Registered Nurse

Under general direction the Registered Nurse monitors patients supports the providers and documents procedures

• Ensures continual delivery of high quality nursing care
• Adopts and implements innovative nursing practices to improve the facility
• Maintains a healthy collaborative team environment
• Mentors trains other surgical staff as needed
• Promotes positive customer relations within the ASCHas working knowledge of all equipment and procedures
• Oversees safety surveillance and task related responsibilities that have been delegated to others to ensure effective and desired results
• Oversees infection control surveillance and task related responsibilities that have been delegated to others to ensure effective and desired results
• Maintains documentation of patient care services by auditing patient and department records including but not limited to autoclave receipts
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem solving methods
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
• Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess plan implement and evaluate patient care plans
• Monitors all aspects of patient care
• Prepares rooms sterile instruments equipment and supplies
• Deals compassionately professionally and courteously with patients their families physicians and fellow employees
• Follows safety and infection control procedures
• Adheres to all federal state and nursing regulations and protocols including but not limited to patient safety procedures such as verification of patient identification prior to procedures
• Ensures that immediately prior to the start of any procedure in the procedure room initiate a time out and ensure correct patient procedure site and side and that there are no additional concerns
• Identifies every patient with two identifiers full name and date of birth
• Documents this information in the Procedure Safety Checklist including the time of the time out
• Identifies an emergency situation and is able to appropriately intervene
• Understands and administers regulatory policies ie Joint CommissionAAAHC CDC State etc
• Deploys monitors and ensures that the facilities operational processes are appropriately integrated within the facilitys quality programs
• Maintains patient physician and employee privacy and confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA Company and other regulatory standards
• Assists with supply ordering as needed
• Provides clinical support for procedures
• Maintains accurate detailed reports and records
• Monitors records and reports symptoms and changes in patients conditions
• Records patients medical information and vital signs
• Ensures history and physicals are complete on each patient by the provider prior to procedures
• Consults and coordinate with health care team members to assess plan implement and evaluate patient care plans
• Instructs individuals families and others on topics such as health education disease prevention and develop health improvement programs
• Oversees and ensures that dailyquarterlyannual binderslogs are up to date
• Informs physician of patients condition before during and after procedures
• Acts as a liaison between the physician and the patient and patients family or support persons
• Maintains the role of patient advocate
• Ensures provides and explains discharge instructions to all patients
• Ensures physician has cleared patient for discharge prior to discharging the patient
• Assists in the stocking and inventory of the clinical area
• Ensures all applicable Surgery Center staff and guests wear radiation badges
• Maintains and stores radiation safety equipment
• Conducts annual apron and thyroid shield inspections
• Conducts safety drills as required
• Conducts daily inventory of and ensures policies and procedures are followed for controlled substances
• As assigned ensures operation of medical and administrative equipment by verifying emergency…