Staff RN -Outpatient Surgery

Overview

Schedule:

(4) 10‑hour shifts, Monday‑Friday covering 6a‑9p, 40 hrs per week. Non‑traditional day/evening rotation with on‑call responsibilities. Occasional weekends and holidays.

Assists patients to move rapidly, uneventfully, and as effectively as possible through their episode of care while maintaining quality and safety as a priority. Delegates, directs, oversees, and provides developmentally appropriate patient care. Practices professional nursing and promotes patient advocacy in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses and maintains a current Ohio Nursing License.

• Provides nursing care using a family‑centered approach.
• Assesses individualized patient needs.
• Communicates patient care needs and priorities to assigned Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), Patient Care Assistants (PCAs), Unit Coordinators, and allied health personnel.
• Plans, implements, educates and evaluates care using evidence‑based practices.
• Utilizes therapeutic communication while monitoring the physical, psychological, and social needs of patients and families.
• Engages in the workplace community by staying aware of changes, participating in data collection or auditing, understanding quality improvement, and representing staff at relevant meetings and reporting important information and updates back to staff.
• Documents according to organizational standards, policies, and procedures.

• BSN or associate degree with a commitment to obtain a BSN within five years of hire (required).
• Licensed as a registered nurse in the State of Ohio.
• Current CPR certification required.
• Willingness to obtain and maintain NRP, PALS, ACLS, APHON or other necessary certifications as determined by the manager based on business unit.

• Occasionally: Biohazard waste, climb stairs/ladder, driving motor vehicles, fume/gases/vapors, hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, lifting/carrying 41‑60 lbs, lifting/carrying 61‑100 lbs, machinery, power tools, pushing/pulling 100 lbs or greater with assistance, reaching above shoulder.
• Frequently: Bend/twist, exposure to blood and/or bodily fluids, chemicals/medications, communicable diseases and/or pathogens, depth perception, electricity, lifting/carrying 0‑10 lbs, 11‑20 lbs, 21‑40 lbs, patient equipment, pushing/pulling 0‑25 lbs, 26‑40 lbs, 41‑60 lbs, 61‑100 lbs, repetitive hand/arm use, sitting, squat/kneel.
• Continuously: Audible speech, color vision, computer skills, decision making, hearing acuity, interpreting data, peripheral vision, problem solving, seeing far/near, standing, walking.
• Additional physical requirements performed but not listed above: not specified.

The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision.

Equal opportunity employer. M/F/Disability/Veteran.