Registered Nurse - Operating Room

Northwell•Glen Cove, NY

3d•$62 - $94

About The Position

The Registered Nurse performs an age-specific plan of care for 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 activities of the patient care unit team. This is a part-time daytime role, 7 AM–5 PM, with call required. The position includes assessing patients’ physical and psychosocial status; planning, implementing, documenting, and evaluating individualized care; administering medications and treatments; assisting physicians with procedures; educating patients and families; coordinating discharge planning and referrals; and contributing to performance improvement and safe, effective care.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
Current New York State license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse.
Must be enrolled in an accredited BSN program within two years of job entry and obtain a BSN degree within five years of job entry.
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, answer questions, and assess physical, psychosocial, developmental, and pain-related needs.
Determine patients’ coping mechanisms, knowledge, comprehension, cultural and ethnic requirements, and need for teaching or support services.
Identify patient outcomes and problems, establish individualized goals and outcome criteria, prioritize care activities, and document plans of care in collaboration with physicians and other health team members.
Implement and reassess care plans, revise them as needed, administer prescribed treatments, use patient-care equipment correctly, and provide emotional support.
Maintain patient safety and vigilance, respond effectively to emergencies, make and report observations, and accurately document treatment, activity, condition, and responses to interventions.
Coordinate discharge planning and referrals, provide discharge instructions, and communicate effectively with patients, families, caretakers, and the care team.
Measure care effectiveness, conduct variance analysis, and design, implement, and evaluate systems to improve care in the unit.
Collaborate with care team members, provide direction, use clinical judgment when delegating assignments, and ensure assignments are completed in a timely manner.
Interpret and implement physician-prescribed treatment regimens, assist physicians during treatments and diagnostic procedures, and report changes in patient condition or treatment.
Perform decubitus care, preventive skin care, simple dressings, warm and cold compresses, irrigations, and other skin-care procedures using appropriate techniques.
Administer and document medications safely, understand medication actions, dosages, side effects, and implications, and educate patients and significant others about drug and food interactions.
Participate in patient and family education, identify teaching opportunities and resources, evaluate learning through feedback, and document teaching effectiveness.
Perform related duties as required.