Pre/Post Perioperative Registered Nurse

Essential

Responsibilities

Ensures the effective delivery of competent care to assigned patients. Reviews and implements all physician orders. Administers medications in accordance with Center standards and federal and state regulations for medication administration., documenting the administration of medications as appropriate according to policy.

Verifies patient identity and procedure to be performed, communicating any discrepancies to the attending physician and Clinical Director. Completes all documentation related to the patient’s pre-operative and/or post-recovery care. Notifies medical staff of changes in the patient's status.

Performs duties and assumes responsibility for care of assigned patients in the area as designated (i.e. pre-operative or post-recovery areas). At all times maintains patient’s privacy and confidentiality of information and medical records. Provides the patient with detailed discharge instructions prior to discharge from the facility.

Provides patient education and assesses the patient's understanding of and compliance with instructions and health care teaching. Maintains standards of pre-operative and post-recovery nursing with regards to infection control management, patient safety, appropriateness of care. Supervises licensed practical nurse, as appropriate.

Uses established discharge criteria to assess the patient’s recovery and readiness for discharge communicating information to the attending physician and anesthesia provider. Ensures the attending physician completes discharge assessment prior to patient leaving the facility. Complies with all facility, policies and procedures, programs and plans for continued compliance with CMS certification, AAAHC accreditation, and state requirements.

Participates in training and education as designated, including initial orientation, ongoing competency assessment and related mandatory educational topics. Assists in orientation of new staff members. Works with Clinical Director and physicians to maintain and improve efficient patient flow.

Participates in the orientation of new staff members, when appropriate. Assists in equipment maintenance and troubleshooting. Maintains open communication to ensure appropriate relay of pertinent clinical information.

Maintains clinical competency in professional nursing practice. Participates, as assigned, as a member of various committees. Actively participates with quality improvement, infection control and patient safety initiatives.

Fosters a customer-focused environment for patients, visitors, and members of the health care team Responds to emergencies within the clinical area appropriately and throughout the Center as applicable. Consistently adheres to OSHA bloodborne pathogen guidelines; applies standard precautions per Center standards as observed Accurately completes incident reports within the shift of occurrence and immediately communicates critical incidents to the management team.

Additional

Responsibilities

This position has supervisory responsibilities for the following staff

Non-nursing clinical staff

Minimum

Qualifications

Completed a course of study at an accredited School of Nursing. Current unrestricted license to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a Registered Nurse. BLS and ACLS certification within 30 days of hire.

Maintain clinical competency in professional nursing practice. Meets all continuing education requirements as required for licensure renewal on a 2-year cycle. Familiarity with personal computer and ancillary equipment, telephone, electronic health record system and requirements for documentation, copier, and fax.

Knowledge of medical terminology, medical procedure, and nursing processes related to circulating duties. Knowledgeable of documentation requirement of the Center’s electronic health record. Ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with the public, peers and physicians.

Able to speak fluently in English. Ability to understand reports generated by computer system. Ability to add, subtract, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problem solving of several concrete variables concurrently.

Preferred

Qualifications

Experience in acute care surgical services or same day/ambulatory surgery is preferred.

Physical/mental

Requirements

Requires moderate physical effort. Requires periods of prolonged standing, walking, pushing, pulling, bending, and stooping. Ability to transport and ambulate patients of varying height and weight. Ability to hear to directions and equipment alarms, call lights, telephone. Ability to respond quickly and effectively to an emergency. Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Position environment, type and expected hours of work

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. This includes but not limited to being exposed to bloodborne pathogens, anesthetic gases, electrical and mechanical hazards, confused or combative patients, bio-contaminated waste, and unpleasant elements. Subject to stressful situations; occasional irregular hours related to patient need. The noise level in the work environment is usually considered to be moderate.

This is a full-time/part-time, non-exempt position. Business hours of operation 6am-4:30pm, subject to change based on volume.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Intrepidus Surgical Institute provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.