Registered Nurse

Description

Join Kansas City's leading eye care team! At Discover Vision Surgery and Laser Center, we believe in working together to provide the best eye care for our patients. We are currently hiring for a Perioperative Registered Nurse to join our ever-growing team of professionals who share our main focus of GREAT PATIENT CARE!

The Perioperative Registered Nurse functions in all areas of the ASC: Preoperative area, Operating Room, Postoperative area, and Laser Procedure Room.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Admits, assesses, and prepares ambulatory care patients for surgery in an efficient and thorough manner in accordance with surgery center's policies, reflecting flexibility in rules and regulations, as indicated by individual patient needs.
• Ability to perform pain assessment, intervention, management and patient/family education.
• Performance reflects knowledge of care specific to ophthalmic surgery.
• Has knowledge of basic cardiac monitoring with the ability to recognize rhythm changes Assists with or initiates emergency measures for sudden adverse development in patients with cardiac arrest, respiratory distress, shock, etc.
• Demonstrates an ability to be flexible, organized and function under stressful situations Assists ancillary services as needed.

Hours: Generally, between 6:00a - 5:00p M-Th. No weekends, holidays or on call. Our ASC staff work out of our Northland surgery center every Wednesday. 

Requirements

• Graduated from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current licensure as Registered Nurse; State of Missouri and Kansas.
• Current certification in BLS.
• Current certification in ACLS or willingness to obtain.
• Completed a minimum of one year nursing experience.

We understand the importance of work-life balance and want our team members to thrive personally and professionally. In addition to a rewarding career, we offer a comprehensive wellness package that includes health insurance, a 401k plan with matching contributions, and a very generous PTO program. If you are seeking new adventures in patient care and have a passion for going above and beyond to ensure all our patients are given the best patient experience, then we want to hear from you... Please Apply!