Registered Nurse (RN) - Surgery (OR) - Bronson Methodist Hospital - Full Time and Part Time

Bronson Healthcare Group•Kalamazoo, MI

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Bronson Methodist Hospital is seeking registered nurses to join its Operating Room team. The role provides nursing care in a collaborative, patient-centered, fast-paced surgical environment, including care for patients with complex and critical needs at the area's only Level I Trauma Center. The RN manages care throughout the patient's stay to achieve quality outcomes and timely discharge, using the nursing process, coordinating and delegating care, providing appropriate physical care, and documenting and communicating patient responses and anticipated needs. Direct-care employees must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served. The RN assesses patients, identifies problems, develops individualized plans and expected outcomes, implements and evaluates interventions, and collaborates with patients, families, and other professionals. The role also includes professional development, quality improvement, evidence-based practice, patient advocacy, and contributions to a healthy work environment. Scrub RN responsibilities include preparing supplies and equipment for procedures, anticipating physician and surgical-team needs, monitoring changes in the patient and operative field, maintaining proper equipment use, and serving as a resource to circulators. Scrub RNs may work across multiple services and are assigned rotational after-hours call. This is a general posting; after applying, Talent Acquisition will contact candidates to discuss experience, interests, and scheduling preferences.

Requirements

Previous operating room experience.
Associate's degree in Nursing.
Licensed Registered Nurse in good standing in the state of Michigan.
Nurses hired without a BSN or higher nursing degree must obtain a BSN within eight years of hire; failure to meet this requirement may result in termination.
Ability to read, interpret, and analyze data from computer systems and equipment to determine an appropriate plan of action.
Ability to communicate constantly verbally, in writing, and electronically.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Nursing; otherwise, the degree must be obtained within eight years of hire.

Responsibilities

Manage care delivery throughout each patient's stay to support quality outcomes and timely discharge.
Assess patients, analyze data, identify problems, and document nursing history and age-appropriate physical and emotional needs.
Develop individualized care plans and expected outcomes with input from patients and families and in coordination with the healthcare team.
Implement evidence-based interventions, administer prescribed medications and treatments, maintain patient comfort and safety, and coordinate patient education.
Organize and delegate patient-care interventions according to patient needs and the scope and abilities of other care providers.
Evaluate patient responses and progress toward expected outcomes and document findings.
Participate in quality improvement, continuing education, professional self-evaluation, peer review, and research activities as appropriate.
Collaborate with patients, families, and other health disciplines; preserve patient autonomy, dignity, confidentiality, and rights; and serve as a patient advocate.
Contribute to professional development and a supportive work environment, participate in nursing councils or committees as appropriate, and attend at least 50% of unit staff meetings.
For scrub RN duties, interpret procedure cards, check case carts, identify and obtain missing supplies or equipment, and anticipate physicians' procedural needs.
Monitor the patient's condition, operative field, and surgical team's changing needs, taking appropriate action when issues arise.
Update case information, including preference cards and information about equipment, supplies, and procedure changes.
Promote proper use and handling of equipment and instruments and serve as a resource for circulators unfamiliar with specialty equipment, positioning devices, or implants.
Perform scrub duties across multiple services as qualified and participate in rotational after-hours call.