Registered Nurse - OR

Atlas Healthcare Partners•Olympia, WA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse – OR 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 and by others under their direction. It requires specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills to assess patient data and plan, provide, and evaluate care appropriate to patients’ physical and developmental ages. The nurse collaborates with patients, families, physicians, and multidisciplinary health care teams to develop and revise individualized plans of care, including discharge planning. The position provides and coordinates care, communicates patient status, evaluates outcomes and patient education, and maintains timely and complete documentation. It may also involve staff education and mentoring, shared leadership, participation in quality improvement and research activities, and relief charge responsibilities in some locations.

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 and ACLS certifications.
PALS certification within 90 days of the start date if assigned to an ASC that provides pediatric services.
For Core (FT/PT): at least one year of licensed RN experience in the 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.

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 with the patient or family and ensure timely completion.
Review information from other health care team members, diagnostics, and laboratory data, and report abnormal results to physicians and appropriate caregivers.
Complete assessments and reassessments according to patient needs and policy.
Formulate and initiate individualized plans of care, including discharge plans, in collaboration with patients, families, and the health care team.
Review and revise plans of care as patient needs and status change.
Implement care through direct patient care and through coordination, delegation, and supervision of health care team activities.
Provide care in accordance with physician orders, nursing plans, policies, procedures, standards of care, and regulatory requirements.
Promote continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating patient status to other caregivers.
Evaluate patient and family responses to care and teaching, patient progress toward goals, and the effectiveness of patient education; revise plans as needed.
Document assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, interventions, patient responses, and physician orders accurately and in a timely manner.
Provide evidence-based care and potentially participate in research activities within clinical practice.
Participate in department or facility shared leadership and in improving nursing quality indicators and outcomes.
Contribute to education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors.
Support the growth of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.
In some locations, provide relief charge coverage for department staff and workflow.
Follow 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.