Registered Nurse - Outpatient Surgery

About Our Company

We’re a physician‑led, patient‑centric network committed to simplifying health care and bringing a more connected kind of care. Our primary, multispecialty, and urgent care providers serve millions of patients in traditional practices, patients' homes and virtually through VillageMD and our operating companies Village Medical, Village Medical at Home, Summit Health, CityMD, and Starling Physicians. When you join our team, you become part of a compassionate community of people who work hard every day to make health care better for all.

We are innovating value‑based care and leveraging integrated applications, population insights and staffing expertise to ensure all patients have access to high‑quality, connected care services that provide better outcomes at a reduced total cost of care.

• Provides total comprehensive care to patients by applying the nursing process in an organized and systematic manner according to the Center’s policy in keeping with patient safety principles
• Completes initial assessment according to policy
• Reassesses patient condition per policy
• Interprets and utilizes clinical data in the plan of care
• Assesses patient for potential risk factors and intervenes to mitigate risk and prevent harm
• Recognizes and integrates patient special needs and individualizes care
• Adheres to infection control standards specific to patient care
• Assumes accountability for managing the delivery of patient care
• Promotes safety in all activities
• Acts as a patient advocate and upholds patient rights
• Assesses and responds to individual, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of the patient
• Administers medications correctly within the restrictions and limitations defined by the New Jersey State Practice Act and the Center’s policies and procedures
• Prioritizes and organizes work assignment and adjusts priorities based on changing situations
• Promotes and maintains a safe, clean and orderly environment
• Anticipates potential length of stay or discharge problems
• Communicates proactively to the health care team about changes in patient condition, the patient progress, the discharge plan and other relevant information
• Participates in discharge planning
• Initiates appropriate nursing measures
• Communicates and documents changes in patient condition to all appropriate individuals
• Documents medication use and controlled substances
• Appropriately secures patient belongings on admission and throughout discharge
• Maintains open collaborative dialogue with the management team
• Effectively communicates and interacts with physicians, patients, families and the public
• Regularly attends staff meetings, orientations and in‑services
• Serves on assigned committees
• Assists with teaching aseptic technique, safety program, infection prevention and control, and relevant nursing topics
• Reports promptly and accurately all significant events and problems to the manager

• Maintains current knowledge of outpatient post‑anesthesia / peri‑operative nursing practice
• Utilizes opportunities for professional growth by attending continuing education programs
• Attends seminars and meetings relevant to PACU as requested by the Center
• Becomes involved with research, new equipment, procedures for the Center
• Maintains and ensures dress code and decorum
• Prominently wears name identification badge at all times
• Introduces self to patients and patient family members
• Promotes good image of Center to patients, physicians, vendors and community
• Demonstrates professional behavior by being technically competent, skilled and responsive to the Center's customers in a compassionate, efficient and effective manner
• Maintains competencies identified by the Center including mandatory education, equipment and skill competency review lists, BLS, ACLS, and PALS as required by patient population
• Becomes self‑knowledgeable as to the contents of the Center's Policy and Procedure Manual

• Participates in the preparation of the patient for surgery
• Conducts patient pre‑operative phone calls for complete review of medical and surgical history and provides preoperative instructions
• Assists in obtaining pre‑admission testings (PATs) and medical…