What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN- Surgery position at Sullivan County Community Hospital?
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Graduate of a formal perioperative nursing course or documented on-the-job training
Experience/Skills
- Preferably possesses at least one year experience in a clinical setting
- Possesses circulating and/or scrubbing duty experience
- Performs nursing intervention using the nursing process and incorporating current clinical knowledge with established nursing practice
- Continuously acquires surgery skills through clinical experience, on-the-job training, inservice, and continuing education
- Proficiently reads, writes, and understands English
- Accurately reads fine print, supply labels, patient identification bracelets, the surgical schedule, and policies and procedures
- Accurately hears and follows verbal instructions
- Pushes and pulls heavy objects such as gurneys, patient beds and OR beds
- Lifts patients, heavy boxes weighing up to 40 pounds, and instrument sets weighing up to 20 pounds
Required Licenses/Certifications
- Registered Nurse licensed to practice in the state of Indiana
- CPR
- ACLS
Working Conditions
- Works in an air-conditioned environment with a temperature of 65ºF-72ºF and humidity of 45%-55%
- Works in temperatures up to 85ºF-90ºF when assigned to assist with pediatric cases
- Wears hospital-provided scrub attire while on duty
- Works in an environment with the potential for cuts, bruises, muscle strains, and exposure to contagious diseases via blood and body fluids
- Works in an environment with the potential for exposure to anesthetic waste gases, harsh disinfectants, sterilizing agents, high steam pressure, and radiologic factors
ROUTINE RESPONSIBILITIES
Behavioral Expectations
- Consistently complies with established Behavioral Expectations
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RN Duties – Assessment/Planning
- Assesses the physiological health status of the patient on admission to the operating room and performs an ongoing assessment of the patient’s physiological health status during the intraoperative period
- Assesses psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual status on admission to the operating room
- Identifies nursing diagnoses appropriate to the intraoperative and postoperative period
- Plans care based on the patient’s problems/needs in the assessment
- Plans and coordinates patient care perioperatively to allow for patient comfort by efficient use of down time; using surgeon’s preference cards; and by coordinating activities of other disciplines to implement individual plan of care
- Initiates discharge planning for local and endoscopy patients which includes patient and family instruction/teaching, resource referral
RN Duties – Implementation/Evaluation
- Implements perioperative nursing care according to an established plan of care and operating room policies and procedures
- Supervises perioperative nursing associates and assistants assigned to perform the actions necessary to accomplish the identified goals
- Scrubs and/or circulates simple as well as complex surgical and endoscopy procedures
- Evaluates the effectiveness of the care provided
- Communicates and perioperative nursing care
- Designs, implements, and evaluates systems to improve the quality of perioperative nursing patient care
- Assumes on-call for department
RN Duties – Post Anesthesia Recovery
- Demonstrates effective airway management; frequently monitors respiratory adequacy and intervenes appropriately
- Monitors cardiac system of post-op patient
- Identifies arrhythmias and evidence of shock, intervening appropriately when necessary
- Utilizes PAR scoring system to determine patient status toward post-anesthesia recovery
- Demonstrates a knowledge of proper documentation and charging procedures (e.g. vital signs, I&O, patient care record)
Full Time/Day Shift
80 Hours/Bi-weekly