RN Operating Room Full Time, M-F Day Shift

Surgery Partners, Inc•Pennsbury Township, PA

10h•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a Registered Nurse- Operating Room (OR) to join our team. Our ASC is a fast paced 2 OR total joint replacement center, open Monday through Friday day shift only. The delivery of patient care through the framework of the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis and patient outcome) in the intraoperative phase of the surgical patient.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
Current Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania
Current American Heart Assn. BLS

Nice To Haves

Scrub experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Assesses physiological and psychosocial health status of patient.
Assesses pain per policy.
Completes patient history.
Verbally reports pertinent information to appropriate staff to provide continuity of care.
Legibly documents information in patient record and signs record using appropriate professional title.
Assesses level of understanding and expectations of care.
Identifies desired patient outcomes.
Establishes nursing diagnosis.
Establishes patient/family goals that are mutually acceptable.
Formulates Plan of Care for the patient.
Implements nursing care plans tailored to patient/family needs.
Demonstrates ability to assess and problem solve.
Responds to emergencies.
Practices within legal and ethical guidelines (Nurse Practice Act, legal statutes, ANA code for Nurses, PRMC Policy and Procedures.
Performs nursing actions that demonstrate accountability (demonstrates flexibility, exercises safe judgment).
Continually adjusts care plan based on patient/family data.
Demonstrates proper preoperative process – communication/report.
Demonstrates proper procedure and documentation for surgical case counting.
Demonstrates proper aseptic technique.
Demonstrates efficient turnover time.
Demonstrates proper technique for obtaining blood products.
Demonstrates proper patient identification verification per policy.
Demonstrates proper surgical site identification and marking per policy.
Anticipates surgeon’s needs during surgical procedure.
Participates in a Profession Nursing Organization.