Float Pool Clinical Nurse - Stroger Hospital - Operating Room

Job Description

FLOAT POOL CLINICAL NURSE - STROGER HOSPITAL - OPERATING ROOM

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.

JOB SUMMARY: NNOC MEMBERS ONLY

Location:System Float Pool-Operating Room

Rotating Shifts

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).

Typical Duties

• 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.

Day of Surgery

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

Assists in gowning surgeons, assistants,…