University of Southern California

Research university in Los Angeles, CA

Registered Nurse Clinical - Operating Room, Outpatient Surgery Center

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeLos Angeles, CA, USA$44 - $95 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN) is required, except for employees grandfathered from the BSN requirement if hired before December 2019.
At least one year of operating room nursing experience in an acute care setting immediately before applying is required.
At least two years of recent outpatient surgery experience is required.
Proficiency speaking, reading, and writing English is required.
Knowledge of medical procedures and conditions and the ability to understand, follow, and perform duties—including whole blood collection and apheresis procedures—in accordance with administrative and clinical policies, regulations, and procedures is required.
A valid California Registered Nursing license is required.
Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider certification from the American Heart Association is required.
Fire Life Safety Training certification for Los Angeles City is required; if not held at hire, it must be obtained within 30 days and maintained through renewal before expiration.

Responsibilities

Use the nursing process to design, coordinate, and deliver perioperative care that meets patient needs across preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases.
Assess, diagnose, plan, intervene, and evaluate patient care outcomes using established standards of care.
Address patients’ physiological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual responses to surgery.
Provide peer education and patient/family teaching, support and reassurance, advocacy, environmental control, and efficient provision of resources.
Maintain asepsis; monitor physiological and psychological status; manage aggregate patient needs; supervise ancillary personnel; and coordinate care across settings and disciplines.
Adhere to Universal Patient Safety Goals and medication-labeling safety standards on and off the sterile field.
Apply scientific knowledge through the nursing process, formulate care plans, and provide direct and indirect care.
Perform skills essential to nursing actions and delegate tasks according to others’ scope of practice, preparation, and capability.
Evaluate care effectiveness and modify plans based on observation and interpretation of information.
Advocate for patients by initiating actions that advance the plan of care and support change decisions.
Ensure electrical, laser, radiology, and intraoperative MRI safety, and follow correct-site surgery and surgical time-out protocols.
Operate autoclave/Steris equipment correctly and document its use.
Use SBAR for handoff communication with staff about patient care and patient flow.
Document patient charges, implant records, pathology specimens, and preoperative records accurately and promptly.
Use the Cerner system accurately for documentation and update preference cards as needed.
Follow policies for instrument, sponge, and sharps counts.
Practice according to USCUH collaboration principles and demonstrate respectful teamwork and delegation.
Follow policies, Title 22, and Joint Commission (JCAHO) standards.
Participate in professional-practice development, including nursing committees, research, policy development and review, and unit-based improvement projects.
Maintain knowledge of current policies and share awareness of new trends and technology.
Apply knowledge of surgical anatomy and procedures when preparing equipment, supplies, and instrumentation for assigned procedures.
Maintain specialty carts continuously, keeping supplies at par levels, organized, clean, and current, and serve as a resource to others for the specialty cart.
Organize and prepare surgical suites daily, including the operating room, run room, hallway, and carts.
Facilitate smooth surgical workflow by preparing for procedures with updated preference cards and knowledge of instruments and equipment.
Participate in hospital- and department-wide performance improvement activities.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Healthcare Provider certification from the American Heart Association is preferred.

As an integral part of the interdisciplinary team, the Registered Nurse utilizes the nursing process to provide therapeutic care to a specific population of patients. The perioperative registered nurse uses the nursing process, designs, coordinates, and delivers care to meet the identified needs of all patients during perioperative phase. Perioperative nurses possess and apply knowledge of procedure and patient's intraoperative experience throughout the patient care continuum. Perioperative nurse assesses, diagnoses, plans, intervenes and evaluates the outcome of interventions based on criteria that criteria that support a standard of care. Perioperative nurse addresses the impact of the surgical experience on the patient's physiological, psychological, sociocultural and spiritual responses. Perioperative nursing role and activities performed during the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phases of the patient's surgical intervention. Perioperative nursing includes, but is not limited to: Peer education and patient/family teaching; support and reassurance; advocacy; control of environment; efficient provision of resources; maintenance of asepsis; monitoring physiological and psychological status; management aggregate patient needs; supervision of ancillary personnel; preoperative exploration, validation of current and future practices; integration and coordination of care across settings and among disciplines, collaboration and consultation.

Essential Duties:

Adherence to Universal Patient Safety Goals in all areas of practice.
Adheres to safety standards of labeling medication on and off the sterile field.
Consistently transfers scientific knowledge in applying the nursing process. Formulated care plan Direct/indirect care.
Performs skills essential to nursing action to be taken.
Delegates tasks to others based on scope of practice, preparation, capability.
Evaluates effectiveness of care and modifies plan by observation and interpretation of information.
Acts as advocate by initiating action to advance plan of care and initiates and supports change decisions.
Ensures electrical/laser/ radiology safety.
Ensures intraoperative MRI safety.
Correct site surgery / surgical time out standards (Universal Protocol) are followed.
Performs autoclave/Steris operation correctly with appropriate documentation.
Communicates information to all staff using SBAR in hand off communication in all areas and regarding patient care and patient flow.
Accurately documents patient charges, implant records, pathology specimens, and preoperative record in a timely manner.
Accurately utilizes Cerner system in documentation, updates preference cards as needed.
Adheres to policy for instruments/sponges/sharps count.
Practices according to USCUH collaboration principles and demonstrates respectful teamwork and delegation.
Follows policies, Title 22 and JCAHO Standards.
Participates in development of professional practice, i.e., Nursing committees, research, policy development/review, unit based improvement projects
Demonstrates knowledge about current policies and shares awareness about new trends/technology.
Demonstrates current knowledge of surgical anatomy and surgical procedures and applies that knowledge in preparing equipment, supplies and instrumentation for assigned procedures.
Maintains specialty carts on a continuous basis. Supplies are maintained at par level, organized, cleaned, outdated. Assigned staff is a resource to others for the specialty cart.
Surgical suites are organized and prepared daily (OR, run room, hallway, carts)
Facilitates the smooth flow of the surgical intervention (i.e., prepares for the procedure with updated preference cards, knowledge of instruments and Equipment)
Participates in hospital and departmental wide PI activities
Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

Req Bachelor's degree Nursing Degree in Nursing (BSN) *Grandfathered from BSN if hired prior to 12/2019

Req 1 year operating room nurse in an acute care setting immediately prior to application
Req 2 years Recent Outpatient Surgery Experience

Req Must have excellent communication skills, including the ability to speak, read and write English proficiently.
Req Knowledge of medical procedures and conditions and ability to understand, follow and successfully perform duties, including whole blood collection, and apheresis procedures, in accordance with administrative and clinical policies, regulations and procedures.

Preferred Qualifications:

Pref Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association

Required Licenses/Certifications:

Req Registered Nurse - RN (CA Board of Registered Nursing) Valid California Registered Nursing license
Req Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider from American Heart Association
Req Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire, one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only)

The hourly rate range for this position is $44.00 - $95.00. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

USC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. USC observes affirmative action obligations consistent with state and federal law. USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal records in a manner consistent with applicable laws and regulations, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for employers and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and with due consideration for patient and student safety. Please refer to theBackground Screening Policy Appendix Dfor specific employment screen implications for the position for which you are applying.

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at [email protected]. Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.

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