Urology Nurse, Capitol Hill MOB

To coordinate and monitor care of patients in the urology clinic.

• Sets-up, performs, and/or assists with minor surgical and invasive procedures as appropriate, including cystoscopies, TRUS, vasectomies, MRI fusion biopsies, bladder Botox injections and biopsies.
• Collaborate closely with the physician, clinical assistants, family members and patient to ensure medications, lifestyle changes, and therapy services are suitable.
• Be familiar with signs and symptoms of infection and be comfortable dressing wounds and assessing long-term catheters.
• Report any complications or issues to the physician.
• Perform extensive patient and family education regarding a variety of bladder, kidney, and other urinary tract disorders.
• Performs urodynamics, uroflows, and systometrograms.
• Initiates and monitors IV therapy to therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.
• Provides ongoing assurance of functional emergency equipment and adequate emergency drug supplies.
• Maintains competencies in scope and instrument reprocessing and ensures daily functioning/integrity of scopes.
• Coordinates, implements, and evaluates patient teaching plans for areas or urologic disease management and other areas as designated.
• Administer intravesical chemotherapy for prostate cancer and monitor patient post Chemotherapy instillation.
• Administer BCG, dimethyl sulfoxide, and other medications via indwelling bladder catheter. Administers all oral and injecting medications in the assigned clinical area.
• Perform Stent removal, Lupron administration, Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS), and Suprapubic Catheter Change/Insertion.
• Coordinate all care for prostate cancer clinic with multidisciplinary team
• Performs other related duties as directed.