RN-Outpatient Surgery Specialist

3 weeks ago

St Louis, Missouri, United States SSM Health Full time
Job Summary

The Registered Nurse is a professional practitioner who assesses, manages, directs, and provides nursing care activities during the patient's hospital stay and coordinates planning with other disciplines utilizing a patient/customer driven approach.

Responsibilities and Requirements
  • Performs comprehensive nursing assessment/reassessment.
  • Establishes, coordinates and evaluates a plan of care based on analysis of assessment data, patient diagnosis, lab data, tests, procedures, physician orders, protocols and standards of care and other information as relevant.
  • Provides and documents nursing interventions based on assessed patient needs, plan of care, and changes in patient status.
  • Documents and or communicates nursing care and or changes in patient condition.
  • Provides specialized care to patients at high risk for injury.
Specialized Care
  • Restraint Care: Initiates/evaluates alternatives to restraint prior to application, applies restraints consistent with the approved procedure, monitors and assesses patient's response throughout the restraint period at the appropriate intervals, provides specified patient care (toileting, skin care, hydration, feeding, etc.) on a timely basis, provides consultation for peers to determine alternatives to restraints and 1:1 observation, documents restraint use and associated care thoroughly.
  • Pain Management: Assesses patient for presence of pain on admission and during assessments/reassessments, incorporates patient's cultural/spiritual beliefs regarding pain into pain management plan, implements pain management techniques, focuses on prevention rather than treatment, includes patient and/or family members in developing a pain management plan, considers other methods of pain control when developing plan of care: massage, repositioning, immobilization, and music therapy.
  • Abuse Assessment: Is aware of abuse recognition criteria and incorporates it into assessments, reports signs of possible abuse/neglect to the Administrative Director of Behavioral Health, physician, Risk Management and Social Work, takes appropriate action to support patient safety when signs of abuse are noted.
Accountability for Own Professional Practice
  • Adheres to all quality and performance standards, policies, procedures, protocols when implementing clinical and technical aspects of care.
  • Demonstrates appropriate technical and cognitive skills for area of practice.
  • Maintains currency in all hospital/unit information, communication, policies and procedures.
  • Demonstrates ability to change and adapt to changing work demands.
Relating to Coworkers
  • Orients and/or precepts new employees when required.
  • Participates in and maintains a collaborative team approach toward work.
  • Functions as a resource person to co-workers, patients/families, medical staff and other members of the health care team.
  • Effectively assumes and delegates care and other activities to the appropriate team member.
  • Communicates the plan of care to be followed on each individual patient in a precise and professional manner.
  • Responsible for the supervision and teaching of students/new staff nurses.
Safety/Infection Control
  • Practices standard precautions and disposes of hazardous wastes per established guidelines.
  • Maintains a safe, clean, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for patients/ families/employees in accordance to hospital standards.
  • Reports risk management concerns using eSRM.
  • Assumes responsibility for completing all annual mandatory requirements.

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