Surgical Department Charge Nurse - Queen Creek, United States - Ethos Veterinary Health

Ethos Veterinary Health

Verified Company

Queen Creek, United States

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

About Us:

ARISE (Arizona Regional Intensive Care) is a 24-hour veterinary emergency, critical care, and specialty hospital in Queen Creek, AZ.

We have the most skilled doctors in the state and provide significantly complex treatments in the western US. ARISE is an organization that prides itself on its core values to drive a dynamic culture.

We pave the way for our leadership to forge an autonomous path by empowering our leaders to make decisions and changes.

Our department heads will also work to collaborate regularly with leadership in the development of policies, cultivating growth in the team and fostering the commitment to maintain an inclusive, rewarding, and collaborative culture.

ARISE is also to be the regional training center for veterinary medicine, offering a unique roadmap for any position in veterinary medicine to further their growth in their career.

Our department heads will be hands on in training and growing our team members in the veterinary field.

Job Purpose:

The purpose of the Veterinary Surgical Department Charge Nurse is to provide high-quality medical support and nursing care to companion animal patients in addition to providing top leadership and oversight to the support staff for the department, support the veterinarians in the department, and assist the organization of the daily workflow of the hospital.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Nursing Care - As a veterinary nurse, it is expected to provide high quality medical support and nursing care to companion animal patients. As a nurse you are routinely entrusted with patient assessments/triage, anesthesia, procedures, drug doses, and treatments. You will be responsible for patient care, patient follow-up, and maintenance of Surgery patient records.

Proficient IV catheter placement
Use and maintain IV pumps
Understands and carries out written and oral directions
Proficient and accurate drug calculations and administration
Quality nursing and husbandry care of patients
Strong working knowledge of veterinary procedures and pharmacology
Perform in‐hospital lab testing and prepare specimens for outside labs, as needed when lab tech is not available. Report diagnostic testing results to veterinarians
Perform and/or participate in all other diagnostics such as radiology, ultrasound, ECG, BP, and glucose monitoring
Assist veterinarians in outpatient exams by taking histories, vital signs and weights as well as providing client education
Provide nursing care for in‐hospital patients including all DVM requested treatments, diagnostics, and medications
Accurately and completely record all treatments
Conduct pre‐admission exams and discharge hospitalized patients
Perform client callbacks as necessary
Maintain legally defensible medical records in cooperation with veterinarians
Actively engages in Rounds
Rounds delivered/received at shift changes, anytime a staff member comes on shift or leaves a shift
Rounds will be complete, detailed, and relative to patient & client care
Proficient in monitoring anesthesia utilizing equipment such as pulse oximeter, electrocardiogram, ventilator, etc
Prepare patients for surgery including preop medications, induction/intubation, and surgery preparations
Assist veterinarian through surgery and monitor patients through anesthesia recovery
Keep accurate anesthesia/surgical medical records
Effectively communicate treatment and costs to owners and collect signatures and/or verbal consent forms and treatment plans

Training - Coordinates with the training coordinator on all training protocols and procedures to ensure existing support staff as well as new staff members are on-boarded and trained efficiently and effectively

Support staff levelling and reviews
Review leveling criteria and benchmarks for employee advancement per hospital protocol
Performs mid and annual formal performance reviews per hospital protocol for all support staff
Lead the support staff team by example
Follow through on commitment to growth and development of entire support staff team
Acts as a mentor for support staff
Ensure appropriate medical techniques are being utilized
Ensure that employees are demonstrating positive customer service to all clients
Ensure all support staff are following hospital policies and procedures
Work with employees to correct deficiencies, implement training as necessary, and partner with the Leadership Team to implement corrective action or coaching procedures
Follow up on coaching to ensure it is being implemented.
Document training and coaching sessions.
Create and teach department specific curriculum for ARISE Academy

Communication - act as the bridge between the hospital leadership team and support staff in department to maintain open channels of communication and constructive dialogue