RN-OPS Rotating Shifts

Job Description - RN-OPS - Full Time - Rotating Shifts )

Job Description

RN-OPS - Full Time - Rotating Shifts -

Clark Regional Medical Center

Description

• Provides direct patient care to patients using the nursing process in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice.
• Reports to:
  
  Director of Surgical Services

• Performs plan of care intervention, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, as well as other medical care treatment
• Documents patient care given
• Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate to care team, physician, patient, and family
• Assists patients with performing activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation
• Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral and spiritual/psychosocial support needs
• Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances throughout the perioperative process
• Works as an advocate for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient
• Assesses and cares for the surgical patient throughout the perioperative process by performing preadmission testing, preparing the patient day of surgery and providing care for Phase I, Phase II and Extended Level of Care after surgery

• Associate's Degree Nursing (ADN), required
• Bachelor's Degree Nursing (BSN), preferred

• Valid current Kentucky RN state licensure
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)