Staff Nurse RN (Per Diem PRN)
Surgery Partners, Inc•Bethlehem Township, PA
•Onsite
About The Position
Assists in the provision of nursing care to patients in an Ambulatory Surgical Center setting. This position assumes total responsibility for patient care in accordance with physician's orders and centers policies. The description is intended to provide only basic guidelines for meeting job requirements. Responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities and working conditions may change as needs evolve.
Requirements
- Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing; current PA State RN License or compact license.
- CPR required.
- ACLS required.
- PALS required within 180 days of hire.
- Minimum one year in the operating room as a circulating RN with strong medical surgical nursing and assessment skills.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Demonstrates ability to assess and problem solve.
- Responds to emergencies.
- 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 patient identification verification per policy.
- Demonstrates proper surgical site identification and marking per policy.
- Anticipates surgeon’s needs during surgical procedure.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
