Registered Nurse - Operating Room

Essential Job Functions:

• Assess patients at intervals as stated in policies and procedures.
• Develop an individualized perioperative patient plan of care.
• Implement the plan of care by:
• protecting the patient from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources;
• performing accounting procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained surgical items;
• performing interventions necessary to ensure that the patient's procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level;
• managing the patient's specimens according to organizational policy and procedures;
• communicating the patient's current status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care;
• administering medications safely and correctly;
• performing interventions to maintain the patient's wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels;
• performing 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;
• performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period;
• performing interventions to protect the patient from surgical site infection;
• assessing the knowledge level of the patient or designated support person;
• providing education regarding the expected psychosocial response, nutritional management, medication management, pain management, wound management, and expected responses to the operative or invasive procedure;
• involving the patient or designated support person actively in decisions affecting his or her perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process;
• protecting the patient's rights, dignity, and privacy;
• providing age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards of practice; and
• providing consistent and comparable care regardless of the setting.

Other Job Functions

• Evaluate the patient's progress toward attaining outcomes.
• Transfer care as applicable.
• Assess cultural and age-specific considerations for appropriate care planning. Accurately document all nursing care and related services in the patient health record.
• Delegate tasks according to the state Nurse Practice Act and job descriptions.
• Document nursing care accurately, completely, and legibly.
• Collaborate effectively with other disciplines as applicable.
• Participate in quality review and performance improvement projects.
• Participate in the performance appraisal process.
• Maintain required competencies.
• Maintain current RN licensure as required.
• Maintain compliance with departmental policies, procedures and clinic processes.
• Other job duties and responsibilities as assigned to effectively meet the needs of the patients, the department, and the organization as a whole.

Required Competencies:

• Communication - The ability to get one's ideas across through oral or written means and to understand the ideas of others through effective listening skills.
• Customer Oriented - Ability to take care of the "customers" needs while following Crossing Rivers Health procedures.
• Active Listening - Ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.
• Decision Making - Ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures.
• Friendly - Ability to exhibit a cheerful demeanor toward others.
• Interpersonal - Ability to get along well with a variety of personalities and individuals.
• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
• Safety Awareness - Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
• Working Under Pressure - Ability to complete assigned tasks under stressful situations.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education:

• Associate's Degree (two year college or technical school) Required, Field of Study: Nursing.
• Bachelor's Degree - Preferred, Field of Study: Nursing

Experience:

• 1-2 years of operating room experience preferred

Computer Skills:

• Basic Computer Proficiency

Certifications & Licenses:

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license and able to practice in the state of Wisconsin.
• Certified in BLS and ACLS according to policy.