RN Minor Procedures - Pain Services - Part Time

Summary: Responsible for the delivery of safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the Minor Procedure Area for all patient populations.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in nursing

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing

• Current registered nurse licensure in state of employment

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Preferred:

• Two years perioperative services experience preferred

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification

• Basic computer skills (eg, Microsoft Word)

Essential Functions:

• Promote the mission, vision, and values of the Guthrie Clinic.

• 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 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 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.

• Evaluate the patient's progress toward attaining outcomes.

• Transfer care as applicable.

• 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.

• Use problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster effective work relationships with team members.

• Maintain required competencies.

• Pursue professional growth and participates in a professional organization.

• Act as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health information.