Registered Nurse

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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 ASC
• Has 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, initiates a time‑out and ensures 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 (i.e. Joint Commission/AAAHC, CDC, State, etc.)
• Deploys, monitors, and ensures that the facility’s operational processes are appropriately integrated within the facility’s 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
• Instructs individuals, families and others on topics such as health education, disease prevention and develop health improvement programs
• Oversees and ensures that daily/quarterly/annual binders/logs are up to date
• Informs physician of patient’s condition before, during and after procedures
• Acts as a liaison between the physician and the patient and patient’s family or support person(s)
• 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…