Registered Nurse - Dover, United States - Clearway Pain Solutions

Clearway Pain Solutions
Clearway Pain Solutions
Verified Company
Dover, United States

3 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Description
Under general direction, the Registered Nurse monitors patients, supports the providers, and documents procedures.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:


  • Ensures continual delivery of highquality nursing care
  • Adopts and implements innovative nursing practices to improve the facility
  • Maintains a healthy, collaborative team environment
  • Mentors/trains other surgical staff, as needed
  • Promotes positive customer relations within the ASC
  • Has working knowledge of all equipment and procedures
  • Oversees safety surveillance and task related responsibilities that have been delegated to others to ensure effective and desired results
  • Oversees infection control surveillance and task related responsibilities that have been delegated to others to ensure effective and desired results
  • Maintains documentation of patient care services by auditing patient and department records, including but not limited to autoclave receipts
  • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies
  • Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problemsolving methods
  • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
  • Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans
  • Monitors all aspects of patient care
  • Prepares rooms, sterile instruments, equipment and supplies
  • Deals compassionately, professionally, and courteously with patients, their families, physicians, and fellow employees
  • Follows safety and infection control procedures
  • Adheres to all federal, state and nursing regulations and protocols including but not limited to patient safety procedures such as verification of patient identification prior to procedures
  • Ensures that immediately prior to the start of any procedure in the procedure room, initiate a timeout and ensure correct patient, procedure, site and side, and that there are no additional concerns.
  • Identifies every patient with two identifiers: full name and date of birth
  • Documents this information in the Procedure Safety Checklist, including the time of the timeout
  • Identifies an emergency situation and is able to appropriately intervene
  • Understands and administers regulatory policies (i

e:
Joint Commission/AAAHC, CDC, State, etc.)

  • Deploys, monitors, and ensures that the facilities' operational processes are appropriately integrated within the facility's quality programs
  • Maintains patient, physician, and employee privacy and confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA, Company and other regulatory standards
  • Assists with supply ordering, as needed
  • Provides clinical support for procedure's
  • Maintains accurate, detailed reports and records
  • Monitors, records and reports symptoms and changes in patients' conditions
  • Records patients' medical information and vital signs
  • Ensures history and physicals are complete on each patient, by the provider, prior to procedures
  • Consults and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans
  • Instructs individuals, families and others on topics such as health education, disease prevention and develop health improvement programs
  • Oversees and ensures that daily/quarterly/annual binders/logs are up to date
  • Informs physician of patient's condition before, during and after procedures
  • Acts as a liaison between the physician and the patient and patient's family or support person(s)
  • Maintains the role of patient advocate
  • Ensures, provides and explains discharge instructions to all patients
  • Ensures physician has cleared patient for discharge prior to discharging the patient
  • Assists in the stocking and inventory of the clinical area
  • Ensures all applicable Surgery Center staff and guests wear radiation badges
  • Maintains and stores radiation safety equipment
  • Conducts annual apron and thyroid shield inspections
  • Conducts safety drills, as required
  • Conducts daily inventory of and ensures policies and procedures are followed for controlled substances
  • As assigned, ensures operation of medical and administrative equipment by verifying emergency equipment availability; completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques
  • Orders/requests supplies as needed
  • Participate in and complete all required trainings and inservices
  • Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:


  • Associates Degree in Nursing.
  • Must have knowledge of Internet and Microsoft Office software (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook).
  • Must possess and maintain current licensure as a Registered Nurse i
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