What are the responsibilities and job description for the Perioperative Registered Nurse- Outpatient Surgery position at McPherson Hospital, Inc.?
Job Description
Mission statement
Superior health care and exceptional service for each person, every time.
Vision
To be a vibrant and thriving five-star center for health, serving as our community's first choice for health and wellness.
Our C.A.R.E. Values
Medical Insurance
Dental
Vision
Health Savings Account
Flex Spending Account/Dependent Care Spending Account
Hospital Indemnity
Life Insurance- Employer Paid
Long-Term Disability/ Short-Term Disability-Employer paid
Voluntary Life & AD&D
MASA- Medical Transportation Solutions
403 (b) Retirement Plan- up to 4% employer contribution
Earned Time Off
Extended Illness Bank-Hospital contribution
Free 24-hour fitness center
JOB DESCRIPTION: Perioperative Registered Nurse- Outpatient Surgery
Essential Functions/Accountabilities:
Minimum:
Minimum:
Mission statement
Superior health care and exceptional service for each person, every time.
Vision
To be a vibrant and thriving five-star center for health, serving as our community's first choice for health and wellness.
Our C.A.R.E. Values
- Compassion - I will treat everyone with kindness, acceptance, empathy, and understanding.
- Accountability - I will be trustworthy, responsible, and dependable while taking ownership of my actions.
- Respect - I will value the feelings, wishes, rights, and traditions of everyone without judgment.
- Excellence - I will strive to understand and exceed the expectations of others.
Medical Insurance
Dental
Vision
Health Savings Account
Flex Spending Account/Dependent Care Spending Account
Hospital Indemnity
Life Insurance- Employer Paid
Long-Term Disability/ Short-Term Disability-Employer paid
Voluntary Life & AD&D
MASA- Medical Transportation Solutions
403 (b) Retirement Plan- up to 4% employer contribution
Earned Time Off
Extended Illness Bank-Hospital contribution
Free 24-hour fitness center
JOB DESCRIPTION: Perioperative Registered Nurse- Outpatient Surgery
- Full-time- Days (May be eligible for Sign on Bonus)
Essential Functions/Accountabilities:
- Reports to OR Nurse Manager.
- Works as a team with co-workers to manage the workload and patient volumes.
- Coordinate the surgical patients care in the perioperative setting.
- Assess patient understanding of plan of care, to better facilitate opportunities and materials during hospital stay, working towards dismissal from admission.
- Follows established protocols for narcotic and other medication administration ensuring the 5 rights of medication administration are met.
- Communicates pertinent information related to patients’ condition to inform doctors, additional staff nurses and/or ancillary departments of patients’ needs and/or plan of care.
- Document concerns, findings, and actions, implementing appropriate care plans related to patients’ diagnosis for continuity of care.
- Assess patients’ conditions, continuously monitoring changes in status, physical findings, vital signs, coping skills ensuring appropriate care is given related to patients needs.
- Performs and documents admissions, dismissal, and intermittent nursing assessments as appropriate per policy and patient needs.
- Assess patient risk and initiate measures to prevent unplanned perioperative hypothermia to maintain normothermia in a range from 36oC-38oC (96.8oF-100.4oF).
- Manage patients’ postoperative nausea and vomiting to prevent prolonged postoperative stay and unanticipated admission.
- Manage Patients postoperative pain and comfort to prevent prolonged postoperative stay and unanticipated admission.
- Demonstrate knowledge about the psychological, sociologic, and spiritual responses of patients and their families to the operative or other invasive procedure.
- Maintains competency of procedures, equipment, instrumentation, and supplies in the surgical setting.
- Assists perioperative staff, including surgeons, anesthesia providers, RN’s, and surgical technologists, in providing quality care to the surgical patient.
- Takes call on rotation with other staff during OR non-scheduled hours as appropriate.
- Provides postoperative education to patients and family as appropriate.
- Participates in the professional development of self and team members.
- Maintains confidentiality as required by HIPPA regulations.
- Always exhibits professionalism.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum:
- Associate degree (two-year program) or equivalent formal training program.
- bachelor’s degree (BSN)
Minimum:
- 6 months practicing as an RN in an acute hospital setting
- One to Two years’ perioperative nursing experience
- Licensed in the State of Kansas as a Registered Nurse
- ACLS & PALS verified within 6 months of hiring.