Registered Nurse - OR

Atlas Healthcare Partners•Olympia, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents patient nursing care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing practice standards. The role is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by the nurse or others under their direction and uses specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills to provide care suited to each patient’s physical and developmental age. The nurse works in a patient-focused multispecialty ambulatory surgery center, coordinating care with patients, families, physicians, and the multidisciplinary health care team. The position may provide relief charge coverage for staff and departmental workflow at some locations. It also supports patient and staff education, shared leadership, quality improvement, and safe, effective, equitable, and efficient care. The role follows applicable policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, and professional standards, and consistently provides an excellent customer service experience.

Requirements

Associate’s degree or diploma in nursing, or higher.
Current valid RN license in the state of practice, temporary RN license in the state of practice, or compact RN licensure for the current state of practice.
BLS certification.
ACLS certification.
For Core (full-time/part-time): at least one year of licensed RN experience in an OR; experience in other procedural areas may be considered with Support Center Clinical Educator approval.
Licensed RNs without OR experience must be enrolled in the PeriOp101 program and successfully complete it within four months.
PALS certification within 90 days of the start date if assigned to ASC services involving pediatrics.

Nice To Haves

Additional licensed RN experience in the OR or perioperative setting is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs; review patient history and physical information; and complete assessments and reassessments according to patient needs and policy.
Review information from other health care team members, diagnostics, and laboratory data, and report abnormal results to physicians and appropriate caregivers.
Formulate and revise individualized plans of care, including discharge plans, using assessment data and input from patients, families, and the health care team.
Implement the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision of health care team activities.
Provide care in accordance with physician orders, the nursing plan of care, policies and procedures, standards of care, and regulatory requirements.
Promote continuity of care by communicating patient status accurately and completely to other caregivers.
Evaluate patient and family responses to care and teaching, assess progress toward goals and expected outcomes, and revise plans of care as needed.
Document assessments, planning, interventions, evaluations, patient responses, and physician orders accurately, legibly, and in a timely manner.
Provide evidence-based care and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
Participate in department or facility shared leadership and in improving nursing quality indicators and outcomes; activities may include professional organization participation.
Contribute to education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors; support others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.
At some locations, provide relief charge coverage for staff and departmental workflow.
Perform duties according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, and applicable professional standards.
Provide customers with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating core and leader behaviors.