RN

Come join our fast growing team of nurses and help us with our daily mission to enhance peoples lives by providing premiere medical and surgical eyecare for patients of all ages.

We work in a state of the art facility with a group of incredible surgeons in a very fast paced environment and with a team of exceptional nurses that work both pre and post as well as have the ability to circulate into the OR.

Our work schedule is four days a week (typically Mon - Thurs), 6:00 am until 4:00 pm.

Duties

Participates as a team member in support of the total peri-operative process

Organizes time, equipment, supplies, and personnel to provide effective and efficient case management

Organizes nursing activities efficiently and effectively

Manages patient care from arrival to departure from the facility

Pre and post op calls when and as needed

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 ASC 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 intra-operative 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 peri-operative 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

Required

1. High school graduate or GED certificate recipient

2. Graduate of accredited school of nursing

3. RN with active license in the NC

4. CPR, ACLS, PALS certified

5. Leadership qualities

6. Strong ethical and moral character references

7. Language skills adequate for high-level written, interpersonal, and telephone communication in American English

8. Accuracy

9. Attention to detail

10. Timeliness

11. Organization

Preferred

1. ASC experience

2. Computer literacy