Registered Nurse - Recovery Room

Northwell•Bay Shore, NY

15h•$58 - $85

About The Position

Performs professional nursing duties for assigned patients, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care. Maintains comprehensive patient-care documentation and demonstrates professional competence according to established Southside Hospital Standards of Care. The role includes cross-training for a preoperative/same-day surgery hybrid nursing role in the perioperative area and requires on-call availability. The nurse systematically gathers and organizes patient data, examines patients, identifies physical and psychosocial conditions, and develops prioritized care plans with patient and family participation as appropriate. The nurse collaborates with the health team, identifies educational needs and coping mechanisms, anticipates workflow needs, and responds to schedule changes and emergencies. Care responsibilities include administering medications and treatments, monitoring patient symptoms and responses, using appropriate aseptic practices and patient-care equipment, protecting patients from hazards, addressing hygiene, hydration, elimination, anxiety, and stimulation needs, and implementing patient education. The nurse evaluates progress toward goals, initiates nursing actions when progress is insufficient, evaluates teaching, and refers unmet needs to appropriate personnel. The position also requires thorough admission, progress, care-plan, and discharge documentation; sound professional judgment; participation in care-delivery improvements, policy and procedure review, and committees; and use and enforcement of Universal Precautions.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State.
BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications are required.
At least 1 year of full-time acute-care PACU experience is required.
If hired after September 1, 2010, must enroll in an accredited program within 24 months of employment and obtain a BSN within five years of the employment date.
TCAR is required within six months of the employment date.
On-call availability is required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
TCAR preferred, although it must be obtained within six months of employment.
CPAN/CAPA preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess assigned patients by collecting and organizing data, examining patients, and identifying physical and psychosocial conditions.
Develop prioritized care plans with expected outcomes and patient and/or family participation as appropriate.
Collaborate with the health team and identify patient education needs and coping mechanisms.
Anticipate workflow needs, complete tasks, and respond to schedule changes and emergencies.
Deliver dignified, individualized nursing care and involve patients and families when therapeutically appropriate.
Monitor patient symptoms and changes and take appropriate action.
Administer medications and treatments according to established policies and procedures; observe and respond to medication effects.
Use medical and surgical asepsis and demonstrate skill with equipment needed for patient care.
Address patients' hygiene, appearance, hydration, elimination, anxiety, distress, and mental and social stimulation needs.
Implement patient teaching using principles of teaching and learning.
Evaluate progress toward goals, initiate nursing actions when patients fail to progress, assess understanding of teaching, and refer unmet needs to appropriate personnel.
Document patient status, care plans, nursing interventions, responses, progress, and discharge status using notes and applicable graphic or flow sheets.
Make decisions based on sound judgment and relevant facts, and suggest constructive improvements to care delivery or monitoring.
Participate in policy and procedure review and revision as directed, serve on committees, and use and enforce Universal Precautions.
Perform related duties as required.
Complete cross-training for the preoperative/same-day surgery hybrid nurse role in the perioperative area.
Provide on-call coverage.