SURGERY RN

Under the direction of the Outpatient Services Manager and according to established policies and procedures, the Staff Nurse performs the functions of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the care off all assigned patients in the Specialty Clinic, Surgical/PACU areas. The Registered Nurse will be accountable to the Outpatient Services Manager, Director of Nursing, and the patient and family.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and /or ability required.

• Assess and organize patient data to develop a plan of care and discharge plan.
• Prioritize, plan, and provide direct patient care to assigned patients during pre-operative, intra-operative, recovery, and immediate post-operative phases.
• Be responsible for the immediate supervision of assistive and ancillary department personnel.
• Use communication and interpersonal skills to provide care to surgical and specialty patients and their families. Relay pertinent information through appropriate documentation and referral to other health team members.
• Maintain quality patient care following professional standards and administrative, nursing, and department policies and procedures.
• Initiate, implement, evaluate and revise patient teaching plans as needed to meet the patient’s learning needs.
• Provide an environment conducive to professional practice in part by functioning as a role model and resource person.
• Participate in department related and hospital wide committees, activities, in-services and education.
• Assimilate new clinical knowledge and skills gained from conferences, workshops, seminars, and professional literature into practice.
• Operate all equipment in Pre-op, Surgery, PACU, Specialty Clinics, and as needed in ER and Medical-Surgical units with minimal assistance. If staff member/nurse, only performs in specialty clinic, they are only required to operate equipment needed for those clinics.
• Work quickly and efficiently in an emergency.
• Meet physical, psychological, and spiritual needs of the patient.
• Respect the patient as an individual, identifying cultural needs and utilizing them.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times, both interdepartmentally and externally.
• Practice the proper fire, safety and disaster procedures as set forth by SMC.
• Participate in all quality, safety, security and infection control programs that are mandatory as well as those required and provided by the department.
• Uphold confidentiality and HIPAA compliance at all times and report violations to the Privacy Officer.
• Understand and comply with the requirements of the Saunders Medical Center’s Compliance Program, including, but not limited to the Code of Conduct, the Compliance Policy, all Saunders Medical Center-wide policies for compliance, and compliance plans affecting specific duties and responsibilities.
• Participate in all education and training programs regarding compliance as required by Saunders Medical Center policy and as requested by the Supervisor.
• Demonstrate personal traits of a high-level commitment, motivation and energy; team orientation; professionalism; trust; personal honesty and integrity; and a demonstration of placing others in a place of high value and treating them with dignity and respect.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None.

Disclosure Statement

The above statements reflect the general details considered necessary to describe the essential functions of the job as identified, and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the position.