What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN - Surgery (37.5 hours per week) #3204 position at Reedsburg Area Medical Center?
Hours: Could vary from 6:00AM - 4:00PM
Call Rotation Required including Holidays & Weekends
Benefits? RAMC offers a full comprehensive benefits package!
Position Summary:
The RN coordinates patient care with multi-disciplinary team members to facilitate health promotion and continuity of care in a cost-efficient manner. Provides direct nursing care to individual patients and assists patient family as directed by the nursing and medical plan of care utilizing the nursing process and according to the standards and guidelines established by professional nursing organizations. The RN communicates with the patient, family and multi-disciplinary team members to provide up-to-date information, promote effective coping behaviors, and evaluate the patient's response to implemented care. Patient populations cared for include, newborn, infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric populations.
Education and Training Required:
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing, BSN preferred.
- Current RN licensure in the state of Wisconsin.
- BLS, ACLS certified within six (6) months of hire.
- Advanced Certification preferred.
- Meets health requirements.
Experience:
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing, BSN preferred. Experience in OR preferred.
Special Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to work in a fast-paced patient environment with appropriate technological support.
- Must be able to deal with multiple priorities in a calm matter.
- Requires decision-making, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Recognizes legal responsibilities and functions as specified by the Nurse Practice Act.
Physical Demands:
- Frequent standing and walking.
- OR/ACU/PACU Frequently lifting, pushing and pulling when moving equipment or providing patient care.
Occasionally bend to the floor, squat, kneel, crouch, and reach overhead to assist with patient care or retrieve equipment or supplies.
- Frequent reaching in front of body while assisting patients and using equipment.
- Fine motor skills needed to operate equipment, such as monitors and computers and to provide patient care, such as starting IV's.
- Occasionally use sight capacities, including spatial, peripheral, colors, accommodation and depth perception.
- Frequently use near and far vision while reviewing patient records, computer screens, charts, hemoccult results, gauges on patient equipment, monitors, etc.
- Occasional adaptation from computer to patient care.
Potential Hazards:
- Occasional exposure to low light or glare conditions.
- Occasional exposure to infectious blood/body fluids and diseases requiring infection control practices, red infectious waste.
- Occasional exposure to needles/syringes/sharps during medication administration, assistance with treatments, and invasive procedures.
- May handle hazardous drugs.
- Ability to work alone in stressful situations.
- Frequent problem solving, analyzing, use of judgment and critical thinking in regard to lab values, changes of patient condition, environmental factors, flexibility.
- Occasionally able to rotate shifts, work overtime, be on call.
- Continuously plan and direct patient care, manage conflict or difficult situations.
- Prioritize workflow while maintaining speed, accuracy and consistency.
