RN - Outpatient Surgery Center

Description

The Outpatient Surgery Center located at Trinity Health Ann Arbor’s Level 1 Trauma Center, with 9 operating rooms that average 40 cases/day. Our mission is to provide the highest-quality care to every patient who requires a surgical intervention; both during preparation for surgery and recovery from anesthesia. We care for a wide variety of service lines for patients with an expected same-day discharge: Otolaryngology, Plastics, General Surgery, Urology, Gynecology, Endocrinology, Orthopedics, and Vascular. Our nursing staff is supported by department-based Anesthesiologists. We have the distinction of being a Robotic Center of Excellence.

Required Education And Licensure

• Graduation from accredited nursing program
• All new hires must have a BSN degree or must agree in writing to obtain their BSN within five (5) years from date of hire or transfer to an RN role
• Current Michigan Nursing License
• BLS Required

Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of nursing theory, practice and age specific needs
• Interpersonal skills necessary to initiate and maintain collegial relationships with coworkers and therapeutic relationships with patients and families
• Critical thinking skills necessary to perform principal duties and responsibilities of job description
• Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail when planning and performing professional nursing care

Total Rewards and Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Daily Pay Benefits effective Day One!
• No waiting periods
• Full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, Life Insurance, Short and Long-term Disability
• Retail savings plan with employer match and contributions
• Tuition Reimbursement

What you will do

• View patients holistically; considers physical, psychosocial, emotional, age specific, cultural and spiritual factors
• Demonstrate appropriate assessment skills for identified patient populations
• Demonstrate critical thinking skills by gathering and analyzing patient information, then responding to a patient situation
• Develop, implement, evaluate and revise an individualized plan of care using evidenced based interventions and standards of care
• Identify needs and begins to plan for care across the continuum considering patient and family preferences
• Identify patient and family education needs. Develop and implement teaching plans based on evidence-based practice, seeking out additional resources when necessary
• Utilize teach back methodology to assure patient and family is learning effectively
• Identify necessary resources to assure readiness for discharge and begins to develop plan in collaboration with other disciplines
• Create an environment that promotes a positive patient experience
• Communicate both verbal and written information (including documentation in the EMR) that is accurate, timely, concise and thorough
• Effectively communicate patient status, priority goals and interventions to colleagues and other disciplines during consultation, rounds and handoffs
• Maintain good rapport and cooperative relationships
• Approach conflict in a constructive manner
• Helps to identify problems, offer solutions, and participate in their resolution