PRN Registered Nurse
About The Position
Mountain State Oral and Facial Surgery is hiring a PRN Registered Nurse to provide professional nursing care in an outpatient oral and maxillofacial surgery setting. The position requires specialized nursing skill, judgment, and knowledge, along with previous surgical, emergency room, or critical care experience. The nurse must be able to start IVs and have sedation experience. The role also leads and coordinates the clinical support team to help ensure excellent patient care. Responsibilities include providing direct patient care; performing designated therapeutic procedures; initiating IV therapy; administering medications safely; observing, documenting, and reporting patient conditions and responses; contributing to care planning and patient and family education; and assisting OMS providers with examinations and procedures. The nurse coordinates clinical team activities and schedules, enforces operational and personnel policies, maintains accurate records, and performs basic dental assisting tasks as needed. The position requires adherence to nursing standards, company policies, and safety guidelines.
Requirements
- Current RN license.
- Previous surgical, emergency room, or critical care experience.
- Conscious sedation experience: 1 year required.
- IV insertion experience: 1 year required.
- Ability to start IVs.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Maintain professionalism at all times.
- Ability to function in a fast-paced and/or stressful work environment.
- Ability to operate a motor vehicle.
- Reliable transportation available for work.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care and perform designated therapeutic procedures as directed.
- Initiate IV therapy in accordance with standards of care.
- Observe, record, and report patient concerns, symptoms, reactions, progress, and changes in condition to OMS providers and appropriate health care team members.
- Coordinate and oversee clinical team activities to support excellent patient care.
- Establish clinical team members' work schedules.
- Enforce operational and personnel policies and procedures.
- Assist OMS providers with examinations and procedures as directed.
- Contribute patient-care data to care planning, help identify priorities and measures to maintain comfort, and assist with patient and family education and rehabilitation.
- Document nursing interventions and responses to care.
- Administer intramuscular, subcutaneous, IV, and oral medications accurately and safely as assigned.
- Accept accountability for care provided by self and health care providers to whom care is delegated.
- Consult OMS providers for guidance and obtain instruction and supervision as necessary when implementing nursing techniques or practices.
- Maintain accurate records related to patient care, education, and equipment processes.
- Use available supplies cost-effectively.
- Perform basic dental assisting tasks as needed and instructed, including seating patients, instrument setup, sterilization, and scheduling.
- Maintain required training and continuing education and follow company policies, procedures, and safety guidelines.
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