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SalaryPleasantdale Ambulatory Care is looking for a full time Operating Room Registered Nurse, Supervises and directs patient care in a single Operating Room.
Duties and responsibilities:
Duties and responsibilities:
- Supports the facility’s ideology, mission, goals, and objectives.
- Performs in accordance with 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, inservices, and activities.
- Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, visitors, physicians, and coworkers.
- Interacts with others in a positive, respectful, and considerate manner
- Uses facility resources appropriately and avoids wasteful practices.
- Reports wasteful practices.
- Analyzes work area and makes recommendations for potential cost-effective improvements.
- Contributes to the progress and development of the organization’s adopted compliance program.
- Performs according to established compliance policies and procedures
- 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
- Adheres to safety policies and procedures in performing job duties and responsibilities.
- Reports observed or suspected safety violations, hazards, and policy/procedure noncompliance to the safety officer or other designated person7. 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
- Participates as a team member in support of the total perioperative process.
- Organizes time, equipment, supplies, and personnel to provide effective and efficient case 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
