Job Description

Certification Details

• BLS
• State RN Licensure

Job Details

• Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records & clinical data.
• Evaluate patient’s response and intervene to ensure optimal patient outcome.
• Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including IVs, incision/wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
• Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health, safety, and rights of each patient.
• Provide patient/family education through assessment of learning readiness, needs, and ability; provide teaching and evaluate effectiveness.
• Recognize the patient or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for preferences, values, and needs.
• Provide relationship-based care delivered with respect for cultural differences and diversity of human experience.
• Delegate to non-RN personnel in accordance with State Board of Nursing and hospital policy.
• Effectively use time, personnel, equipment, and supplies to provide high-quality, cost-effective patient care.
• Serve as a professional role model demonstrating ethical/legal/professional nursing process.
• Manage resources and patient flow by matching nursing competencies with individualized patient and unit needs.
• Use standards of care, hospital policies/procedures, and regulatory guidelines to guide practice.
• Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making.
• Precept/mentor new staff or nursing students as needed.
• Seek out learning opportunities and continuing education.
• Seek experiences that reflect current practice to maintain skills and competence in clinical practice or role performance.
• Maintain professional records that provide evidence of competency and lifelong learning.
• Evaluate one’s own integrity and nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules, and regulations; take action to achieve goals identified during evaluation.
• Demonstrate commitment to the organization through ongoing participation at hospital and unit-based meetings.
• Understand the value of measurement and importance of continuous quality improvement data; use quality measures to improve performance and accountability for patient outcomes, experiences, and safe delivery of care.
• Participate in unit-based quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research activities.
• Use current healthcare research findings and other evidence to expand clinical knowledge, enhance role performance, and increase knowledge of professional issues.

Job Requirements

• Minimum experience: One year preferred.
• Nursing skills and knowledge base specific to Operating Room specialty.

Additional Details

• Float may be required to any CommonSpirit location within sixty (60) miles of the original assignment location or CommonSpirit-identified “float zone”.
• Float assignments may include duties outside of original assignment job requirements (including skill set) in accordance with CommonSpirit policy.

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