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Job Description
We are looking for an RN Recovery / OR Nurse to join our team at Space Coast Surgery Center. Enjoy work / life balance with half days on most Fridays! Excellent benefits and competitive pay. Come live and work by the beach!
Essential Functions:
Assists in provision of nursing care to patients in a same day surgery setting. Assumes total responsibility for patient care in accordance with physicians orders and centers policies. Monitors and controls use of and charging for supplies utilized in the center.
Supervision Received: Supervisor of Clinical Services
Education/ Experience:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Current Registered Nurse License
- Current American Heart Assn. BLS and ACLS certifications
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Assesses develops and implements total nursing care for postoperative patients
- Records and reports to appropriate persons all symptoms reactions abnormalities and changes in the physical and/or mental conditions of the postoperative patients
- Administers medications and treatments ordered by the physicians
- Cares and discharges postoperative patients according to facility policies
- Able to accurately assess need for pain and /or nausea medication
- An order always precedes the administration of medication
- Intended actions and side effects are known
- Medications are documented
- Maintains patient and employee privacy and confidential information
- Provides psychological support to patients and/or families
- Maintains rapport with physicians and other departments providing care for the patients (i.e.: home xray outside radiology)
- Admits patients to situp area
- Performs routine charging of medications and supplies
- Accurately checks charge sheets for supplies used on patients
- Functions independently in emergency situations
- Able to make logical quick decisions based on sound judgment
- Maintains competence through continuing education
- Meets requirements for CEU relicensure
- Assists in orientation of new employees with factual information regarding current departmental policies
- Acts as a resource for new employees
- Maintains supplies and cleanliness in the work environment
Physical Demands:
- Standing: 66100
- Sitting: 033
- Walking: 66100
- Lifting: 050lbs. as needed
- Carrying: 025lbs. as needed
- Pushing: 0400lbs. on wheels with assistance as needed
- Climbing: 15 flights of stairs as necessary
- Pulling: As necessary while providing patient care
- Bending: Proper bending necessary to pick things off the floor
- Squatting: As necessary while providing care
- Rotating: Shoulders as necessary
- Kneeling: If necessary while providing patient care
- Reaching: overhead while providing patient care
- General comments: Visual and hearing senses must be adequate to provide patient care.
Environmental Conditions:
- Inside 95100
- Outside 05
- Temperature 30F115F
- Fumes: Occasional
- Dust: Occasional
- Gases: None
- Odors: Occasional
- Mist: Occasional
- Radiation: Occasional
- Noise or Vibrations: Biomedical equipment needles sharps copy machine phones latex disinfectants etc.
- Hazards: Occasional contact with communicable disease electrical equipment etc.
- Personal Protective Equipment: Provided (gowns gloves masks head cover).
This description is intended to provide only basic guidelines for meeting job requirements. Responsibilities knowledge skills abilities and working conditions may change as needs evolve.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive health dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account with an employer contribution
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Plan
- 401(k) retirement plan with a company match
- And more!
Equal Employment Opportunity & Work Force Diversity
Our organizationis an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race color creed sex religion marital status age national origin or ancestry physical or mental disability medical condition parental status sexual orientation veteran status genetic testing results or any other consideration made unlawful by federal state or local laws. This practice relates to all personnel matters such as compensation benefits training promotions transfers layoffs our organizationiscommitted to going beyond the legal requirements of equal employment opportunity to take positive actions which ensure diversity in the workplace and result in a multicultural organization.
Employment Type
Full-Time
