Registered Nurse (RN) | OR/Surgery | Avera Specialty Hospital

Position Highlights

OR/Surgery: Monday-Friday- 8 hr day/evening 6:30am-3:00pm and occasional late coverage 4:00pm or later. Orthopedic surgery experience strongly preferred

Brief Overview

Delivers Nursing Care by developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends to understand patient conditions, medications, and self-care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives.

What You Will Do

• Communicates the nursing care plan and all pertinent information to other members of the health care team.
• Coordinates with other healthcare providers.
• Provides physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends.
• Confers with physicians.

Develops Nursing Care Plans

• Obtains medical histories.
• Examines patients.
• Documents patient physical condition, psychological status, and influencing social factors.
• Confers with family and friends.
• Develops a nursing diagnosis.
• Establishes nursing care objectives.
• Defines nursing interventions, schedules, and timetables.

Teaches Healthcare Requirements

• Establishes patient care goals.
• Instructs patient, family, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills.
• Answers questions.
• Provides information and resources.

Evaluates Patient Care

• Adheres to therapeutic standards.
• Maintains health outcomes against patient care standards.
• Reviews patient records.
• Note changing conditions and needs.
• Re-evaluates care objectives.
• Modifies nursing care plan.

Maintains Safe, Secure, and Healthy Patient Care Environment

• Adequate to perform position duties.
• Understand speech and other sounds.
• Adhere to infection-control policies and protocols.
• Adhere to organization standards and policies.
• Alert others regarding potential concerns.

Documents Patient Care Services

• Charting in patient and department records.

Keeps Patient Care Equipment Operating

• Following operating instructions and established procedures.
• Troubleshooting breakdowns.
• Maintaining supplies.
• Performing preventative maintenance.
• Calling for repairs.

Keeps Patient Care Supplies Ready

• Checking stock.
• Anticipating needs.
• Placing and expediting orders.
• Verifying receipt.
• Stocking items.

Essential Qualifications

• The individual must be able to work the hours specified.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience

• Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing
• An active license in the state of practice

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience

• Experience working in a clinical environment

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.
• Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law.