This position is responsible for
providing direct care by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care
of patients in the Operating Room.
Essential
Duties
·
Prepares patient care area adequately and ensures availability of
necessary equipment and supplies.
·
Reviews and carries out physician orders timely and according to
policy
·
Exhibits proper technique for insertion, maintenance, and removal
of IV catheters and saline locks.
·
Checks dressings and/or operative site and reports abnormalities
to the surgeon.
·
Prepares and administers medications in accordance with current
practice
·
Demonstrates thorough understanding of medications utilized intra
and poster operatively and recognizes the need for use of reversal drugs, when
necessary.
·
Assures that patient meets all discharge criteria
·
Other
duties as assigned by supervisor.
·
Communicates,
collaborates, and coordinates with team members to provide quality patient care
and to ensure positive patient outcomes pre-operatively, intra-operatively, and
post-operatively.
·
Ensures
Infection Control standards are maintained at all times.
·
Attends all
meetings and huddles.
·
Addresses
staff, physician, patient, and family concerns immediately and makes director
aware.
Mission
Making Communities Healthier
Vision
We want to create places that:
·
People
choose to come for Healthcare
·
Physicians
want to practice
·
Employees
want to work
Attitude
Exhibits a positive attitude by:
·
Treating
everyone with the dignity that they deserve
·
Welcoming
customers in a friendly manner
·
Apologizing
for problems and inconveniences
·
Avoiding
the sharing of personal problems and frustrations with others
·
Find
out the immediate needs of the customer and asking if there is anything else
you can do
Communications
Exhibits good communication
skills when:
·
Answering
the telephone
·
Providing
information
·
Listening
·
Smiling,
making appropriate eye contact, and giving undivided attention to customers
Public Etiquette
Exhibits good public etiquette
by:
·
Introducing
yourself when meeting a patient or customer for the first time
·
Smiling
and making appropriate eye contact with people
·
Offering
assistance to patients and visitors
·
Calling
patients by name
·
Communicating
in a polite manner using “please” and “thank you”
Personal Appearance
Personal appearance is
professional by:
·
Dress
is professional, clean and in good taste
·
Wearing
identification badge appropriately at all times
·
Dress
is in accordance with hospital and department dress code
Confidentiality and Privacy
Respects privacy and maintains
confidentiality by:
·
Knocking
before entering a patient’s room
·
Providing
proper fitting gowns and modestly covering patients
·
Closing
curtains/doors/window blinds during examinations, procedures, consultations
·
Allowing
a patient privacy if you are not directly involved in care being rendered
·
Following
HIPAA regulations
·
Sharing
protected health information and confidential information on a need to know
basis only
Customer Service
Respects the customers’ time by:
·
Acknowledging
patients immediately when they come into your area
·
Explaining
the reasons for any delays and keeping the customer apprised of the situation
·
Training
patients on the operation of their bed, television, controls, and telephone
·
Answering
patient call lights promptly with care, courtesy, and respect
Personal Responsibility and
Accountability
Exhibits a sense of ownership and
accountability by:
·
Conducting
yourself professionally
·
Responding
in a timely, accurate manner to assignments and requests
·
Maintaining
fiscal responsibility by utilizing resources wisely, taking care of equipment,
and preventing lost charges
·
Solving
problems, meeting needs, and determining what can I do to make a positive
difference
·
Adapting
to changes in a positive, professional manner
·
Attends
staff meeting and complete all mandatory training on time
·
Does
not incur unapproved overtime, arrives on time and leaves on time and has few
unscheduled absences
Commitment to Each Other
Supports a healthy work
environment by:
·
Not
spreading gossip or talking about other team members
·
Addressing
conflicts quickly and appropriately
·
Not
holding a grudge or acting out against other employees
·
Working
interdepartmentally through communication, cooperation, understanding and trust
Integrity
Acts with integrity by:
·
Completing
an honest hour of work for each hours of pay
·
Refraining
from criticizing others
·
Upholding
the standards of our Code of Conduct
·
Doing
you part to make this a great hospital
Minimum Requirements
· Must be a licensed RN in the State of Utah
· Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certification required, NRP certification preferred.
· At least 2 years of nursing and 1 year circulating experience preferred