Registered Nurse-PRN Ambulatory Surgery

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

A Staff Ambulatory Registered Nurse is responsible for the delivery of patient care through the nursing process of assessment, diagnosing, planning, implementation, and evaluation with consideration of the aging process, human development stages and cultural diversity. Assists in the care and preparation and provides pre-op and post-op care for ambulatory surgical patients. Collaborates with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports and promotes an environment conducive with the Mission, Vision, and Values of the hospital.
• Delivers nursing care according to the standards of care defined within the Illinois Nurse Practice Act
• Promotes a therapeutic relationship with patients and families.
• Collects and documents pertinent health data using appropriate assessment techniques using a systematic and ongoing process utilizing interventions appropriated for pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Analyzes and documents diagnoses / patient problems in a manner that facilitates the determination of expected outcomes and plan of care in collaboration with patient, significant others, and other health care personal.
• Makes clinical decisions and sets priorities related to workload management based on clinical knowledge and individual patient needs.
• Utilizes ongoing assessment data and notifies physician / surgeon of changes in patient’s condition in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Gives appropriate pre-operative and post-operative instructions to patients and significant others.
• Performs pre-op preparation including medication and IV administration per physicians’ orders.
• Assists patients to ambulate.
• Assures that the patient has met discharge criteria prior to discharge.
• Makes and documents follow-up telephone calls.
• Maintain confidentiality of all patients, hospital, or physician related information
• Maintain orderly condition of assigned work area.
• Is knowledgeable of general hospital and department specific policies and procedures.
• Other duties many be assigned and are subject to change with or without prior notice.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

(The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, and indeed additional responsibilities may be assigned, as required, by Hillsboro Health.)

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Provides ongoing direction to the Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) assisting in direct patient care to meet the workload needs of the unit through an initiative-taking team approach.

Requirements :

EDUCATION AND / OR EXPERIENCE

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

WORK ENVIRONMENT

CORPORATE COMPLIANCE

Receives training and / or attends necessary meetings to meet the criteria as outlined in Hillsboro Health’s Corporate Compliance Plan and Code of Conduct. Understands the responsibilities related to compliance and knows how to contact the Corporate Compliance Officer should there be any instance of question or concern regarding fraud and / or abuse.

PRN BENEFITS

Paid time off, 401(k) Plan, and Community Benefit Hours