Registered Nurse - HASC

Job Details

Job Location

Hutchinson Clinic - Hutchinson, KS

Position Type

Full Time

Job Category

Health Care

Description

Position Summary :

Provides safe, quality patient care in the Peri-Operative Unit (Pre-Op, Recovery, and Operating Room). Accountable for the assessing, planning, implementing, and coordinating patient care from admission to discharge.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities :

• Ensuring a high standard of nursing care to patients in the Hutchinson Ambulatory Surgery Center, working within company policies and procedures and nursing standards
• Assess patient status on admission to the pre-op area, the operating room, and / or the post-op area, on a continuing basis.
• Providing assistance during surgical procedures and ensuring safe working practices
• Setting, monitoring, and maintaining excellent standards of nursing care.
• Safely carries out physicians orders correctly and promptly, documenting all activities
• Maintaining personal contact with patients and relatives, being sensitive to their needs for courtesy, dignity, and privacy and ensuring a friendly environment at all times.
• Maintaining timely and accurate nursing records and ensuring that confidentiality is respected.
• Storing, checking, and administering medication in accordance with established standards and guidelines.
• Working with minimal supervision during surgical procedures, admission and recovery of patients and other related procedures
• Contributing to the local resolution, investigation and follow up action of any informal or formal grievances.
• Takes part in pre and post-op phone calls and communicates any problems to the supervisor.
• Maintain competencies in conscious sedation administration and monitoring of sedated patients, including airway protection, assessment, and support of sedated patients.
• Ensuring the safe discharge of all patients from the Surgical Unit.
• Maintaining a safe and clean environment within the clinical and surgical area in accordance with established standards and regulations.
• Assists anesthesia with set up and tear down of anesthesia and monitoring equipment.
• Solid understanding of safety principles, asepsis, sterile technique and universal precautions.
• Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for professional practice and continued professional growth. Attends all in-services and meetings as appropriate.
• Performs other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Performance Measures :

Qualifications

Qualifications :

BLS, ACLS, and PALS are required.

Ability to care for patients undergoing surgical procedures and to provide technical and nursing assistance during such procedures.

Physical Requirements :

This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and may be amended at any time at the sole