Registered Nurse OR - Surgery Center at KissingCamels - Jacksonville, FL - OR - Operating Room
Company: Surgical Care Affiliates
Location: Jacksonville
Posted on: January 16, 2022
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Job Description:
Overview
Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA) is transforming specialty care in
our communities. We relentlessly create value by aligning
physicians, health plans and health systems around a common goal:
delivering exceptional care and healing to our patients and
communities we serve. We are driven to achieve the quadruple aim in
health care: high quality outcomes and a better experience for
patients and providers, all at a lower total cost of care. As a
national leader in surgical care, SCA's 10,000 teammates operate
more than 250 surgical facilities that serve nearly 1 million
patients per year. For more information on SCA, visit--.--Why join
SCA? Consider the following fantastic benefits---
Accountabilities / Responsibilities
We are actively hiring for an Registered Nurse (RN) Operating
Room.----Promote the mission, vision, and values
of--SCA.--Assess--patient status throughout the perioperative
episode of care.--Develop an individualized perioperative patient
plan of care--by implementing:--Protecting the patient from injury
caused by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical, laser,
mechanical, and thermal--sources.--Demonstrating--safe operation of
equipment and machinery and--following--procedures for reporting
and correcting an unsafe--situation.--Performing accounting
procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained
surgical--items.--Speaking--up--with safety concerns acting as the
patients--advocate.------Handling specimens according to facility
policy and procedures.--Adhering to standard precautions including
the use of personal protective equipment.--Communicating the
patient's current status to relevant parties throughout the
continuum of--care.--Administering medications safely and correctly
using the 8 rights of medication--administration.--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.--Providing nursing and
appropriate monitoring in accordance with policies and
procedures.--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.--Maintaining a fire safe environment.--Practicing and
monitoring aseptic technique.--Complying with Universal Protocol
and facility site validation and time-out policy.--Evaluate the
patient's progress toward attaining outcomes.--Transfer care as
applicable.----Maintain radiation safety at all times--in
accordance with facility policies and procedures.--Provide hand-off
report to other teammates that are accurate, concise and pertinent
to the patient's condition and response to care.----Delegate tasks
according to the state Nurse Practice Act (if applicable), state
board of nursing or professional registration requirements, state
laws, and job descriptions.----Document--episode of--care
accurately,--timely,--completely, and legibly.--Demonstrate
effective communication and collaboration skills with members of
the perioperative team and other stakeholders.--Serve as a member
of a multidisciplinary team in planning perioperative patient
care.--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.--Maintain required competencies.--Pursue
professional growth.--Act as a patient advocate and maintain
privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health
information.--Comply--with all--SCA and--facility policies and
procedures when providing patient care.--Actively participate in
team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.--Demonstrate
fiscal responsibility.--Perform all other duties as
assigned.----
Qualifications
Graduate of an--accredited--school of--nursing.--One year of OR
and/or medical / surgical nursing experience preferred.--Current
state--nursing--licensure to practice--in--good
standings.--Successful completion of Basic Life Support--(BLS) or
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) within 90--of employment or
documentation of current BLS/BCLS certification.--Successful
completion of Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Course
within 90 days of employment or documentation of current ACLS
certification.--------Successful completion of--Pediatric--Advance
Life support--(PALS)--course is required when--pediatric care is
included in the facility scope of services within--90 days of
employment or documentation of current
PALS--certification.--Specialty certification
in--Perioperative--Nursing is preferred.------Working
Conditions/Physical Requirements:------Physically demanding,
high-stress environment--Exposure to blood and body fluids,
communicable diseases, chemicals, radiation, and repetitive
motions--Pushing and pulling heavy objects----Full range of body
motion including handling and lifting
patients--and--equipment--Manual and finger dexterity----Hand eye
coordination--Standing and walking for extensive periods of
time----Lifting and carrying items weighing up to
50--lbs--Corrected vision and hearing to within normal
range--Working irregular hours------As a representative of Surgical
Care Affiliates, all comments, attitudes, actions, and behaviors
have a direct--impact--on the Facility's--success. Interaction with
patients, families, physicians, referral sources,
affiliated--schools, visitors, volunteers, co-workers, supervisors,
vendors, etc. must be in a manner that is friendly, supportive,
courteous, respectful, cooperative, and professional. This behavior
should promote an atmosphere of teamwork,--a culture--of--safety,
and--in accordance with SCA Core Values.----------
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