20314, 30314, 40314 • TNCC or TNS (within 1 year of hire or residency graduation) - required effective 6/2026 • Emergency Room: 10306, 20306, 30306, 40306 ​ ​ • ​ ECRN (within 24 months of hire of residency graduation) - required effective 6/2026 • Emergency Room: 10306, 20306 • ​ ACLS, Fetal Monitoring – Monitoring, & NRP (within 6 months of hire) • Birthing Center: 10300 • ​ NRP (within 6 months of hire) • Mother Baby: 10154 • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: 10152 • NRP & PALS (within 6 months of hire) • Pediatrics: 10160 • ONS • CTC-Infusion Center: 10328 (Fundamentals within first 6 months) and Chemotherapy Certificate Course (within 1 year, renewed every 2 years) • SJ-Infusion: 40329 (Fundamentals within first 6 months, renewed every 2 years) or ONS Chemotherapy Certificate (renewed every 2 years) ​ Experience and Skills • Technical Experience: NA Role Specific Responsibilities • Assess patients to determine mental, physical, and spiritual needs • Establish a compassionate environment to provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patient and families • Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates an individual plan of care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary health care team. • Provide in health teaching and counseling to promote, attain, and maintain the optimum health level of patients • Demonstrate ability to use clinical judgement in conjunction with critical thinking to recognize, act upon, and report changes in patient condition. • Complete, accurate and timely documentation in patient medical record • Provide input into the development of policies and procedures to support patient safety and quality of care • Supervision and delegation responsibilities of licensed practical nurse and/or unlicensed assistant personnel • Serve as an advocate for the patient by communicating and collaborating with other health service professionals • Timely completion of required education, competencies, and licensure. • Float to other SIH nursing units within competency level Compensation (Commensurate with experience): $31.25 To $49.06 To access our Benefits Guide/Plan Information, please click the link below: http://www.sih.net/careers/benefits

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