Registered Nurse - Operating Room Per Diem

Position Summary

At Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, our Registered Nurses are critical members of the team who diagnose and treat responses to actual or potential health problems by means of nursing methods and techniques such as case finding, health teaching and counseling. Incumbents provide care supporting to and restorative of health and well-being, while adhering to a medical regimen.

Job Duties & Essential Functions

• Assess the patient’s condition and nursing needs; coordinate nursing care activities with other health disciplines involved in the treatment effort to relate and integrate the nursing regimen with the treatment plan for patients.
• Develop a written individualized care plan which includes teaching needs and discharge planning.
• Administer direct care when professional nursing skills and judgment are needed.
• Administer medication.
• Practice infection control and participate in the maintenance of a clean and safe environment.
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for the delivery of nursing care to all assigned patients.
• Communicates changes in patient’s condition and questions regarding patient care to Charge RN/Clinician.
• Develops and maintains current written plan of care for assigned patients.
• Sets priorities to meet the patient’s needs.
• Sets patient goals and priorities with the patient and/or family.
• Provides document evidence in the medical record of patient/family teaching and their responses and understanding of the teaching.
• Ensures that patient education and instructions are consistent with that of the physician or designee.
• Communicates and works effectively with other staff and other departments.
• Participates in unit or hospital-based quality assurance activities or committees to contribute to the advancement of the nursing profession at SBSH.
• Ability to scrub and circulate on all OR cases.

Required Experience And Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Possession of or eligibility for a license to practice as a Registered Nurse in New York State.
• Current Basic Life Support ("BLS") certification from the American Heart Association required.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support ("ACLS") certification from the American Heart Association within 3 months of hire. New Grad needs ACLS from the American Heart Association within 6 months of hire.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in nursing degree preferred.
• CNOR certification.
• Recent OR experience.