Perioperative Nurse

Position: PERIOPERATIVE NURSE
Location: Ganado

Position Summary:

Under the general supervision of the Surgical Services Supervisor, incumbent accomplishes the Surgical Services Department’s strategic objectives by providing strong clinical skills, being a team leader, preceptor, mentor, and active team membership. The Perioperative Registered Nurse is expected to uphold and set the example of professional conduct of the profession and consistently displays planning and organizing the assigned functions required to operate and maintain departmental activities and services.

Incumbents will support and provide strong quality of care with evidence-based practice and best practices. Maintains confidentiality of all privileged information. Responsible for the delivery of safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the OR and other areas of perioperative services for all patient populations.

This list of duties and responsibilities is illustrative only of the tasks performed by this position and is not all-inclusive.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Promote the mission, vision, and values of Sage Memorial Hospital.

Perform procedures for which Registered Nurse has been trained according to written policies & procedures.

Assess patients at intervals stated in the Surgical Services policies and procedure.

Assists with maintaining compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances including accreditation with The Joint Commission (TJC).Oversee patient care and delegated functions based upon the nursing process and in compliance with policies & procedures and standards of care.

Develop an individualized perioperative patient plan of care.

Implement 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 patient’s procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level.

Managing the patient’s specimens according to organizational policy and procedures.

Communicating the patient’s status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care.

Administering medications safely and correctly.

Performing interventions to maintain the patient’s wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels.

Performing interventions to maintain the status of the patient’s 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 patient’s rights, dignity, and privacy.

Providing age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within the legal standards of practice.

Providing consistent and comparable care regardless of setting.

Responsible for motivating, teaching, and assisting department staff members in providing skilled nursing care.

Ensure confidentiality of all patient information.

Evaluate the patient’s progress toward attaining outcomes.

Display a professional spirit that fosters positive working relationships.

Transfer care as applicable.

Delegate tasks according to the Arizona Nurse Practice Act and applicable job descriptions.

Document nursing care accurately, completely, and legibly.

Collaborate effectively with other disciplines as applicable.

Participate in quality review and performance improvement projects.

Participate in the performance appraisal process.

Use problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster…