Job Title: Operating Room Registered Nurse
Profession: RN
Specialty: Surgical Services
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Day Shift
Hours per Shift: 12 hours (6:30 AM - 7:00 PM)
Experience: 2 years of OR RN experience
License: Registered Nurse
Certifications: BLS, ACLS
Must-Have: Spine and vascular experience
Description:
A professional nurse is accountable for the care of a group of patients.
The Registered Nurse (RN) focuses on safe, effective patient and family-centered care, customer satisfaction, and quality outcomes.
The RN is responsible for assisting in maintaining a financially stable unit.
The RN promotes personal development with an emphasis on evidence-based practice and education supported by a governance framework.
The RN supervises licensed and non-licensed staff members.
The RN is responsible for assessing, developing, implementing, and evaluating the plan of care using the caring processes of the Kristin M. Swanson Model of Care.
The RN focuses on patient and family comfort, education, and satisfaction.
The RN applies educational and professional experiences in the delivery of quality care and mentoring or precepting staff.
Job Responsibilities:
Assessment: Performs assessments and reassessments per policy and procedure or as warranted by patient condition.
Demonstrates the ability to make sound independent decisions.
Development and Implementation: Initiates, prioritizes, and implements the plan of care.
Reviews and revises the plan as indicated.
Collaborates with the patient/family and interdisciplinary services.
Utilizes resources appropriately to support the needs of the organization, patient, and family.
Evaluation: Monitors and documents responses to clinical interventions.
Education: Facilitates, coordinates, provides, and evaluates education specific to patient and family needs.
Provides education as appropriate to the care, treatment, and services during their stay and at discharge.
Leadership: Delegates tasks to licensed and non-licensed personnel.
Functions as a mentor or preceptor.
Demonstrates, encourages, and facilitates teamwork.
Identifies and communicates opportunities for improvement.
Participates in quality, safety, and service process improvement efforts and implements practice changes.
Complies with regulatory standards and participates in the governance model.
Required Skills and Experience:
Two years of acute care RN experience.
Required Skills:
Acute care nursing
Patient assessment
Care plan development
Clinical intervention monitoring
Patient and family education
Additional Skills:
Team leadership
Mentoring
Quality improvement
Regulatory compliance
Required Education:
Nursing Diploma or Associate's Degree (ASN)