Ambulatory Surgery Center Registered Nurse (RN)

Job Purpose:

Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; supervising assigned team members.



Duties:

* Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.



* Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.



* Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.



* Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.



* Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.



* Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.



* Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.



* Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.



* Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.



* Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential. title:nurse, registered



* Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.



* Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.



* 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.



Skills/Qualifications:

Clinical Skills, Bedside Manner, Infection Control, Nursing Skills, Physiological Knowledge, Administering Medication, Medical Teamwork, Multi-tasking, Listening, Verbal Communication, Health Promotion and Maintenance