Training and understanding of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act requirements and patient confidentiality.
Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state.
Current Basic Life Support certification.
Familiarity with the ERM system.
Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Willingness to submit to a background check, including a drug screen for Ambulatory Surgery Centers.
Ability to execute tasks independently, learn and memorize tasks, maintain concentration and focus, multitask, prioritize work, and interact with large groups of people daily.
Ability to exert up to twenty-five pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly, including lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise moving objects.
Ability to perform repetitive wrist, hand, and finger movements; maintain close visual acuity for computer-terminal viewing, extensive reading, and interpretation; and remain stationary for prolonged periods.
Annual compliance training and testing is required.
Responsibilities
Assess patient status on admission to the preoperative area, operating room, and postoperative area, and on a continuing basis.
Provide safe, therapeutic, quality patient care using the nursing process and nursing diagnosis; set priorities, coordinate interventions, document interventions, and document patient responses.
Ensure that patient care is provided in an organized and timely manner.
Use nursing care standards when planning and implementing patient care.
Communicate appropriate information about patient conditions to surgeons, anesthesia personnel, management, and other staff.
Safely carry out physician orders correctly and promptly and document all activities.
Initiate and participate in patient and family education and assess learning needs according to the patient’s understanding and readiness to learn.
Assess and address each patient’s cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological maturity during treatment and care.
Participate in preoperative and postoperative phone calls and communicate problems to the appropriate person.
Maintain competencies required for the Registered Nurse role, including operating-room circulator responsibilities such as identifying, counting, and caring for instruments and sponges and preparing the surgical site.
Maintain competency in conscious-sedation administration and monitoring, including airway protection and assessment and support of sedated patients.
Protect sedated and anesthetized patients by identifying electrical, equipment, and pressure-point hazards and minimizing exposure to maintain privacy and body temperature.
Apply safety principles, asepsis, sterile technique, and universal precautions.
Assess, anticipate, and implement appropriate care throughout the surgical process.
Correlate clinical data with nursing care and provide care measures consistent with the patient’s age, sex, and health status.
Document and perform nursing care in the assigned area according to standards of care and practice and organizational policies and procedures.
Adhere to policies and procedures regarding confidentiality, infection control, safety, attendance, punctuality, and personal appearance.
Serve as a role model and mentor and provide direction and leadership to other staff.
Demonstrate understanding of established emergency procedures for the Center.
Direct and provide patient care in emergency situations.
Make decisions about Center-based problems.
Participate in the orientation of nursing and ancillary staff as requested.
Participate in developing standardized patient education programs.
Participate in quality improvement activities, including identifying opportunities for cost reductions and efficiencies.
Work to achieve and maintain regulatory certification and accreditation of the Center.
Maintain responsibility and accountability for professional practice and continued professional growth and development through printed materials, other sources, in-services, and seminars.
Flex work hours as needed or requested by the Manager.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
At least 1-2 years of experience in a surgery center is preferred.
Current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification is preferred, or basic electrocardiogram or arrhythmia identification certification.