What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN-Surgery/OR FT Days position at HighPoint - Riverview Regional Medical Center?
RN-Surgery/OR FT Days at HighPoint - Riverview Regional Medical Center
The RN-Surgery/OR provides direct patient care, including medication administration, clinical treatments, and the preparation of surgical instruments. This role requires adherence to sterile techniques to ensure patient safety and involves collaboration with other healthcare professionals for comprehensive patient care.
Description:Provides direct patient care to patients using the nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice. Selects, prepares and places instruments and supplies in a specified order. Scrubs for procedures as a scrub nurse/scrub tech/assistant. Identifies, disassembles, decontaminates, inspects, assembles and processes all reusable supplies and patient care equipment used in the hospital.
Reports to: Director Surgical Services
Performs plan of care intervention, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, as well as other medical care treatment.
Documents patient care given.
Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate to care team, physician, patient, and family.
Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.
Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
Practices strict adherence to sterile technique and equipment instructions to avoid infection of patient and self contamination of equipment and supplies.
May assist with Pre-Admission Testing, Interventional Radiology Nursing Care and Cardiographics as needed with competency completion.
Qualifications
Minimum Education
Associate Degree, Bachelor Degree or RN Diploma required.
Required Skills
Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
Required Certifications
American Heart Association or American Red Cross Certifications: Basic Life Support (BLS) required upon hire or must be obtained within 90 days of employment, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required within 12 months of employment Neonatal Resuscitation Provider (NRP) required within 12 months of employment Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) preferred.
Minimum Work Experience
One to two years OR experience preferred; on-call will be required.
Required Licenses
Registered Nurse Current TN or Multi-State RN licensure.
Keywords:
surgical nursing, patient care, registered nurse, scrub nurse, clinical treatments, sterile technique, collaborative healthcare, ACLS certification, BLS certification, OR experience
