Registered Nurse - Outpatient Surgery Center

About the role

The Registered Nurse at Good Samaritan Outpatient Surgery Center is responsible for providing safe, ethical, and patient-centered care in an outpatient surgical setting. Responsibilities include conducting initial and ongoing patient assessments, developing and implementing individualized care plans, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, administering medications, monitoring patient responses, and performing technical skills.

Responsibilities

• Conducts initial and ongoing patient/family assessments and documents per policy.
• Develops, implements, and updates individualized plans of care based on patient needs and standards of care.
• Collaborates with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team to establish goals and discharge plans.
• Provides safe, ethical, and patient-centered care respecting diversity, dignity, and autonomy.
• Recognizes and responds to changes in patient condition and emergency situations.
• Administers medications and treatments safely and monitors patient responses.
• Accurately executes and communicates physician orders and clinical information.
• Evaluates patient outcomes and revises care plans as needed.
• Performs technical skills and operates equipment according to policy and standards.
• Supports unit operations through documentation, charge/resource roles, staff education, and professional development.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Minimum of 3 years of nursing experience required within a Critical Care or Telemetry setting
• Minimum of 1-2 years of Surgery Center/Pre-Op/PACU required
• Registered Nurse licensure (RN)
• ACLS and PALS certifications required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required

Job Responsibilities

Additional responsibilities include conducting initial and ongoing patient assessments, developing and implementing individualized care plans, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, providing safe, ethical, and patient-centered care, recognizing and responding to changes in patient condition and emergency situations, administering medications and treatments safely and monitoring patient responses, accurately executing and communicating physician orders and clinical information, evaluating patient outcomes and revising care plans as needed, performing technical skills and operating equipment according to policy and standards, supporting unit operations through documentation, charge/resource roles, staff education, and professional development.

Other Job-Related Information

To achieve excellence in nursing care, TriHealth encourages pursuit of improved knowledge through continuing education classes, formal education leading to advancement of degrees, and the attainment of specialty certification; nurse membership in local, regional, and national nursing organizations related to the appropriate nurse specialty; involvement in activities that better the health of our community; nursing research activities and use of evidence-based practice, and all nurses to foster, support and personally model collaborative relationships amongst nurses, physicians, and other caregivers for the betterment of patient care.

Working Conditions

• Bending - Frequently
• Climbing - Rarely
• Concentrating - Consistently
• Continuous Learning - Consistently
• Hearing: Conversation - Consistently
• Hearing: Other Sounds - Consistently
• Interpersonal Communication - Consistently
• Kneeling - Occasionally
• Lifting
• Lifting 50+ Lbs. - Consistently
• Lifting
• Pulling - Consistently
• Pushing - Consistently
• Reaching - Consistently
• Reading - Consistently
• Sitting - Occasionally
• Standing - Occasionally
• Stooping - Occasionally
• Talking - Consistently
• Thinking/Reasoning - Consistently
• Using Hands - Consistently
• Color Vision - Consistently
• Visual Acuity: Far - Consistently
• Visual Acuity: Near - Consistently
• Walking - Consistently

TriHealth SERVE Standards and ALWAYS Behaviors

• Welcome everyone by making eye contact, greeting with a smile, and saying "hello"
• Acknowledge when patients/guests are lost and escort them to their destination or find someone who can assist
• Refrain from using cell phones for personal reasons in public spaces or patient care areas
• Recognize and take personal responsibility to address and recover from service breakdowns when a customer's expectations have not been met
• Offer patients and guests priority when waiting (lines, elevators)
• Work on improving quality, safety, and service
• Respect cultural and spiritual differences and honor individual preferences
• Respect everyone's opinion and contribution, regardless of title/role
• Speak positively about my team members and other departments in front of patients and guests
• Value the time of others by striving to be on time, prepared and actively participating
• Show courtesy and compassion with customers, team members and the community