Staff Nurse OR-PRN

Surgery Partners Careers•Encino, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse delivers patient care through the framework of the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, and patient outcome) in the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of the surgical patient. This role requires current, comprehensive professional knowledge and skills in conformance with recognized nursing standards and department policies, including the Patient Bill of Rights, JCAHO regulations, Standards for Nursing Care, and the Nurse Practice Act. The nurse will assess physiological and psychosocial health status, pain, and patient history, and will verbally report pertinent information to appropriate staff for continuity of care. Documentation in the patient record must be legible and signed with the appropriate professional title. The role involves assessing patient/family understanding and expectations, identifying desired patient outcomes, establishing nursing diagnoses and mutually acceptable patient/family goals, and formulating and implementing nursing care plans tailored to patient/family needs. The nurse must demonstrate the ability to assess and problem-solve, respond to emergencies, and practice within legal and ethical guidelines. Specific skills include demonstrating proper preoperative process (communication/report), surgical case counting, aseptic technique, efficient turnover time, obtaining blood products, patient identification verification, and surgical site identification and marking. The nurse will also anticipate surgeon's needs during surgical procedures and participate in a Professional Nursing Organization.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
Current Registered Nurse License
Current American Heart Assn. BLS and ACLS certifications
Minimum of two years of experience required in OR

Nice To Haves

Team Player
Works well as a member of a group
Detail Oriented
Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
Flexibility
Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals
Ability to Make an Impact
Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care through the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, and patient outcome) in the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of the surgical patient.
Assess physiological and psychosocial health status of patient.
Assess pain per policy.
Complete patient history.
Verbally report pertinent information to appropriate staff to provide continuity of care.
Legibly document information in patient record and sign record using appropriate professional title.
Assess level of understanding and expectations of care.
Identify desired patient outcomes.
Establish nursing diagnosis.
Establish patient/family goals that are mutually acceptable.
Formulate Plan of Care for the patient.
Implement nursing care plans tailored to patient/family needs.
Demonstrate ability to assess and problem solve.
Respond to emergencies.
Practice within legal and ethical guidelines (Nurse Practice Act, legal statutes, ANA code for Nurses, PRMC Policy and Procedures).
Perform nursing actions that demonstrate accountability (demonstrates flexibility, exercises safe judgment).
Continually adjust care plan based on patient/family data.
Demonstrate proper preoperative process – communication/report.
Demonstrate proper procedure and documentation for surgical case counting.
Demonstrate proper aseptic technique.
Demonstrate efficient turnover time.
Demonstrate proper technique for obtaining blood products.
Demonstrate proper patient identification verification per policy.
Demonstrate proper surgical site identification and marking per policy.
Anticipate surgeon’s needs during surgical procedure.
Participate in a Profession Nursing Organization.