Registered Nurse - Ambulatory Surgery

External Community Memorial Hospital•Hamilton, NY

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse - Ambulatory Surgery role involves maintaining confidentiality, demonstrating a high standard of courtesy and cooperation with colleagues, patients, and visitors, and achieving satisfactory job performance. The nurse will adhere to Community Memorial’s Mission, values, and standards of behavior, ensuring promptness and minimal absences. Key responsibilities include carrying out nursing interventions safely and accurately, utilizing knowledge, judgment, and skill to implement physician orders and the nursing plan of care. The role requires effective communication, independent work with limited supervision, and prioritization of workloads in coordination with team members and the OR Nurse Manager. The nurse will administer medications and intravenous solutions skillfully, coordinate patient schedules, and effectively cover for absent team members. This position also involves ensuring necessary supplies and equipment are available, fostering a positive working environment for team members, and performing accurate, concise, and timely documentation. Supporting and enforcing infection control policies, initiating and maintaining IVs and Venous Access Ports (VAP), assisting with lab draws, operating IV pumps, applying and maintaining Wound Vac Pumps, performing dressing changes, assisting with minor procedures, and assisting in Surgery with admissions and discharges are also key duties. The nurse must be able to operate all equipment and perform all procedures within the nursing department, demonstrating the necessary knowledge, abilities, and skills for a wide range of nursing functions. Mathematical ability for accurate drug dosage computation and completion of annual unit-specific competencies are required. Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed.

Requirements

A valid NYS Nursing License.
Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing.
Outstanding organizational ability.
A great team player with excellent communication skills.
Even-tempered with emotional and physical stamina.
Experience in Cardiac Procedures.
Current BLS, ACLS and PALS certifications.

Nice To Haves

At least one year of Ambulatory Surgery experience.
Preferred experience with high-acuity orthopedic procedures, Endoscopy procedures, Transfusions, and dressing changes.

Responsibilities

Maintain confidentiality and a high standard of courtesy and cooperation.
Adhere to Community Memorial’s Mission, values, and standards of behavior.
Carry out nursing interventions safely and accurately.
Implement physicians’ orders and the nursing plan of care.
Demonstrate effective communication skills.
Work independently with limited direct supervision.
Prioritize workloads in coordination with team members and the OR Nurse Manager.
Administer medications and intravenous solutions skillfully and correctly.
Coordinate patient schedules.
Effectively coordinate and assume job responsibilities of team members during absences.
Arrange to have needed supplies and equipment on hand.
Create a working climate that provides growth and job satisfaction of team members.
Perform documentation in the nursing unit and in the patient’s record accurately, concisely, and in a timely manner.
Support and enforce infection control policies and procedures.
Initiate and maintain IV and Venous Access Ports (VAP) according to Hospital policies.
Assist with lab draws as needed.
Operate IV pumps.
Apply and maintain Wound Vac Pumps and perform dressing changes.
Assist with minor procedures in the procedure room with providers.
Assist in Surgery with Admission and Discharge when needed.
Operate all equipment and perform all procedures in the nursing department.
Demonstrate knowledge, abilities, and skills required to perform a wide variety of nursing functions.
Compute drug dosages accurately.
Complete unit specific competencies as scheduled, a minimum of annually.