SurgiCenter Registered Nurse Full Time

Job DescriptionJob Title: Registered Nurse PerioperativeStatus: Full TimeHours: VariableReports to: Team Leader/ Surgicenter DirectorPurpose of Job: Provide support to surgeons performing operations/procedures in a sterile environment. Acts as an advocate for the patient and maintains safety confidentiality and dignity of the patient at all times. Qualifications: Must be a graduate from an accredited school of nursing with a current Tennessee nursing Life Support certified required; ACLS & PALS experience in an OR setting (1 year minimum) be in overall good health with satisfactory hearing and eyesight; must be able to bend reach and lift 50 lbs. using good body of OSHA be able to work forty (40) hours per week and overtime as deemed necessary by the be self-motivated professional and maintain a positive have good verbal and written communication Responsibilities: Supports the mission vision and values of the established protocols to maintain a clean safe environment for patients personnel and current competencies applicable to the and prioritize tasks an individualized perioperative patient plan of the plan of care by:protecting the patient from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical electrical laser mechanical and thermal sources;performing accounting procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained surgical items;performing interventions necessary to ensure that the patients procedure is performed on the correct site side and level;managing the patients specimens according to organizational policy and procedures;communicating the patients current status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care;administering medications safely and correctly;performing interventions to maintain the patients wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels;performing interventions to maintain the status of the patients genitourinary gastrointestinal musculoskeletal endocrine respiratory cardiovascular and neurological systems and fluid electrolyte and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels;performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period;performing interventions to protect the patient from surgical site infection;assessing the knowledge level of the patient or designated support person;providing education regarding the expected psychosocial response nutritional management medication management pain management wound management and expected responses to the operative or invasive procedure;involving the patient or designated support person actively in decisions affecting his or her perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process;protecting the patients rights dignity and privacy;providing age-specific culturally competent ethical care within legal standards of practice; andproviding consistent and comparable care regardless of the the patients progress toward attaining care as tasks according to the state Nurse Practice Act and job nursing care accurately completely and effectively with other disciplines as in quality review and performance improvement in the performance appraisal problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster effective work relationships with team required professional growth and participates in a professional as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health effectively with physicians nurses other health care professionals pertinent information and suggestions to team tasks by importance and employee handbook guidelines in regards to sick time vacation and dress Conditions/Physical Requirements: Primarily operating room setting. Frequent contact with diverse individuals. Exposure to blood and body fluids communicable diseases chemicals radiation and repetitive demanding high-stress of standing walking lifting bending stooping twisting. Must be able to stand 6-8 hours/day. Hand and eye and finger vision and hearing to within normal and pulling heavy objects. Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 description is intended to provide only basic guidelines for meeting job requirements. Responsibilities knowledge skills abilities and working conditions may change as needs : Management reserves the right to change job responsibilities at any : Date: