Registered Nurse

Under general direction, the Registered Nurse monitors patients, supports the providers, and documents procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures continual delivery of high-quality nursing care • Adopts and implements innovative nursing practices to improve the facility • Maintains a healthy, collaborative team environment • Mentors/trains other surgical staff, as needed • Promotes positive customer relations within the ASC • Has working knowledge of all equipment and procedures • Oversees safety surveillance and task related responsibilities that have been delegated to others to ensure effective and desired results • Oversees infection control surveillance and task related responsibilities that have been delegated to others to ensure effective and desired results • Maintains documentation of patient care services by auditing patient and department records, including but not limited to autoclave receipts • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies • Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed • Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans • Monitors all aspects of patient care • Prepares rooms, sterile instruments, equipment and supplies • Deals compassionately, professionally, and courteously with patients, their families, physicians, and fellow employees • Follows safety and infection control procedures • Adheres to all federal, state and nursing regulations and protocols including but not limited to patient safety procedures such as verification of patient identification prior to procedures • Ensures that immediately prior to the start of any procedure in the procedure room, initiate a time-out and ensure correct patient, procedure, site and side, and that there are no additional concerns. • Identifies every patient with two identifiers: full name and date of birth • Documents this information in the Procedure Safety Checklist, including the time of the time-out • Identifies an emergency situation and is able to appropriately intervene • Understands and administers regulatory policies (i.e.: Joint Commission/AAAHC, CDC, State, etc.) • Deploys, monitors, and ensures that the facilities’ operational processes are appropriately integrated within the facility’s quality programs • Maintains patient, physician, and employee privacy and confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA, Company and other regulatory standards • Assists with supply ordering, as needed • Provides clinical support for procedure’s • Maintains accurate, detailed reports and records • Monitors, records and reports symptoms and changes in patients' conditions • Records patients' medical information and vital signs • Ensures history and physicals are complete on each patient, by the provider, prior to procedures • Consults and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans • Instructs individuals, families and others on topics such as health education, disease prevention and develop health improvement programs • Oversees and ensures that daily/quarterly/annual binders/logs are up to date • Informs physician of patient's condition before, during and after procedures • Acts as a liaison between the physician and the patient and patient’s family or support person(s) • Maintains the role of patient advocate • Ensures, provides and explains discharge instructions to all patients • Ensures physician has cleared patient for discharge prior to discharging the patient • Assists in the stocking and inventory of the clinical area • Ensures all applicable Surgery Center staff and guests wear radiation badges • Maintains and stores radiation safety equipment • Conducts annual apron and thyroid shield inspections • Conducts safety drills, as required • Conducts daily inventory of and ensures policies and procedures are followed for controlled substances • As assigned, ensures operation of medical and administrative equipment by verifying emergency equipment availability; completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques • Orders/requests supplies as needed • Checks and responds to work e-mail on a regular basis throughout the workday • Participate in and complete all required trainings and in-services • Performs other duties as assigned