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Description
Full-Time
A variety of soft skills and experience may be required for the following role Please ensure you check the overview below carefully.
Under the direction of the O.R. Manager and the O.R. Coordinator, this position assesses, plans, organizes and evaluates all aspects of patient care for assigned unit/patients.
Reports to:
O.R. Manager/O.R. Coordinator Essential Job Functions
1.2 Completes ongoing patient assessment and documents according to policy.
1.3 Completes nursing assessment within 2 hours of admission, or designates reason for incompleteness. Reviews database and nutrition screen.
1.4 Participates in the development of patient plan of care to include patient problems, goals, evaluations and interventions.
1.5 Reports symptoms and significant changes in patient's condition to appropriate personnel.
1.6 Assesses, collaborates and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs and readiness for discharge with other members of the care team.
2.2 Follows age specific standards of care during altered states of consciousness related to analgesia, conscious sedation or anesthesia.
2.3 Uses age specific standards, policies and procedures and guidelines to perform treatments and procedures that are routine for unit/clinic based on patient's age.
3.2 Demonstrates competency in the provision of nursing care according to established standards of nursing practice and in a developmentally appropriate manner.
6.2 Utilizes a collaborative interdisciplinary process to provide appropriate patient/family education.
6.3 Utilizes available information to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching in producing the desired patient outcomes and makes adjustments in teaching as indicated.
9.1 Applies the principles and values of customer service and continuous quality improvement while performing day to day activities of the position.
9.2 Maintains and protects confidentiality regarding all aspects of patient care, personnel and strategic issues. Adheres to Confidentiality Policy.9.3 Maintains positive working relationships and fosters cooperative work environment. Adheres to the hospital's Guidelines for Appropriate Conduct in the HR Manual.
9.4 Displays honesty and mutual respect when communicating with peers and other departments.
9.5 Follows through on problems that may compromise effective job performance by using appropriate chain of command.
Operating room area specific duties may include unit specific functions addressing the nursing process aspects of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation as well as nursing functions of teaching, risk management, time management, and communication in the following manners:10.
1 Perform nursing functions and procedures10.2 Perform sterile surgical scrub prep
10.3 Receive and carry out doctor's orders
10.4 Secure blood from blood bank, verify and administer blood/blood products
10.5 Order medications as prescribed by physician and administer appropriately
10.6 Circulate room when surgery is in progress
10.7 Assist anesthesiologist/CRNA during induction and when requested
10.8 Work in supervisory capacity when manager is gone
10.9 Assist surgeon with surgical case(employees do not cut or cauterize tissue
10.10 Function as RN scrub technician
10.11 Assist in PACU when necessary
10.12 Assist with cleaning surgery suite and room set up for next case
10.13 Check operating room suite for readiness prior to each surgical case
10.14 Stock OR suites, clean equipment, etc. at end of scheduled day and anticipate needs for following days surgeries
10.15 Provide nurse administered IV conscious sedation, after appropriate training
Minimum Requirements
Education:
Graduation from accredited school of nursing.
Certification, Licensure:
Current state license as a registered nurse; current CPR certification; ACLS certification required within one (1) year of employment.
Experience, Training, Knowledge:
One (1) to three (3) years' experience as an RN is preferred. Experience in orthopedic, neurosurgical, pain management specialties preferred.
Physical Requirements
Position requires lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling up to fifty (50) pounds while administering patient care; stooping, kneeling and/or crouching; standing and walking five (5) or more hours per day; reaching, grasping, and handling and/or feeling five (5) or more hours per day.
Visual acuity to correctly distinguish skin tone variations, evidence of IV infiltration, infection and to read telemetry, blood pressure gauges, etc; audio acuity to correctly distinguish various body sounds, i.e.
respirators, heart sounds, bowel sounds and to discern sounds made by various types of machinery or equipment which would indicate dangerous or improper operation.
Must be able to distinguish between all ranges of color. Must be able to read, speak, and write English fluently.Working Conditions/Environmental Exposures
Environmental hazards such as chemicals, solvents, needles, needle containers, sharps, blood, body fluids, various infectious/communicable diseases, infectious medical waste, radiation, and/or radioactive materials and/or radioactive waste, proximity to moving mechanical parts.
THE JOB DESCRIPTION IS NOT INTENDED TO BE AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, NOR DOES IT DISSOLVE THE "AT WILL" EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP.
