Registered Nurse

Job title:

Registered Nurse

Company

Southern Ohio Medical Center

Job description

GENERAL SUMMARY

Works under the supervision of the Nurse Manager of Surgery. The Registered Nurse assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and supervises individualized patient care in the Operating Room. Policies and procedures for the department are maintained during this period of caring for the patient. The RN accepts responsibility for the direction of co-workers in the implementation of the plan of care.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

High School Diploma or successful completion of an equivalent High School Exam Required

A Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing required

Licensure:

Licensed to practice as an RN in Ohio required

BLS within 90 days of hire required

ACLS within 1 year of hire required

Experience:

One year in comparable health care setting preferred.

Interpersonal Skills:

Personable, clear communications to interact with physician, staff, patients, and families.

Essential Technical/Motor Skills:

Good hand/eye coordination in order to start IV’s, handle instrumentation/equipment.

Essential Physical Requirements:

Physical demand level is very heavy requiring ability to lift and/or maneuver objects weighing in excess of 100 lbs. Must be able to stand, walk, bend, and reach for lengthy periods of time during shift.

Essential Mental Requirements:

Must be able to assess a patient’s condition, formulate a plan of care, select appropriate interventions, and evaluate patient response to care/treatment. Must have excellent analytical abilities with good short and long term memory.

Essential Sensory Requirements:

Must have good visual ability to evaluate patient, supplies, and equipment. Hearing must be good.

Exposure to Hazards:

Possible excessive exposure to blood and body fluids, infectious disease, hazardous and/or infectious waste. Computer energy; laser energy.

Other:

N/A

JOB SPECIFIC DUTIES AND PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS

The following is a summary of the major job duties of this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.

• Develops nursing care through the framework of nursing process.
• Engages in patient assessment including collecting, organizing and prioritizing patient data with development of plan of care.
• Facilitates patient/family teaching as appropriate.
• Evaluates care in terms of patient outcome, including physiological, psychological, and spiritual well being.
• Collaborates with other health care professionals; fosters nurse-physician-staff work relationships.
• Assists in other unit activities as defined by the Nurse Manager of Surgery.
• Performs circulating and scrub roles as assigned, following AORN standards of practice.
• Performs “on-call” duties as required.
• Contains costs associated with the delivery of quality patient care.
• Maintains professional standards by participating in in-services, committees, etc.
• Maintains positive interaction with customers by contributing and fostering the team approach in all unit operations.
• Pre-cleans, decontaminates and transports contaminated instruments according to policy
• Performs intermediate-level disinfection and/ or high level disinfection per the Instructions for Use (IFU) by the manufacture. This includes ensuring the scopes or probes used within the department are cleaned, disinfected, maintained and stored per the IFU’s

Expected salary

Location

Portsmouth, OH – Portsmouth

Job date

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 06:23:15 GMT

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