Float Pool Clinical Nurse - Stroger Hospital - Operating Room

Job Description

PLEASE BE ADVISED that this position is covered by the collective bargaining agreement between Cook County and the National Nurses Organizing Committee. Pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement, Cook County will exhaust internal eligible applicants prior to considering external applicants. Cook County is assembling a list of qualified candidates for this position that will be considered should the position not be filled with internal eligible applicants.

LOCATION: John H. Stroger Jr Hospital

DEPARTMENT: Nursing Staffing Float Pool

PAY RANGE: $37,454 - $51,040

Salary is commensurate with years of experience indicated at time of application submittal. Experience not disclosed or documented at the time of application will not be considered for initial step placement.

The Float Pool Clinical Nurse is specially trained to practice nursing during the Perioperative period. The dimensions of practice range from preoperative assessment to intra operative intervention to postoperative evaluation. It is practice designed to meet a patient's needs through the nursing process, ensuring continuity of care during the surgical experience. The Float Pool Clinical Nurse will receive a daily notification of the assigned facility location to support the continuity of care throughout Cook County Health (CCH).

• Receives notification from Staffing Office to obtain daily assigned facility location.
• Responsible for floating throughout the hospital and/or multiple facilities to provide nursing care in the following primary areas:
  Medical/Surgical, Telemetry, Step-down, Critical Care, Emergency Department, PACU, Ambulatory Procedures, Maternal Child, Labor and Delivery and Neonatal Intensive Care or any other area for which you have competency.

• Checks the following day's assignments so as to be prepared in anatomy, the surgeon's preference, and sequence of procedure. If special instrumentation or prosthetics are requested, ensure they have arrived and familiar with usage.
• Demonstrates clinical competencies (circulating and scrub roles) in provision of patient care consistent with the Perioperative Nurse competencies and best practices in Perioperative Nursing care.
• Attends report at scheduled time.
• Damp dusts operating room surfaces.
• Checks supplies against preference cards, obtaining any missing items.
• Ensures that required blood products are readily available in the Blood Bank.
• Opens sterile supplies with scrub nurse/ O.R. Technician.
• Performs initial baseline counts according to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital (JSH) Policy and Procedures.
• Checks spotlights, connects suctions, and electrical equipment.
• Greets patients in Pre-Op area and receives hand-off communication from Pre-Op nurse; refers the Pre-Op admission policy; assures patients are in operating room fifteen (15) minutes before scheduled start of surgery.
• Checks patient documentation preoperatively to ensure that chart is complete with: all appropriate consents signed, proper patient identification and verified with Pre-Op during hand off;
  Labs/X‑ray, etc. (refers to policy).
• Assesses the physical and psychosocial needs of the patient; provides physical and emotional support, as needed; explains routines and procedures to patients, as needed.
• Assists patients in moving to the O.R. table; requests assistance if necessary for moving and/or positioning; secures safety belt.
• Keeps noise level to a minimum.
• Assures surgeon and assistant (if applicable) are present in the operating room before anesthesia begins; remains next to the patient during anesthesia induction; assists anesthesiologist, as needed.
• Performs pre‑induction and pre‑incision time out, checks with surgical team and anesthesia staff.
• Assesses patient skin integrity on arrival to and prior to transfer from O.R.
• Assists in positioning of the patient.
• Properly places grounding pad; refer to Electrosurgical Policy.
• Performs skin prep per departmental policy.
• Assists in gowning surgeons, assistants, etc.
• Connects suction and electrosurgical unit.
• Pours medications on back table: ensures labels on all solutions and medications are to be checked by both…