Pre/Post Surgical RN

Schedule: PRN

About ROSE

We take pride in walking with patients and families during some of life’s most consequential journeys. In the communities we serve, we responsibly invest in equitable, compassionate care through service, patient advocacy, and education. Our values of Excellence, Empathy, Integrity and Accountability are essential to exceed our customers’ expectations. At ROSE, we look for individuals who believe in our core values and demonstrate a genuine desire to make a positive impact on those we serve. We need individuals who align with our mission, vision, values and key service behaviors. We are responsible for working together as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding customer care and service to our communities.

About the Position

The Registered Nurse is assigned clinical and/or managerial responsibilities based on educational preparation, licensing laws and regulations, competency and patient needs. “Patient needs” based assignments are made in accordance with the complexity and dynamics of the condition of each patient, age of patient, cultural, spiritual and religious practices, emotional needs/barriers, desire and motivation, physical and/or cognitive limitations, language barriers and the complexity of the assessment required by the patient. This includes the type of technology employed in providing care and factors that must be considered to make appropriate decisions regarding the provision of care.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Fundamental Expectations for Success

• Routinely demonstrates a strong commitment to Reid’s/ROSE’s behavioral standards by serving as a role model to others.

• Consistently demonstrates the behavior standards identified in Reid’s/Rose’s Mission, Vision and Values always.

• Practices Key Service Behaviors to support outstanding customer and employee experience.

• Adheres to Reid’s/Rose’s confidentiality policies related to patients, family and visitors, staff, physicians, and customers.

• Take pride and care in personal appearance and reports to work in attire that projects professionalism and respect.

• Completes all required hospital education and employee health requirements on time.

• Follows Reid’s/Rose’s confidentiality policies related to customers, family and visitors, and employees.

• Perform work in a safe manner and follow all Reid/ROSE safety requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Must maintain competence in BLS/ACLS after initial training.

• A calm, pleasant, professional demeanor is expected.

• You must have the ability to work cooperatively with all staff, physicians and departments.

• Must be committed to Patient Satisfaction and Patient Safety.

• Unit/Department/Service Area Specific • See Competency Checklist

• Interpersonal skills are necessary to instruct and comfort patients and their families and maintain contact with a variety of internal and external staff. Recognizes and reinforces positive efforts of the health care team/co-workers. Addresses issues in a tactful and timely manner.

• Experience is determined by work area and hospital to acquire and effectively utilize knowledge of unit, departmental policies and procedures. Must fulfill established quality and quantity standards for the job.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and can be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities that management deems necessary.

Education Required

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing

Licensure

• Registered Nurse licensed in the State of Indiana

Certifications

• Basic Life Support

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability in taking patient vitals, performing injection/immunization procedures, charting and documentation, exam room preparation, infectious waste handling, knowledge of sterile techniques, triage incoming telephone calls, routine lab procedures and collection.

• Oral communication skills needed to develop patient rapport discuss orders with patients and patient’s family, pharmacies, message taking and communicate effectively with patients regarding the course of their care.

• Written communication skills necessary for charting and documentation. Must be able to write legibly and demonstrate spelling competency.

• Demonstrated ability in handling patient confidentiality.

• Ability to work with peers in a team situation.

• Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.

• Demonstrate a functional and technical understanding of applicable scheduling and billing software, intranet and internet usage, e-mail usage and web-based applications.

• Demonstrates the ability to connect on a human level, at a minimum making eye contact with and greeting patients, families, visitors, and staff.

• Shows courteous interactions, including correct voice inflection and positive body language.

• Demonstrates empathy by acknowledging and validating patient’s situation or experience. (“It must be hard to…” “It must be difficult to…”)

• Appropriately sues therapeutic touch to calm and comfort.

• Willing to work hard; offers to help others when own work completed. Sensitive to needs and workload of entire unit/department.

• Shows willingness to take ownership; uses “I” or “we” rather than “they” or “them”. Blame is not directed at others.

• Demonstrates compassion by ability to “walk in someone’s shoes” – get to their level, to understand where they are and what they’re feeling, and help them get to where they want to be.

• Assumes accountability for professional growth.

• Shows ability to use imagination, because if you can’t “imagine”, you can’t “connect”, and if you can’t “connect”, you can’t display compassion.

• Must be committed to Patient Satisfaction and Patient Safety.

• Assures that day-to-day patient care proceeds in an efficient, safe manner.

• Routinely meets the culture of every patient every time regarding the patient experience by utilizing AIDET & KSBs.

Position Specific Competencies

Successful completion of Reid Hospital/ROSE orientation and competency-based skills appropriate for the Pre/Post Surgery Department. Individual performance and competency-based skills are maintained through ongoing assessment to competence and educational activities. Written evaluations are done on an annual basis.

• Demonstrates basic communication skills

• Demonstrates ability to work with age-specific populations

• Demonstrates Patient Safety

• Demonstrates appropriate body mechanics

• Demonstrate infection control practices

• Demonstrates ability to provide comfort and safety measures for patients

• Performs or contributes to patient assessment according to policy and procedure

• Performs or contributes to a Plan of care

• Evaluates or contributes to evaluating POC

• Demonstrates ability to assess and manage patient’s pain

• Demonstrates ability to manage medications

• Demonstrate management of IV therapy

• Demonstrates ability to monitor & manage blood glucose

• Demonstrates ability to manage emergent patient conditions

• Demonstrates management of blood and blood products

• Demonstrates management of urinary care

• Demonstrates ability to manage chest tubes

• Demonstrates management of ostomies

• Demonstrates ability to manage Tracheostomies

• Demonstrates management of NG Tubes

• Demonstrate management of Central Venous Lines

• Demonstrates ability to manage Wound Dressings

• Demonstrates ability to document in appropriate records

Work Environment

1. Normal patient care environment which requires continuous concentration and attention to detail.

2. Must be able to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.

3. Potential exposure to communicable diseases and moderately adverse working conditions.

4. The possibility of radiation exposure, care is taken to protect self when needed.

Physical Demands

• Lifting: Yes, greater than 50% of the time

• Pushing/Pulling: Yes, greater than 50% of the time

• Standing: Yes, greater than 50% of the time

• Sitting: Yes, greater than 50% of the time

• Walking: Yes, greater than 50% of the time

Travel: No

Overtime: Yes if the need arises

Holidays: Yes in a rotation

Weekends: Yes if the need arises

Different Shifts: Yes if the need arises

On-Call: Yes

This description is intended to describe the general nature and most essential duties to be performed by individuals assigned to this job title. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. Management has the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to the job at any time. All Reid Health campuses are smoke-free.