Registered Nurse-Short Stay Surgery Operating Room, Per Diem Days
About The Position
Plans and implements professional nursing care for patients in accordance with hospital policies. Assumes charge nurse responsibilities as assigned. The Short Stay Surgery unit consists of the Pre-Op, Recovery, Discharge, and 4 OR rooms. Patients range from Pediatric through Geriatric. The care team includes Registered Nurses, Certified Nurse Assistants, Unit Clerks, Surgical Technologists, a Resource Nurse, and a Nurse Manager. Support is available from PCM, Resource Nurse, and Charge Nurses with access to education, resources, guidelines, and protocols. The electronic medical record used is EPIC. Shifts are 8-hour, Monday through Friday, with no weekends, major holidays, or call. Shift start times vary by role. New Graduate Nurses are not accepted in this unit.
Requirements
- Associates Degree in Nursing or equivalent required
- Current licensure in North Carolina as a Registered Nurse or Compact state licensure
- At least 1-year of Operating Room and/or Circulating experience (OR)
- Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking the English language
- Demonstrates positive interpersonal skills
- Verbal and written skills required
- Demonstrates effective organizational and leadership skills
- Has knowledge of the age-specific physiological and psychosocial, developmental and spiritual needs of the patients typically served
- Speech and auditory acuity for communication of patient needs
- Visual acuity for observation of patients
- Much standing, walking, bending, and lifting
- May involve skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious material
- Must be able to lift 35 pounds
- RN - Board Of Nursing
Nice To Haves
- Bachelors Degree in Nursing preferred
Responsibilities
- Assesses the patient and identifies patient care needs
- Uses patient assessment information to organize appropriate patient care
- Plans, organizes, implements, and evaluates patient care
- Facilitates a safe environment
- Maintains required competencies
- Functions as charge nurse as assigned
- Maintains an accurate and relevant record of patient care
- Administers medication as ordered by physician
- Recognizes life threatening situations and responds appropriately
- Establishes collaborative interdisciplinary relationships with other Health System staff and medical staff
- Monitors the quality of care based on pre-established outcome-oriented indicators
- Actively participates in cost containment and assists in accurate charging for patient services
- Adjusts care based upon age-specific physiological and psychosocial needs of patients
- Supports patients in the practice of their cultural and spiritual beliefs within limits of medical regimen
- Other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
