- Philosophy
- Supports the facility's ideology, mission, goals, and objectives
- Performs by the facility's policies and procedures
- Follows the facility's standards for ethical business conduct
- Conducts self as a positive role model and team member
- Recognizes patients' rights and responsibilities and supports them in performance of job duties
- Participates in facility committees, meetings, in-services, and activities
- Communication
- Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, visitors, physicians, and coworkers
- Interacts with others in a positive, respectful, and considerate manner
- Financial practices
- Uses facility resources appropriately and avoids wasteful practices
- Reports wasteful practices
- Analyzes work area and makes recommendations for potential cost-effective improvements
- Compliance program
- Contributes to the progress and development of the organization's adopted compliance program
- Performs according to established compliance policies and procedures
- Performance-improvement program
- Contributes to the progress and development of the organization's adopted performance-improvement program
- Performs according to established performance-improvement policies and procedures
- Objectively evaluates suggestions, grievances, and processes to identify opportunities to improve performance and quality of care
- Participates in data collection activities to support the performance-improvement program
- Safety/risk-management program
- Adheres to safety policies and procedures in performing job duties and responsibilities
- Reports observed or suspected safety violations, hazards, and policy/procedure non-compliance to the safety officer or other designated person
- Professional competence
- Participates in continuing education and other learning experiences
- Shares knowledge gained in continuing education with staff
- Maintains membership in relevant professional organizations
- Seeks new learning experiences by accepting challenging opportunities and responsibilities
- Participates in teaching programs in the facility for employees and physicians on topics of special interest and topics pertinent to outpatient surgery
- Researches and submits pertinent articles for review at staff meetings
- Assists with orientation and training of new personnel and acts as a resource person for problems related to patient care
- Welcomes suggestions and recommendations
- Duties
- Participates as a team member in support of the total perioperative process
- Organizes time, equipment, supplies, and personnel to provide effective and efficientcase management
- Supervises and directs patient care in a single operating room
- Organizes nursing activities efficiently and effectively
- Delegates activities appropriate to the abilities of available staff members
- Considers cost containment by using supplies economically and in effective turnover time
- Assists with supply, drug, and equipment inventories to maintain stock level and availability
- Addresses patient needs during admission to the operating room, with attention to requirements specific to the outpatient setting
- Transports patients to the operating room observing policies/procedures, safety requirements, and patient needs
- Identifies the patient and correct surgical intervention according to policy/procedure and communicates such information to all members of the surgical team
- Reviews patients' medical records/needs to plan care with other healthcare team members
- Provides comfort and reassurance to patient
- Maintains patients' privacy and dignity
- Explains intraoperative phase of routine procedures and care to the patient
- Performs the circulating nurse's role and functions following approved operating room procedures to meet the requirements of scheduled procedures
- Prepares operating room according to requirements of patient/procedure to be performed
- Assembles and provides properly functioning equipment, supplies, and instruments before start of procedure and positions and adjusts equipment as required during the procedure
- Anticipates needs of surgical team and assists anesthesia personnel by supporting patient during administration of anesthesia
- Assists with the proper and safe positioning of the patient and prepares operative site as directed by established procedures
- Monitors compliance with principles of aseptic technique according to accepted standards
- Assists with identification and confirmation of operative site
- Provides for comfort in the physical environment by monitoring designated parameters
- Provides continuity of patient care by communicating with other perioperative care personnel and documenting records accordingly
- Responds in a timely manner to meet the needs of the patient and physician
- Accurately comprehends and interprets verbal orders/directions
- Documents patient care records and other forms accurately following policies and procedures
- Accurately advises others responsible for care of the patient about patient's status
- Cooperative work attitude toward co-employees, management, patients, visitors, and physicians
- Ability to promote favorable facility image with physicians, patients, insurance companies, and general public
- Ability to make decisions and solve problems
- High school graduate or GED certificate recipient
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing
- RN with active license in appropriate state
- BLS certified
- Leadership qualities
- Strong ethical and moral character references
- Language skills adequate for high-level written, interpersonal, and telephone communication in American English
- ACLS certification within one year of permanent employment
- ASC and/or OR experience
- Computer literacy
- Accuracy
- Attention to detail
- Timeliness
- Organization
- Leadership
- Physical stamina for working extra hours, if needed
- Attendance
- Punctuality
- Ability to follow instructions
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to sit/stand for long periods; ability to walk
- Visual and auditory acuity for frequent use of computer, telephone, and occasional use of other office equipment
- Capability for occasional overhead and low reaching
- Physical strength for equipment needs and patient-care activities
- Visual and auditory acuity for timely response and patient-care assessment activities
- Ability to move quickly in response to patient needs
- Ability to make constant/frequent judgments/respond to problems
- Ability to occasionally respond to disasters/emergencies, actual events, or drills
- Well lit and ventilated, with non-hazardous and hazardous equipment
- Category I: involves occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious body fluids and materials
- Patients
- Patients' family/significant others
- Physicians and physician office personnel
- Facility personnel
- Vendors
- Administration
- Medical director
- Governing Body
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Description
Job Description
Job DescriptionMain function: Supervises and directs patient care in a single operating room.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Qualifications
Requirements
Preferred
Job quality Requirements
Dependability
Physical/mental requirements
Working conditions (environmental)
Reports to: RN Administrator/Clinical director
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