Outpatient Surgery Nurse
About The Position
As a Registered Nurse, you will provide compassionate, high-quality, individualized care to support patients’ well-being and recovery. You will assess patients, perform skilled procedures, implement and document care plans, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to promote optimal outcomes. The role calls for sound assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment. The position includes assessing patients on admission and throughout their care; planning, directing, evaluating, and documenting individualized care and transitions; preparing patients for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies; implementing safety protocols; reassessing patients and adapting care; communicating through bedside shift reports; and maintaining a safe patient and work environment.
Requirements
- At least one year of RN experience.
- Associate degree in Nursing.
- Registered Nurse licensure: Texas.
- Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 14 days.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Nursing.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients on admission and on an ongoing basis, provide for their physical, psychological, and spiritual needs, and notify the doctor of changes requiring attention.
- Design, direct, evaluate, and document the plan of care, patient and family teaching, and a safe, appropriate transition and discharge plan.
- Coordinate with other clinical disciplines to address specialized patient-care and discharge needs.
- Formulate individualized plans of care and daily goals.
- Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies.
- Report significant changes in patient condition to the Charge Nurse/Team Leader and/or physician.
- Implement patient-safety initiatives and protocols, including medication safety practices, physician orders, and consult notifications.
- Reassess patients at appropriate intervals after interventions, notify physicians when needed, and adjust nursing care as needs change.
- Give and receive reports using Bedside Shift Report, including family participation, and provide accurate, comprehensive handoff information.
- Delegate tasks as needed to support continuity of care, taking coworker experience and abilities and patient acuity into account.
- Maintain a safe patient-care and work environment; promptly remove used and soiled equipment and linen to appropriate locations.
- Incorporate national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction, and promptly report patient-safety and hazard concerns.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
