Registered Nurse - Operating Room - Full Time - Days

Mohawk Valley Health System•City of Utica, NY

1d•$40 - $56

About The Position

The Registered Nurse promotes and restores patients’ health by completing the nursing process and collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members. The role provides support to patients, visitors, and families and is responsible for assessing, planning, promoting, and evaluating quality patient care. The Registered Nurse also teaches patients, families, and the public and follows Mohawk Valley Health System’s mission, vision, values, policies, and procedures. This position is in the Operating Room, is full time on the day shift, and follows a 12-hour work schedule. The stated FTE is 0.9. Pay is $40–$56 per hour.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program with an associate’s degree.
Current New York State licensure as a Registered Nurse.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited nursing program or a higher degree.
One or more years of experience in a related setting.
Basic Life Support certification.

Responsibilities

Identify patient care requirements, build rapport with patients and families, and understand the plan of care throughout the patient experience.
Provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
Promote patient independence by establishing care goals and teaching patients and families about the disease process, medications, and self-care skills.
Assure quality care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against goals and standards, and making or recommending adjustments to meet patient needs.
Remain accountable for individual nursing practice and determine appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the obligation to provide optimum patient care.
Ensure equipment operates by completing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting malfunctions, arranging repairs, maintaining equipment and inventories, and evaluating equipment and techniques.
Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication-administration and controlled-substance regulations, and universal precautions.
Maintain a safe and clean working environment and call for assistance from healthcare staff when needed.
Document patient care accurately and promptly in medical records in accordance with licensure, regulatory, and hospital standards.
Maintain continuity of care by communicating the plan of care and coordinating with the nursing and multidisciplinary teams so services are organized, planned, and delivered.
Maintain patient confidentiality and protect operations.
Maintain nursing-supply inventory, monitor stock and PAR levels, anticipate needs, order and expedite supplies, verify receipt, and use equipment and supplies appropriately.
Maintain professional and technical knowledge through educational workshops, mandatory in-services, professional publications, personal networks, and professional societies.
Contribute to the advancement of the profession through practice, education, administration, and knowledge development.
Participate in quality-improvement initiatives, including continuing education, hospital-wide and unit-specific teams, and identifying practice areas for improved quality and safety.
Maintain cooperative relationships with the healthcare team through communication, responsiveness, rapport-building, and team problem solving.
Provide empathetic, compassionate, patient-centered service that meets or exceeds patient and family expectations.
Manage patient and family or visitor needs and concerns professionally using AIDET and positive service-recovery methods.
Respond to patient requests and refer them to appropriate subject-matter experts or decision makers.
Provide culturally sensitive care.
Meet all MVHS and department competencies and training requirements.
Perform other duties as required.