Pre-Op/OR/PACU Registered Nurse - DTC Clinic - No Weekends

About Mountain View Pain Center:

Mountain View Pain Center is a comprehensive pain management and rehabilitation practice committed to treating the whole patient with compassion, innovation, and teamwork. We blend chiropractic care, physical therapy, pain management, and acupuncture to create individualized, evidence-based treatment plans that address pain at its source.

Our collaborative, patient-centered approach ensures every patient receives coordinated care from a multidisciplinary team working together towards the goals of restoring function, improving quality of life, and promoting long-term wellness. At Mountain View Pain Center, we believe healing happens best when providers communicate, support one another, and place the patient experience at the center of everything we do.

Position Summary:
Assists in the daily clinical operations of the Preop/OR/PACU in accordance with established federal, state and accreditation standards and facility policies and procedures. Participates in direct patient care including maintaining a clean, orderly and safe environment.

Essential Competencies / Performance Expectations:
Clinical Skills

• Assesses patient/significant others understanding of disease process and need for surgical intervention.
• Performs pre/post operative teaching to patient/significant other.
• Demonstrates appropriate nursing management and intervention preoperatively and postoperatively.
• Assess the patient for level of recovery from anesthesia.
• Provides effective airway management postoperatively.
• Assesses and manages postoperative complications, such as nausea and vomiting.
• Provides wound assessment and management to ensure uncomplicated wound healing.
• Provides safe medication administration.
• Manages patient complications/emergencies preoperatively and postoperatively.
• Utilizes aseptic technique and infection control principles to establish and maintain intravenous access.
• Reports significant patient information to medical staff appropriately.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skill in caring for the latex sensitive patient.
• Initiates and follows procedure protocol.
• Demonstrates appropriate care for the patient experiencing pain.
• Demonstrates techniques to relieve patient’s pain and evaluates the effectiveness of the techniques used.
• Documents patient response during postoperative period.
• Facilitates actions and activities that support accountability to practice.
• Identifies and initiates problem resolution.
• Actively participates, develops, and implements activities and measures promoting quality care.

Documentation

• Demonstrates knowledge of medical record policy and procedure in management of patient information.
• Participates in medical records QAPI.

Communication

• Listens respectfully, gives feedback directly, honestly and talks with others to clarify differences.
• Effectively communicates and interacts with patients (using translation services when needed), their family, and other external and internal clients (including fellow employees) from diverse backgrounds.

Quality

• Demonstrates a willingness to look at new ideas and work in a changing environment.
• Understands, verbalizes and participates in the quality improvement process.
• Supports initiatives designed to improve individual and organizational performance.
• Provides appropriate patient care across the age span.