Registered Nurse (PRN) - Recovery Room, Children's & Women's Hospital

Overview

USA Health is Transforming Medicine along the Gulf Coast to care for the unique needs of our community. USA Health is changing how medical care, education, and research impact the health of people who live in Mobile and the surrounding area. Our team of doctors, advanced care providers, nurses, therapists, and researchers provides the region's most advanced medicine at multiple facilities, campuses, clinics, and classrooms. We offer patients convenient access to innovative treatments and advancements that improve the health and overall well-being of our community.

Responsibilities

Patient Care:
- Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans
- Reviews charts for completeness, in accordance with documentation protocols prior to and after the surgical procedure
- Ensure that the Operating Room is prepared with all necessary supplies, implants. Instrumentation, and equipment
- Provides for patient safety by actively participating In the Intraoperative "timeout*
- Participates in counting all sponges, instruments, etc., at appropriate times during the surgical procedure
- Position the patient on the operating room table utilizing safety measures such as safety belts, positioning devices and alarms
- Assures aseptic conditions are maintained by the scrubbed surgical team throughout the procedure
- Take care of specimens, prepare, check, and monitor medications, and assist with dressings
- Serves as the communication liaison to family and members of the operating team
- Responds to life-saving situations based upon nursing standards and protocol
- Records all care information concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms
- Observes, checks and monitors all equipment used during surgery to ensure operational efficiency
- Follow relevant safety and sanitation guidelines
- Participate in orientation and education of all operating room staff on an ongoing basis
- Participate in stocking and restocking medical supplies
- Performs other position-related duties as assigned, depending on assignment setting
Standards of Performance:
- Promote a positive work attitude and provide patient centered care
- Actively develops a sense of team. Initiates and participates In team development
- Regular and prompt attendance
- Ability to work schedule as defined and overtime as required
- Perform all other duties as required and assigned
- Maintains professional growth and development through an ongoing process of formal and informal education
Communication responsibilities include:
- Communicates and uses appropriate customer relation skills with physicians, patients, families and healthcare team in person and via telephone
- Responds to overhead pages
Citizenship responsibilities include:
- Accepts and completes all duties positively and without conflict
- Cooperates, he Ips others and improves the performance of the unit
- Completes all mandatory unit, educational and hospital requirements
- Utilizes cost effective practices in performing all aspects of the job
- Adheres to current Infection Control and Safety Standards
Skill level 1 criteria
- New employee with less than 3 years' operating room experience
- Upon completion of orientation routinely serves as preceptor to new employee's
- Timely, consistent, and accurate handoffs to subsequent caregivers
- Works efficiently and professionally with positive attitude with surgical team
- Performs circulating duties in surgical services with minima! support
- Facilitate case turnover and OR efficiency
- Prepares case according to preference card.
- Notifies service line coordinator of any updates needing to be made.
Other duties as assigned/required.
Participates on Shared Governance as assigned.
Participates in Performance Improvement activities through quality measurement or participation of ICARE process as assigned.
Performs scrub functions.
See surgical technologist essential functions
Completes all mandatory department, educational and hospital requirements
Adheres to current Infection Control and Safety Standards
Regular and prompt attendance
Ability to work schedule as defined and overtime as required
Related duties as assigned

Additional Information

Employees must be in a regular position, working 20 hours or more per week (.50 FTE or greater) to qualify for benefits.

Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing as approved and accepted by the University of South Alabama meeting the minimum standards set by the State of Alabama Required
Comparable combination of education and experience may substitute for the above requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

The University of South Alabama is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other applicable legally protected basis. EO Employer – minorities/females/veterans/disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.

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