ASC Registered Nurse

National Spine & Pain Centers•Pikesville, MD

About The Position

The ASC Registered Nurse provides clinical nursing coverage as needed and helps assigned ambulatory surgery centers maintain compliance with regulations requiring a registered nurse to be onsite whenever procedures are performed. The role provides perioperative patient assessment, advocacy, care coordination, procedural support, medication oversight, and emergency response. It also develops and improves clinical procedures and workflows, maintains infection-control practices and clinical equipment, and supports quality, accreditation, and regulatory compliance across the organization. The nurse works with patients, physicians, clinical teams, facility leadership, and other colleagues in a fast-paced clinical office environment. The position requires travel company-wide and regular use of clinical and office equipment. Interactions with patients may involve exposure to blood-borne pathogens and other infections; infection-control policies and procedures are followed to minimize risk.

Requirements

Associate’s degree from an accredited School of Nursing, with a minimum of two years of study.
At least two years of nursing experience; ASC experience preferred.
Valid state Registered Nurse license.
PACU experience required.
Obtain current proof of Hepatitis B vaccination-series immunity or a signed waiver within 30 days of hire.
Obtain current proof of a negative PPD test or clear chest X-ray within 30 days of hire.
Obtain current BLS and ACLS certifications within 30 days of hire.
Superior proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Knowledge of Centricity and Modernizing Medicine, or similar EMR/EMA software products.
Ability to learn software for electronic patient registration, records, dictation, and transcription.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to read, write legibly, and understand simple instructions and short correspondence or memos.
Ability to communicate effectively with healthcare team members, providers, referring-provider offices, hospital staff, medical directors, administrators, and executive committee members.
Ability to present information clearly in one-on-one and small-group settings to patients, providers, and employees.
Commitment to high-quality customer service and patient care.
Ability to work calmly with sick, demanding, and difficult patients and to advocate for patient rights, safety, well-being, and dignity.
Ability to perform duties independently with minimal direction and supervision.
Ability to stay organized, resourceful, and proactive in a fast-paced environment and recognize work that needs to be completed even when it is not directly assigned.
Good judgment and reasoning when investigating and solving problems.
Commitment to maintaining the confidentiality of privileged and private information.
Ability to operate clinical and patient-monitoring equipment and general office equipment, including computers, calculators or adding machines, copiers, scanners, printers, credit-card machines, and check scanners.
Ability to travel company-wide.
Ability to operate a motor vehicle with a valid driver’s license, as needed.
Ability to meet the described physical requirements, including regular sitting, standing, bending, walking, seeing, talking, listening, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and pushing, pulling, lifting, or moving up to 30 pounds.

Nice To Haves

ASC nursing experience.
Pain management experience.

Responsibilities

Evaluate patient pain upon admission and throughout the patient appointment.
Assess patients effectively, prioritize and delegate care activities, and communicate significant patient problems to the appropriate team members and leadership.
Collaborate with the healthcare team regarding patient conditions during the perioperative period and ensure continuity of each patient’s plan of care.
Advocate for patients throughout their episodes of care and respond calmly and efficiently to emergencies.
Assist physicians during procedures and ensure procedural instruments, equipment, and supplies are available.
Follow medication administration policies and participate in the management and documentation of controlled substances.
Assess clinical equipment needs and recommend appropriate replacement under the direction and advisement of the Facility Medical Director.
Develop clinical procedures that promote patient safety and comfort, including admission and discharge processes that meet pre-admission criteria.
Plan, evaluate, recommend, and implement clinical initiatives and workflows when appropriate.
Maintain current knowledge of nursing theory, practice, and perioperative assessment, monitoring, discharge, and teaching processes.
Apply infection-control training to improve infection-control measures and environmental safety practices and reduce nosocomial infection.
Maintain compliance with Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses standards, company policies, and applicable governmental, accreditation, safety, quality, and regulatory requirements.
Participate in the Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Program when stationed in the ASC.
Participate in annual accreditation-readiness training and assist the Center Manager with clinical aspects of accreditation training.
Maintain a Continuing Education Record for annual submission, including four continuing-education in-services per year, and maintain a high level of attendance at nursing and general staff meetings.
Adhere to applicable federal and state regulations, the NSPC Code of Conduct, employee handbook, compliance policies and procedures, and healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse laws.
Understand, comply with, and enforce NSPC policies, procedures, codes of conduct, and OSHA and HIPAA privacy rules.
Ensure adherence to compliance standards among NSPC colleagues and staff, including those managed or overseen; complete annual compliance training, follow the compliance program, and report issues.
Perform other duties as assigned.