Job DescriptionThe Anesthesia Pain Center, located in the state-of-the-art, eco-friendly located in the Mark Goodson Building, is part of the Operating Room/Anesthesia/Surgery Services and offers a convenient location for patients' pre-procedure needs. Services include phlebotomy, electrocardiograms (EKGs), pre-procedure health screening by nurses with special expertise in surgery and anesthesia, and an assessment for high-risk patients by an anesthesiologist.
Position Overview:
The Anesthesia Pain Center has an immediate opening for a Registered Nurse (RN) who will assume responsibility and accountability for the application of the nursing process and the delivery of patient care. The RN will be required to rotate through the Intra-Op RN role, functioning as an OR Circulator, and must possess procedural experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide and document direct and indirect patient care services that ensure the safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of patients.
- Provide patient education on disease prevention and restorative measures.
- Administer medications and therapeutic agents necessary to implement the treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitative plan of care.
- Perform skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy, and initiate peripheral venous access.
- Observe and assess signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications/treatments, general behavior, and/or general physical condition to determine normal versus abnormal characteristics and initiate emergency procedures when indicated.
- Plan and implement care based on observations, implementing appropriate reporting, referrals, and care in accordance with standardized procedures while providing care to special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Identify patients' readiness for learning and their ability to follow directions/instructions and give consent while assessing patient safety concerns with respect to age and developmental considerations.
- Intervene to provide a safe environment and evaluate the efficiency of interventions for patients.
Responsibilities- Provides and accurately documents direct and indirect patient care services that ensures the safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of patients in a timely manner.
- Provides care and patient education on disease prevention and restorative measures.
- Provides direct and indirect care services, including, but not limited to, the administration of medications and therapeutic agents necessary to implement treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitative plan of care.
- Performs skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy and the initiation of peripheral venous access.
- Observes signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications/treatments, general behavior, and/or general physical condition.
- Demonstrates refined assessment skills, integrating appropriate data sources to assess the signs, symptoms, reactions, behaviors, or general appearance to determine normal versus abnormal characteristics.
- Plans and implements individualized patient care based on observations. Implements appropriate reporting, referrals and care in accordance with standardized procedures. Initiates emergency procedures when indicated.
- Provides care to special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds. Identifies patient's readiness for learning and ability to follow directions/instructions and give consent.
- Demonstrates knowledge and is able to identify and make special adjustments as required to the specific populations needs, including cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, education, family and condition needs.
- Participates in evidence-based improvement initiatives and/or councils/committees that improve nursing outcomes and the work environment in their unit/department.
- Identifies and assesses patient safety concerns with respect to age and developmental considerations. Intervenes to provide a safe environment and evaluates effectiveness of intervention for patient.
QualificationsEducation
- Assoc. Degree/College Diploma - minimum
- Bachelor's Degree Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (state accredited program) - preferred
Experience
- 1 year For external hires, acute care experience in their specialty for new hires. Promotion to Clinical Nurse II is automatic after completion of one (1) year of clinical experience and a satisfactory performance appraisal at a Clinical Nurse I level. - minimum
Licenses and Certifications
- RN State License - Upon Hire minimum California State RN License
- Basic Life Support (BLS) - Upon Hire minimum BLS Certification. As required by your specialty unit.
- Other - See Department Specifics - 1 Year minimum Other Competencies, as required by your specialty unit (ex. ACLS, PALS, fetal heart monitoring)
- ANCC Specialty Certification - preferred Any ANCC Specialty Certification strongly recommended after 2 years in specialty
