SurgiCenter - Registered Nurse - Full Time

Job Description

Job Title: Registered Nurse, Perioperative

Status: Full Time

Hours: Variable

Reports to: Team Leader/ Surgicenter Director

Purpose of Job: Provide support to surgeons performing operations/procedures in a sterile environment. Acts as an advocate for the patient and maintains safety, confidentiality, and dignity of the patient at all times.

Qualifications:

• Must be a graduate from an accredited school of nursing with a current Tennessee nursing license.
• Basic Life Support certified required; ACLS & PALS recommended.
• Previous experience in an OR setting (1 year minimum) recommended.
• Must be in overall good health with satisfactory hearing and eyesight; must be able to bend reach, and lift 50 lbs. using good body mechanics.
• Knowledge of OSHA guidelines.
• Must be able to work forty (40) hours per week and overtime as deemed necessary by the supervisor.
• Must be self-motivated, professional and maintain a positive attitude.
• Must have good verbal and written communication skills.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Supports the mission, vision, and values of the organization.

• Follows established protocols to maintain a clean, safe environment for patients, personnel, and visitors.

• Demonstrates current competencies applicable to the position.

• Organizes and prioritize tasks efficiently.

• Develops an individualized perioperative patient plan of care.

• Implement the plan of care by:

• protecting the patient from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources;

• performing accounting procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained surgical items;

• performing interventions necessary to ensure that the patient's procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level;

• managing the patient's specimens according to organizational policy and procedures;

• communicating the patient's current status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care;

• administering medications safely and correctly;

• performing interventions to maintain the patient's wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels;

• performing interventions to maintain the status of the patient's genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels;

• performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period;

• performing interventions to protect the patient from surgical site infection;

• assessing the knowledge level of the patient or designated support person;

• providing education regarding the expected psychosocial response, nutritional management, medication management, pain management, wound management, and expected responses to the operative or invasive procedure;

• involving the patient or designated support person actively in decisions affecting his or her perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process;

• protecting the patient's rights, dignity, and privacy;

• providing age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards of practice; and

• providing consistent and comparable care regardless of the setting.

• Evaluates the patient's progress toward attaining outcomes.

• Transfers care as applicable.

• Delegates tasks according to the state Nurse Practice Act and job descriptions.

• Documents nursing care accurately, completely, and legibly.

• Collaborates effectively with other disciplines as applicable.

• Participates in quality review and performance improvement projects.

• Participates in the performance appraisal process.

• Uses problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster effective work relationships with team members.

• Maintains required competencies.

• Pursues professional growth and participates in a professional organization.

• Acts as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health information.

• Interacts effectively with physicians, nurses, other health care professionals, patients.

• Communicates pertinent information and suggestions to team leader.

• Prioritizes tasks by importance and demand.

• Follows employee handbook guidelines in regards to sick time, vacation, and dress code.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Primarily operating room setting. Frequent contact with diverse individuals.
• Exposure to blood and body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, radiation, and repetitive motions.
• Physically demanding, high-stress environment.
• Variety of standing, walking, lifting, bending, stooping, twisting.
• Must be able to stand 6-8 hours/day.
• Hand and eye coordination.
• Manual and finger dexterity.
• Corrected vision and hearing to within normal range.
• Pushing and pulling heavy objects.
• Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• This description is intended to provide only basic guidelines for meeting job requirements. Responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities and working conditions may change as needs evolve.

Note: Management reserves the right to change job responsibilities at any time.

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