Registered Nurse

REGIONAL ONE HEALTH•Memphis, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides professional nursing care to patients in an ambulatory surgery center, using the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care. The role provides care in accordance with medical regimens, patient needs, established standards, policies, and procedures. The nurse conducts initial and ongoing assessments, collects relevant patient and clinical information, establishes nursing diagnoses and care priorities, and documents assessment findings, interventions, responses, and progress toward outcomes. The nurse plans and provides therapeutic care, including patient preparation and assistance for examinations and procedures, medication and treatment administration, pain control, monitoring, patient education, referrals, and response to medical emergencies. The role also maintains patient records and uses computer systems to enter and retrieve information. The nurse collaborates with patients, families, physicians, hospital staff, forensic teams, and security, and may instruct and supervise LPNs and support personnel and assist with the orientation and supervision of new staff and students. The position includes required training and continuing education, participation in meetings and performance improvement activities, maintaining role competencies, and helping maintain a clean, orderly, and safe environment. The nurse follows compliance, quality improvement, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards and maintains records required for administrative and compliance purposes.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved nursing school or program.
RN – Registered Nurse state licensure and/or compact state licensure to work in Tennessee, required upon hire.
BCLS – Basic Life Support, required upon hire.
Experience caring for patients in an inpatient setting.
Education, training, or experience qualifying the nurse to work with school-age, adolescent, adult, and/or geriatric patients as dictated by the specialty assignment.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide nursing care according to the medical regimen, patients’ conditions, applicable standards, and established policies and procedures.
Initiate and complete patient assessments, collect relevant information, determine nursing diagnoses and care priorities, and conduct ongoing assessments.
Ensure required treatment and procedure consents are signed and prescribed patient identification procedures are completed.
Plan, implement, and document patient care, including therapeutic interventions, patient education, and evaluation of responses and progress.
Perform history and physical assessments, administer medications, treatments, and immunizations, and prepare, position, and drape patients for examinations and procedures.
Provide pain-control interventions and assistance during examinations and procedures; monitor patient responses and take corrective action when indicated.
Coordinate patient referrals and teach patients and families about disease and condition care.
Respond to or participate in medical emergencies and initiate or assist with CPR/BLS as required.
Maintain patient medical records, document patient status and care, and use patient computer systems to enter and retrieve data.
Collaborate with patients, families, hospital staff, and other relevant teams regarding patient needs and customer satisfaction.
Instruct, assign, and supervise LPNs and other support personnel; assist with orientation and supervision of new staff and students involved in patient care.
Transport monitored patients, specimens, equipment, and supplies between areas.
Complete required training and continuing education, attend meetings and in-services, and maintain required competencies.
Contribute to unit-based scope and clinical review activities, develop indicators and collect data as assigned, and support performance improvement initiatives.
Maintain a clean, orderly, and safe environment and adhere to compliance, quality, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.
Prepare and maintain records, reports, and files for administrative and compliance purposes.