Clinical Nurse I: Hoag Orthopedic Institute Surgery Center
About The Position
The Clinical Nurse I – Perioperative provides direct patient care for assigned patients in a perioperative unit in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act. The nurse collaborates with other members of the health care team to ensure safe, timely, appropriate, and high-quality patient care. Care includes physical assessments, nursing interventions, pain management, medication administration, specimen collection, addressing nutritional needs, and providing patient education and discharge support. The nurse applies the nursing process using evidence-based best practices to meet patient care needs, evaluates and adjusts care as necessary with consultation, and consults appropriate resource personnel when addressing ethical, legal, or medical dilemmas. Other duties may be assigned. For the HOI Surgery Center (OSCOC), required certifications include ACLS and PALS. Specialty-area certification (CNOR or CPIC) and Infection Prevention Certification are preferred.
Requirements
- Current, active Registered Nurse license in good standing in the State of California.
- Current BLS (Basic Life Support) certification from the American Heart Association upon hire.
- For the HOI Surgery Center (OSCOC), ACLS and PALS certifications are required.
- At Magnet-designated facilities, a BSN is required, or the employee must start a BSN program within one year of hire and attain the BSN within two years of starting the program.
- Successful completion of an ECG course or equivalent is required only for units with telemetry monitoring.
Nice To Haves
- BSN preferred where not otherwise required.
- Two or more years of orthopedic RN experience preferred.
- Orthopedic experience preferred for HOI Operating Room, HOI Perioperative Holding, and HOI Recovery Room/PACU.
- Successful completion of the ECG test preferred for HOI Perioperative Holding and HOI Recovery Room/PACU; the description otherwise specifies this test as required for those departments.
- For HOI Recovery Room/PACU, one year of recent PACU experience in an acute-care hospital or critical-care unit preferred.
- For the HOI Surgery Center (OSCOC), specialty-area certification (CNOR or CPIC) preferred.
- For the HOI Surgery Center (OSCOC), Infection Prevention Certification preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct perioperative patient care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act.
- Collaborate with other health care disciplines to deliver safe, timely, appropriate, high-quality patient care.
- Perform physical assessments and nursing interventions.
- Provide pain management and administer medications.
- Collect specimens and address patients’ nutritional needs.
- Provide patient teaching and support discharge needs.
- Use the nursing process and evidence-based best practices to meet patient care needs.
- Evaluate and adjust nursing care as needed, consulting as appropriate.
- Consult appropriate resource personnel when addressing ethical, legal, or medical dilemmas.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
