RN OR Circulator FT St. Joseph's Outpatient Surgery Center
Company: USPI
Location: Sun City West
Posted on: May 11, 2022
Job Description:
St. Joseph's Outpatient Surgery Center -is seeking a motivated
OR Circulator Registered Nurse to join our team! - St. Joseph's
Outpatient Surgery Center is a fast paced ASC environment committed
to producing the highest quality work and experience for -patients
and their families. - -Job Summary: -Assesses, plans, implements
and evaluates care for all age patients in operating room. Provides
care within nursing standards of practice and the policies of the
Center. Makes decisions regarding direct patient care needs and
communicates appropriate information to physicians, patients,
family members, and personnel in other departments as well as team
members. May have additional responsibilities as designated by the
Nurse Manager of the Operating Room and/or Director of Nursing,
which include, but are not limited to, serving on committees,
participating in quality improvement audits and projects.Essential
Job Duties and Responsibilities: -Include the following. Other
duties may be assigned:
- Assess patients at intervals as stated in policies and
procedures.
- Develop an individualized perioperative plan of care.
- Implement the plan of care using the following
interventions:
- Protect patient from injury caused by chemical, electrical,
laser, positioning, thermal sources, and extraneous objects.
- Perform count procedures to protect patient from unintended
retained foreign objects.
- Perform interventions necessary to ensure patient's procedure
is performed on the correct site, side, and level.
- Manage patient's specimen(s) in the appropriate manner.
- Communicate patient's current status throughout the continuum
of care.
- Administer medication(s) appropriately.
- Perform interventions to maintain patient's wound and tissue
perfusion at or above baseline levels.
- Perform interventions to maintain the status of the patient's
genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine,
respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems, and fluid,
electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline
levels.
- Perform interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned
to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative
period.
- Perform interventions to protect patient from infection.
- Assess knowledge level of patient or designated support person
and provide education regarding the expected psychosocial response,
nutritional management, medication management, pain management,
wound management, and expected responses to the operative or
invasive procedure.
- Actively involve patient or designated support person in
decisions affecting his or her perioperative plan of care and the
rehabilitation process.
- Protect patient's rights, dignity, and privacy.
- Provide culturally competent, age-appropriate, ethical care
within legal standards of practice.
- Provide consistent and comparable care regardless of the
setting.
- Evaluate the patient's progress toward attaining outcomes.
- Transfer care as appropriate.
- Delegate tasks as appropriate according to the state Nurse
Practice Act and job descriptions.
- Document nursing care.
- Collaborate effectively with other disciplines as
appropriate.
- Participate in quality review and performance improvement
projects.
- Participate in the performance appraisal process.
- Use problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster
effective work relationships with team members.
- Maintain required competencies.
- Attend required meetings and educational sessions.
- Act as a patient advocate and maintain privacy of all
appropriate information. - -
Required Skills:
Qualifications: -
- Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
- Currently licensed RN in the state.
- CPR required, advanced life support certification
required.
- One year experience required intra-operative setting.
- Demonstrates clinical competency, leadership, and teaching
capabilities.
- Physically and emotionally capable of performing
responsibilities of position. -USPI complies with federal, state,
and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce.
- If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any
applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full
vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical
exemption prior to your start date. - If you receive an exemption
from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to
regular testing in accordance with the law. - -#LI-CT1Employment
practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant's or
employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy),
national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any
other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable
accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless
doing so would result in an undue hardship.
Keywords: USPI, Sun City West , RN OR Circulator FT St. Joseph's Outpatient Surgery Center, Healthcare , Sun City West, Arizona
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