About Us
McLaren Health Care is a fully integrated health network committed to quality, evidence-based patient care with locations in Michigan and Indiana. The McLaren system includes 13 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 53 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S.
Registered Nurse -Outpatient Surgery Center Harrington Building-PRN
Position requires a minimum of one year of experience in Ambulatory Surgery Center or Operating Room completing many different categories of general surgery. Including, gynecology, ortho, eye, among other various types of surgery.
Position Summary: Provides safe, quality patient care in circulating Operating Room of the Ambulatory Surgery Center.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Assesses patient status in the operating room and/or the post-op area, and on a continuing basis.
- Provides safe, therapeutic quality care to patients by utilizing the nursing process and nursing diagnosis in a timely manner and by setting appropriate priorities. Coordinates nursing interventions to enhance achievement of expected outcomes and to ensure readiness for discharge. Documents interventions and patient’s responses.
- Ensures provision of patient care in an organized and timely manner.
- Utilizes nursing care standards when planning and implementing patient care.
- Communicates appropriate information regarding patient conditions to those who require the information, including, surgeons, anesthesia, management, and other staff.
- Safely carries out physician’s orders correctly and promptly, documenting all activities.
- Initiates and participates in patient and family education. Assesses learning needs according to patient’s level of understanding and readiness to learn.
- Displays an understanding of each patient’s cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological maturity in assessments, treatment, and care.
- Takes part in pre and post-op phone calls and communicates any problems to the appropriate person.
- Maintains competencies to function in RN role within specific area. (Ex. OR circulator – Identification, counting and care of instrumentation and sponges, skin preparation of surgical site, etc).
- Maintain competencies in conscious sedation administration and monitoring of sedated patient, including airway protection and assessment and support of sedated patients.
- Protect sedated and anesthetized patients by identifying safety hazards such as electrical equipment and pressure points and by minimizing exposure to maintain privacy and body temperature.
- Maintains expertise in safety principles, asepsis, sterile technique and universal precautions.
- Assesses, anticipates and implements appropriate care throughout the surgical process.
- Performs other related job duties as requested.
Qualifications:
Required:
· Graduate of a Nursing Program
· Current State of Michigan Registered Nurse license
· BLS certification from American Heart Association (AHA), American Red Cross (ARC), or Canadian equivalent, is required before start date and valid at least 60 days beyond start date
· ACLS certification required for Pre/Post Operative RN
· 6 months Pre/Post Operative or Operating Room experience required in an ambulatory surgery center or an operating room within a hospital setting.
Preferred:
· ACLS certification preferred for Operating Room RN
· One year Pre/Post-Operative or Operating Room experience, preferably in an ambulatory surgery center
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
Equal Opportunity Employer
McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.
