Registered Nurse (Rn) Atrium Health - Operating Room - General Surgery

Overview

Job Details

• Shifts 10 or 12 hour shifts
• Dress code – Surgical Scrubs
• Trauma Level: Level I
• On call requirements: 1 4-hour call shift per week, 1 24 or 48 weekend call every 8 weeks
• How is scheduling shift managed: Self-scheduling
• Weekend requirement: 24 or 48-hour call shifts every 8th weekend
• Shift Differential: yes and CSI
• HolidayRequirements: 1 major and 1 minor (rotates every 3 years)
• # of beds: 33
• Additional Specialty back up on site? If yes, what specialties (lab, x-ray etc?)
• Other providers on staff
• EMR System? What type EPIC
• Annual Visits: 75-100 cases/day
• Where are higher level trauma patients transferred to? We are the highest level
• Nurse to patient ratio 1:1

Job Summary

The RN Clinical Nurse I provides professional nursing care through skillful assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation in accordance with facility or department policies procedures, and/or protocols under the supervision of the nursing leader. Assists in maintaining a safe work environment and performs all related job responsibilities in a safe manner. Maintains clinical and professional competency as appropriate to the population of patients served.

Essential Functions

• Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes.
• Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective, and fiscally responsible.
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.
• Collaborates with healthcare consumer and other key stakeholders in the conduct of nursing practice.
• Delegates elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers in accordance with any applicable legal or policy parameters or principles.
• Promotes shared governance, or facility decision making activities, developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes and promotion.
• Contributes to quality nursing practice.
• Practices ethically.
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.
• Practices in a manner that is congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
• Evaluates one's own and others nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations.
• Collects data pertinent to the healthcare consumer's health or the situation. Analyzes the assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.
• Leads within the professional practice setting and the profession.
• Communicates effectively in all areas of practice.
• Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
• Implements the identified plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
• Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.

Physical Requirements
Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak English in good, understandable terms. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, and touch. Finger dexterity. Critical thinking and ability to concentrate. Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and/or unit conditions. Physical Abilities Testing required.
Education, Experience and Certifications.
Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing. BSN preferred. Current Basic Life Support required per policy guidelines. Current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner in the state in which you work and reside or; if declaring a National License Compact (NLC) state as your primary state of residency, meet the licensure requirements in your home state; or for Non-National License Compact states, current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner required in the state where the RN works.