The Eye Institute at Boswell Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN)
Reports To: Center Leader / Charge Nurse
Job Description FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
POSITION SUMMARY:
Under the direction of the designated Nurse Manager, the Staff Nurse is responsible for professional, direct patient care in the nurse role. The Staff Nurse will utilize the nursing process within their scope of practice to assess, develop nursing diagnosis, develop plan of care, implement plan of care, monitor for effectiveness, and adjust appropriately, for patient’s plan of care. The Staff Nurse is responsible for care, in areas assigned, within the Surgery Center, as needed.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Graduate of Accredited School of Nursing
- RN with active license, no restrictions (license in appropriate state)
- One (1) year of nursing experience, preferably, in an ambulatory surgery center
- CPR certification and/or ACLS-PALS certification (as required by Center)
- Strong ethical and moral character references
- Basic computer skills
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Obtains and documents patient’s medical history and perform physical assessment
- Uses proper techniques and procedures according to accepted standards of practice and center policies and procedures
- Ability to apply dressings and assess status
- Ability to safely use medical equipment per manufacturer’s instructions for use
- Ability to insert, assess, or discontinue various catheters and tubes
- Effectively organizes and avoids wasteful practices of time, equipment, and supplies
- Observes universal precautions
- Attends all required education
- Regular and predictable attendance
- Performs other duties as assigned
Regulatory/Compliance
- Contributes to the progress and development of the center’s compliance program
- Performs according to accreditation requirements, regulatory standards and center policies and procedures
- Adheres to patients’ rights and responsibilities and supports them in performance of job duties
- Adheres to rules and regulations for Protected Health Information (PHI) and Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability (HIPAA) protections of patient information
Safety
- Adheres to best practices and regulations adopted, to provide safety in the workplace
- Uses surgical safety checklist
- Monitors the Center’s physical environment to ensure the maintenance of safety, comfort, cleanliness, and efficiency
- Monitors the care, cleaning, and required maintenance of equipment to maintain proper working conditions
- Reports observed or suspected safety violations and hazards to the Safety Officer; ensure ongoing policy/procedure compliance
- Adheres to OSHA regulations in performing job duties and responsibilities
Communication
- Ability to professionally and effectively communicate patient care needs and significant information to healthcare team to promote continuity of patient care in a clear and concise manner
- Works collaboratively with center leadership on patient and staff scheduling according to policies, procedures, and center needs
- Ability to effectively present information, respond to questions, and professionally interact with physicians, managers, employees, clients, vendors, and the general public
- Interacts with others in a positive, respectful and considerate manner
Teamwork
- Works collaboratively with the healthcare team
- Delegates staffing duties appropriately to unlicensed assistive personnel and LVN/LPN, accordance with scope of practice and center policies and procedures
- Reports observed or suspected safety violations, hazards, and policy/procedure non-compliance to Center Leader,
Financial Practices
- Uses Center resources appropriately and avoids wasteful practices
- Reports wasteful practices
- Analyzes work area and makes recommendations for potential cost-effective improvements
Professional competence
- Participates in continuing education and other learning experiences
- Seeks new learning experiences by accepting challenging opportunities and responsibilities
- Shares knowledge gained in continuing education with center personnel
- Assists Center Leadership with orientation and training of new personnel
- Demonstrates ability to act as a resource for problems related to patient care
ESSENTIAL VALUES, CODES OF CONDUCT:
- Demonstrates knowledge of and adheres to the Code of Conduct
- Adheres to the Scope of Practice
- Supports the centers mission statement and goals
- Complies with the centers standards for ethical business conduct
- Works with Center Leadership to ensure patient and physician satisfaction
- Adheres to policies and procedures, including, but not limited to, attendance, timeliness, safeguarding confidential information
- Reports incidents in a timely manner
- Demonstrates an attitude of caring, respect, sensitivity, tact, compassion, empathy, and tolerance
- Exhibits mental alertness for quality decision making and exercises good judgment
- Exhibits high level of integrity
- Ability to multi-task effectively, efficiently, accurately, and with attention to detail
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, decimals, and percentages
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to understand, read, write, and speak English, if bilingual Center, bilingual language is required. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to successfully write business correspondence. Ability to effectively present information, respond to questions, and professionally interact with healthcare team, clients, vendors, and the general public.
REASONING ABILITY:
Demonstrates an ability to recognize and define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and correct errors. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions and forms to understand abstract and concrete variables.
Ability to think critically using inductive and deductive reasoning.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- Ability to sit, stand and walk for long periods of time, i.e., 6-8 hours per day
- Ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects up to 50 pounds in weight
- Ability to use abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously without
"giving out” or fatiguing
- Ability to perform physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
- Ability to position or transport patients, prepare medical procedure rooms, or set up patient care equipment
- Ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position
- Ability to keep or regain your body balance and stay upright
- Ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath
- Ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears
- Specific vision abilities for close and distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Days and hours of work may vary to meet patient and Center needs
- The Center is a well-lit, ventilated and climate controlled environment. The Center may require decreased lighting to meet patient care needs or procedure requirements, such as laser rooms and some OR/Procedure rooms
- Ability to work with medical and office equipment, some of which will have moving parts
- Noise level is usually quiet to moderate
- May have exposure to blood and other potentially infectious body fluids and materials or toxic chemicals and cleaning solutions
- Work in close proximity to patients, co-workers, and physicians
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $36.00 - $39.00 per hour
Expected hours: 36 – 40 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
