Nurse Surgery

Nurse Surgery

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Employment Type: PRN

Department: Surgery

Hours/Pay Period: 16

Weekly Schedule: PM Start Times: 1045 or 1445

Category: Surgical Services Nursing

Shift: Evening

Job Details

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our PM Per Diem Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN), you will help individuals and families receive safe and holistic care so they can achieve optimal health outcomes in a supportive environment at Mercy San Juan Medical Center. This 370-bed Level 2 trauma facility boasts 10 main operating rooms and 1 dedicated cardiac operating room.

Every day you will deliver competent care and evaluate patient responses within our comprehensive Surgical Services. Our department handles approximately 650 surgical cases monthly, including about 16 cardiac procedures and a consistently increasing volume of spinal procedures. You will be contributing to a broad spectrum of surgical specialties, including: Cardiac, Orthopedics, Robotics (General, Gynecology, Urology, Thoracic), General Surgery, Gynecology, Gyn-Oncology, Plastics, Thoracics, Spine, Neuro, Vascular, Bariatrics, ENT, and Urology. You will be expected to effectively communicate with all members of the healthcare team, document care accurately, and participate in improving organizational performance.

To be successful in this role, you will understand Perianesthesia nursing and demonstrate excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

• Assessment: Performs patient assessment based on diagnosis, cultural and spiritual beliefs, age functional status, psychosocial needs, and/or developmental stage prior to entering the operating room. Verifies all components of Universal Protocol with patient/caregiver and medical record, to include appropriate marking of site/side by surgeon.
• Care of patient: Plans and implements care based on perioperative assessment, integrating the surgeon and anesthesiologist plans of care prior to transporting the patient to the operating room. Using critical thinking skills, prioritizes and organizes care within allotted timeframes and evaluates nursing care and provides patient/caregiver with education.
• Clinical/Technical Skills: Utilizes technology, procedures, standards and interventions specific to the operating room, i.e. all safety issues(policy procedures regarding positioning, prepping, counts and sponge accountability, ESU, and specimen handling etc). Demonstrates ability to assist surgeons with procedures and equipment.
• Documentation: Performs legible, timely, concise and accurate documentation according to policies and procedures. Proficient and competent with the computerized documentation systems (HSM and Cerner). Accurate completion of timecard exception logs, call back slips and missed lunch/break log according to policy. Verifies all required elements of chart and electronic medical record are present prior to taking patient to the OR i.e. H&P, consents, etc.
• Leadership: Accepts responsibility and accountability for own decisions and behaviors. Recognizes, accepts and cooperates with direction from facility leadership. Takes charge as assigned in absence of Manager/Clinical Coordinator.
• Collaborates with care team members to identify approaches for problem solving. Supports and role models teamwork to promote positive relationships/working environment.

Job Requirements

Required

• One (1) year experience as a Registered Nurse in an operating room or cardiac surgery in an acute care setting.
• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of California
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification - American Heart Association
• Weekday, Weekend and Holiday rotations.
• Call required on nights & weekends with maximum thirty (30) minute response time.

Founded in 1967, Dignity Health - Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 377-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Carmichael, California. Serving over 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, cancer care, women's health, and neurology. Additionally, Mercy San Juan Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Comprehensive Stroke Center, the highest level of stroke care certification awarded by The Joint Commission.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.

Nursing excellence starts with you.

Are you a career fit with our CommonSpirit Health culture? To understand how we are structured, we believe in some core philosophies with the following:

We will be stronger together, achieving excellence in all we do, collaborating across the fields and growing our collective knowledge

We will let humankindness guide us as we treat every person with holistic, personalized care for the body, mind and spirit.

We will advance the science and art of nursing as innovative leaders who demonstrate the power of evidence-based, compassionate care. If you believe in working together with humankindness for all to advance the science and art of nursing - then you have found your career fit with us!

Kathleen D. Sanford, EVP, Chief Nursing Officer

Success Profile

What makes a successful Nurse Surgery at Mercy San Juan Medical Center?

• Collaborative
• Compassionate
• Efficient
• Good Listener
• Organized
• Problem-Solver

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