Registered Nurse, Full Time, Days 7a-5p, Operating Room, Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center Ambulatory Surgery Center

Job description

Responsible for general nursing activities in the operating room. The perioperative nurse is the registered nurse who, using the nursing process, designs, coordinates, and delivers care to meet the identified needs of patients whose protective reflexes or self-care abilities are potentially compromised because they are having operative or other invasive procedures. Establishes, ensures, and supervises surgical team members and procedures to maintain quality services and efficient operations.

Promotes and restores patient’s health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical

and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; and supervising assigned

team members.

Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and

spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.

Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending

necessary adjustments; and following hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and

standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other

governing agency regulations.

Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules,

and regulations; and calling for assistance from health care support personnel.

Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and

protocols; medication administration and storage procedures; and controlled

substance regulations.

Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting as per policy and

communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs utilizing SBAR while

maintaining patient confidentiality.

Ensures proper function and operation of equipment following manufacturer’s

instructions; troubleshoot equipment malfunctions; call appropriate personnel for

repairs; and evaluate new equipment as necessary.

Ensure case readiness by confirming that supplies, equipment, instruments, and

implants are available as per surgical procedure and doctor preferences. Ensure fiscal

responsibility of the organization by accurately documenting/charging for supplies.

Maintains professional and technical knowledge through continuing education and

organization and unit mandates. Achieves and maintains professional certification as

required.

Contributes to team efforts and high quality, safe patient outcomes through

collaboration with peers, supervisors, surgeons, and anesthesiologists, promoting all

PRIDE values

Maintains AORN standards of practice (i.e., directs and assists in accounting for all

sponges, needles, and instruments, disposes patient specimens in the appropriate

manner). Ensures strict adherence to the Universal Protocol, Prevention of Retained

Surgical Items and Specimen Management Policy by all team members in the Operating Room.

Assists Anesthesia with induction & extubation.

Assists in positioning, responding to comfort/safety of patient.

Observes and enforces strict standards of asepsis.

Functions in assigned scrub/circulating role with knowledge of multiple specialty

surgical procedures, instrumentation, and individual surgeon preferences. Assumes

responsibility as the room coordinator when in the circulating role. Acts as a resource

and role model when providing a safe and therapeutic environment.

Assumes professional and personal responsibility and accountability for patient care

(i.e. reading preference cards, checking case cart completeness, reports supply

deficiencies, one-of-a kind item or specialty item usage to appropriate personnel).

Ensures efficient turnaround time between cases, demonstrating organizational skills

and priority setting.

Maintains a clean and well-organized patient care area including the return of

medication and supplies to appropriate storage location.

Identifies and ensures proper handling of instruments and equipment (i.e. returning

instruments to original tray, flexible scope care, identifying and tagging malfunctioning

instruments and equipment).

Demonstrates knowledge of corporate and hospital policies and procedures.

Completion of Departmental and Organizational Mandatories and Peer Reviews

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Worksite address

morristown, NJ, 07961, US

Who can apply

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