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Join our Remarkable Team! Location - Lebanon, KY Schedule - Full Time Days Your experience matters Spring View Hospital is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Registered Nurse (RN) joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve. More about our team The Surgery Unit at Spring View Hospital embodies a culture of teamwork and effective communication. This is a 10-bed unit that ensures patients receive optimal medical attention and support (4 in OR and 6 in Recovery). How you'll contribute Responsible for the delivery of safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the OR and other areas of perioperative services for all patient populations.
- Promote the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
- Assess patients at intervals as stated in policies and procedures.
- Develop an individualized perioperative patient plan of care.
- protecting the patient from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources;
- performing accounting procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained surgical items;
- performing interventions necessary to ensure that the patient's procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level;
- managing the patient's specimens according to organizational policy and procedures;
- communicating the patient's current status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care;
- administering medications safely and correctly;
- performing interventions to maintain the patient's wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels;
- performing interventions to maintain the status of the patient's genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels;
- performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period;
- performing interventions to protect the patient from surgical site infection;
- assessing the knowledge level of the patient or designated support person;
- providing education regarding the expected psychosocial response, nutritional management, medication management, pain management, wound management, and expected responses to the operative or invasive procedure;
- involving the patient or designated support person actively in decisions affecting his or her perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process;
- protecting the patient's rights, dignity, and privacy;
- providing age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards of practice; and
- providing consistent and comparable care regardless of the setting.
- Evaluate the patient's progress toward attaining outcomes.
- Transfer care as applicable.
- Delegate tasks according to the state Nurse Practice Act and job descriptions.
- Document nursing care accurately, completely, and legibly.
- Collaborate effectively with other disciplines as applicable.
- Participate in quality review and performance improvement projects.
- Participate in the performance appraisal process.
- Use problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster effective work relationships with team members.
- Maintain required competencies.
- Pursue professional growth and participates in a professional organization.
- Act as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health information.
- Rotated Call back required for position. Must have arrival time to facility within 30 minutes(or less) of receiving call.
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing
- Current registered nurse licensure in state of employment
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification or within 6 months of hire
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification or within 6 months of hire
- Two years perioperative services experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Certified Nurse, Operating Room (CNOR) certification
- Basic computer skills (eg, Microsoft® Word)
- Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
- Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
- Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
- Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
- Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.