Surgery Center Nurse Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Associate's or bachelor's degree in nursing.
• For RN I: 0–3 years of experience in patient care as a registered nurse.
• For RN II: 3 or more years of experience in patient care as a registered nurse.
• Current Oklahoma State Board of Nursing RN license or current multistate compact RN license (eNLC).
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification required upon hire.
• Knowledge of basic professional nursing theory, practices, techniques, and procedures.
• Ability to organize, plan, coordinate, and evaluate nursing services and apply nursing techniques.
• Ability to maintain civility and good working relationships with other employees.
• Ability to respond effectively to the cultural and language needs of patients and visitors.
• Computer application skills for tools designed to ensure patient quality and safety.
• Ability to establish and maintain patient integrity and trust by advocating in the patient’s best interest.
• Ability to engage with and manage conflicts and disagreements constructively.
• Ability to maintain compliance with local, state, and federal regulatory standards.
• Ability to foster an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including candor, openness, integrity, and diplomacy.

Nice To Haves

• Specialty certification(s).

Responsibilities

• Align behaviors with OU Health values and maintain nursing professional practice standards.
• Assume responsibility for assigned patients, groups of patients, or patients seen by the service or clinic.
• Document patient responses to nursing interventions and prescribed treatments, including changes in physician orders.
• Assist physicians with patient examinations and minor diagnostic procedures and treatments.
• Obtain and monitor physiological data, observe patients’ physiological manifestations, and intervene when necessary.
• Administer medications as prescribed.
• Initiate, regulate, and monitor intravenous infusions and blood products.
• Deliver patient care safely and competently.
• Resolve patient complaints promptly according to policy and in collaboration with support staff.
• Inform patients and families about clinic or unit procedures and share the care plan during care and at discharge.
• Refer patient care needs to appropriate personnel.
• Seek mentorship, remain open to coaching and feedback, and maintain professional certifications and licensure to develop nursing proficiency.
• Develop a professional career plan and personal performance goals aligned with enterprise-wide metrics, and measure progress with department leadership.
• Foster an inclusive workforce that values and maximizes individual differences.
• Delegate tasks to clinical support staff as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Student loan repayment up to $25,000.
• Relocation assistance for moves of 100 miles or more.
• Paid time off (PTO).
• 401(k).
• Medical plans.
• Dental plans.
• Comprehensive benefits and compensation package.