Under the general supervision of the Clinical Coordinator and Director of Surgical Services, is responsible for the delivery of safe, effective and quality patient/family centered care in Surgical Services.
Clinical Competency:
- Assesses patients at intervals and communicates current status through the continuum of care
- Protects patient from injury caused by chemical, electrical, positioning, heat and/or extraneous objects
- Performs count procedure to protect patient from unintended retained foreign objects
- Performs "time out" procedure for every patient to ensure correct side, site and level prior to procedure
- Manages patient specimen according to hospital policy
- Administers medications appropriately - Performs interventions to maintain body systems, fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances, wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline - Performs interventions to ensure patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of procedure
- Protects the patient from infection using handwashing and aseptic technique
- Transfers care using hospital approved handoff
- Documents nursing care consistently, timely, and without omissions
- Delegates tasks as appropriate according to the state Nurse Practice Act and job descriptions
- Identifies and acts appropriately to an OR emergency situation.
- May have to lift more than 25 pounds
Patient Advocacy:
- Protects the patient's rights, dignity, and privacy
- Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families
- Develops and/or implements and maintains an individualized plan of care, including developmental and cultural needs
- Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions
- Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies
- Utilize appropriate resources for non-English speaking patients, hearing and sight impaired individuals, and/or healthcare illiteracy
- Takes proactive steps to recognize and report suspected abuse to your supervisor including child, geriatric, sexual, and spousal abuse
Quality:
- Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments
- Follows hospital and nursing division's mission, philosophies and standards of care
- Participates in quality review and performance improvement projects
Professionalism:
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; and/or participating in professional societies
- Demonstrates the accountability as a health care professional by recognizing each practitioner is individually responsible for his/her action
Organizational Expectations:
· Attendance: Attendance is an essential job function; employee comes to work daily, on time, and completes scheduled shift
· HIPAA: facilitates to maintain patient confidentiality
· Internal communication: contributes to positive team performance and a culture of service excellence through effective communication, active listening, and respect
· Interpersonal relationships: maintains appropriate interpersonal relationships with staff, patients, and visitors at all times. Works as a team member with other departments.
· Safety: Practices workplace safety daily
Employee Engagement:
· Actively participates in all hospital Service Excellence initiatives and trainings
· Attends and participates in a minimum of 50% department staff meetings and signs off on review of 100% department staff meeting minutes
· Completes all required annual education on or before the due date
Knowledge Skills and Abilities: Individuals must possess these knowledge, skills, and abilities or be able to explain and demonstrate that they can perform the primary functions of the job, with or without a reasonable accommodation, using some combination of skills and abilities and possess the necessary physical requirements, with or without a reasonable accommodation, to safely perform the essential functions of the job.
· Minimal physical effort required with occasional light lifting to a maximum of 25 pounds; stooping; and pick, pinch, type, or otherwise work primarily with fingers
· Ability to effectively manage considerable mental stress
· Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word
· Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication
· Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers and convey information in a clear, concise and accurate manner
· Familiarity with computer and other business machine
Qualifications:
Skills:
- Current clinical skills within scope of practice
- Effectively organize work and set priorities
- Current infection control practice
- Positive bedside manner
- Applicable physio/social/spiritual knowledge related to patient care
- Safe administration of medication
- Works effectively within the healthcare team
- Able to work irregular hours including call
License and Certification:
- NH RN License required
- Basic Life Support (BLS) required
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required
- CNOR preferred