Registered Nurse - Operating Room

Northwell Health•Glen Cove, NY

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides age-specific care to a designated group of patients using the nursing process: assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse collaborates with physicians and other health team members to coordinate and implement procedures and treatments, and uses leadership skills and clinical judgment to coordinate patient care and direct or delegate team activities. This role includes assessing patients’ physical and psychosocial status, identifying needs and expected outcomes, developing and documenting individualized care plans, implementing prescribed treatments, monitoring responses, and revising plans as needed. The nurse promotes patient safety, provides emotional support and education to patients and significant others, coordinates discharge planning and referrals, and evaluates the effectiveness of care. The position is part-time, on days from 7 AM to 5 PM, and requires call.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State.
Must be enrolled in an accredited BSN program within two years and obtain a BSN degree within five years of the job entry date.
Specialized certifications as needed.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred.
Inpatient operating room registered nurse experience highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Interview patients, explain policies and procedures, review charts, and respond to questions.
Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, developmental, and pain-management needs, including relevant health status, mobility, sensory deficits, prostheses use, skin condition, coping mechanisms, and ability to comprehend.
Identify cultural and ethnic requirements and communicate and document patient status, needs, and plans of care.
Identify patient problems and desired outcomes, establish individualized goals and measurement criteria, and prioritize care activities.
Develop and document individualized care plans in collaboration with physicians and other health team members.
Coordinate cost-effective use of supplies, equipment, and medication to achieve expected outcomes.
Implement and reassess care plans, revise them as needed, administer prescribed treatments, and use patient-care equipment correctly.
Maintain patient safety, provide emotional support, and perform procedures safely, timely, and efficiently using scientific principles.
Observe, report, and document patients’ conditions and responses to treatments and nursing interventions.
Respond effectively to emergency situations and help maintain a calm, quiet, and restful environment.
Communicate with patients’ families or caretakers, participate in discharge planning, coordinate referrals, and provide discharge instructions.
Evaluate patient outcomes and care effectiveness, conduct variance analysis, and contribute to systems that improve care.
Collaborate with care team members and physicians on treatment regimens and plans of care, and keep the Patient Care Manager or designee and physician informed of changes as appropriate.
Assist physicians during treatments and diagnostic procedures and accurately interpret and implement physician-prescribed treatment regimens.
Use clinical judgment to delegate care assignments and ensure they are completed in a timely manner.
Provide decubitus and preventive skin care, apply simple dressings using aseptic technique, apply warm and cold compresses, perform irrigations, and perform other related skin-care procedures.
Administer and document medications safely and correctly, demonstrate medication knowledge and preparation of local solutions, and educate patients and significant others about medication and food interactions.
Participate in patient and family education, identify teaching opportunities and resources, explain conditions as appropriate, and evaluate and document the effectiveness of teaching.
Perform related duties as required.