About the role
Description
Registered Nurse Essential Job Functions:
Provides direct patient care to pediatric through geriatric patient populations.
Addresses the psychosocial, physical, and general aspects of care related to the surgical environment.
Ability to interact and respond with various patient behaviors in a therapeutic, gentle and friendly manner
Communicates reassurances and explanations consistently
Adapts nursing procedures to meet the needs for treatment of various types of patients
Identifies physical symptoms and changes and takes appropriate action in a timely manner
Ability to assess cardiorespiratory systems for changes in patient condition and respond appropriately
Observes behavioral and physiologic changes due to medications; takes appropriate actions
Carries out surgical asepsis during treatments and special procedures and uses PPE.
Uses appropriate techniques for safe administration of medications and parenteral fluids.
Demonstrates knowledge of anesthetic drugs, actions, and side effects.
Medicates postoperative patient as needed after pain assessment and evaluation of patient’s condition.
Counts narcotics at the beginning and end of each day with another nurse, per policy.
Coordinates and supervises patient care
Provides education to patient and family regarding care
Protects patient’s right to privacy
Sensitive to patient needs
Maintains composure and appropriately responds to patients in an emergency or physically distressful situation
Ability to create documentation that meets current standards, policies and procedures and in a timely manner
Highly motivated and able to work independently
Follows AORN Standards
Registered Nurse Secondary Job Functions: Provides innovative input into the development of the hospital environments and its processes
Participates in facility performance improvement activities
Creates and maintains policy and procedures to State and Federal regulations
Maintains policy and procedures in relation to hospital/ clinic regulations
Specific Nursing Roles at Summit Surgical
OR Circulating Registered Nurse
Position Summary: Addresses and promotes the physical and mental health of patients by utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation. Effectively interacts with patients, significant others, and providers while maintaining standards of professional nursing. Assess operating room for equipment functioning and readiness, obtains supplies for individual cases, and ensures all needs of surgical operating team are met. Monitors, positions, and assists patient during procedure.
Additional Essential Job Functions:
Preps patients for procedures correctly and per policy
Appropriately & safely positions patients while under care
Carries out surgical asepsis and safely administers medications for all procedures
Prepares and cleans operating room suites before and after cases
Ability to set up for surgical procedures
Ensures required pre-op information is available before patient is taken to surgery
Accurately records, handles, and labels specimens
Additional Preferred Experience:
One (1) year of work experience in the operating room preferred
Requirements
Registered Nurse Essential Qualifications:
Current Registered Nurse licensure in the State of Kansas
Current BLS certification
Minimum of one (1) year work experience
Current ACLS certification or willing to obtain within three (3) months
Maintains regulatory requirements and completes annual education requirements
Attends the required annual education program
Can interface with computers effectively
Learns new concepts and procedures quickly
Excellent organizational skills
Accuracy
Ability to manage time and appropriately prioritize tasks and responsibilities
Ability to communicate effectively and in a professional and courteous manner with co-workers, vendors and other people in contact with
Punctuality
Lab Requirements:
Ability to perform lab testing per lab policies and procedures
Ability to interpret results of test: take appropriate action on test results
Knowledge of storage, care and use of each specific cartridge
Knowledge of quality control testing monthly or with each new shipment and proficiency test