Registered Nurse - Surgical

Company: Santiam Hospital & Clinics
Location: Stayton
Posted on: May 15, 2022

Job Description:

Job DescriptionCome join our Surgical Department at Santiam Hospital & Clinics. We are a 5-star rated Hospital and voted 2021s Best of the Mid-Valley for Best Hospital, Best Place to Have a Baby, and Best Local Surgery Center!We are seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to enhance our healthcare team of innovated leaders.Santiam Hospital & Clinics is an independent, not-for-profit, 40 bed acute-care community-based hospital with 13 clinics across 8 specialties settled in the foothills of the Cascades serving many recreational sites as well as agricultural communities. We are an ever growing, progressive, up-to-date healthcare facility that is proud to serve our community and care for our friends and neighbors, ensuring the highest quality of care is delivered.Department Description: We have a busy and growing surgery department with a great team to work! Our specialties include Orthopedics/Podiatry, OB/GYN, General surgery, ENT, and Ophthalmology. In the surgery department, we have 7 pre and post beds, 3 large surgical suites and a GI suite with another large surgical suite in the OB department.

Compensation: $40.15 - $55.15, DOEJob Summary: Full-time, dayshift with call

Responsibilities:

• Work in environments where patients receive intense interventions, therapies, and complex cares, and they must offer humane care for their patients
• Protect patients' rights by maintaining confidentiality of personal, medical and financial information per HIPAA.Preoperative Unit Duties:
  • Complete appropriate Service documentation, including that related to patient admission.
  • Verify Service patient understanding of pending surgery.
  • Verify patient consent forms, and ensure that such forms are accurately signed, dated, and timed.
  • Verify completion of preoperative testing ordered by Medical Staff.Intraoperative Duties:
    • Continuously ensure optimal patient care provision by all surgery team members.
    • Initiate and ensure surgery team Time Out participation immediately prior to procedure commencement and ensure that Time Out checklists are completed.
    • Consistently maintain aseptic technique.
    • Thoroughly and accurately document intraoperative care, charges, specimen collection, and misadventures.
    • Complete and document surgery sponge and needle counts and notify surgeons of results of such counts.
    • Anticipate needs of other surgery team members, and assist such members as requested.Post-Anesthesia Care Unit Duties:
      • Ensure continuous Unit readiness for receipt of post-surgery patients.
      • Provide complete patient assessment on Unit admission and immediately prior to Unit discharge.
      • Provide direct and continuous Unit patient care, including airway optimization, immediately report significant patient data or change in patient condition to responsible anesthesia providers.
      • Thoroughly and accurately document Unit care and misadventures.
      • Request appropriate assistance when indicated. Postoperative Unit Duties:
        • Provide patient assessment on Unit admission.
        • Monitor patient vital signs according to Service protocol.
        • Immediately report significant patient data or change in patient condition to responsible surgery providers.
        • Immediately prior to Unit discharge, provide patient assessment and ensure patient wakefulness, oral fluid tolerance, applicable ambulation ability, and pain and nausea levels.
        • Ensure that patient discharge instructions are prepared, given to patient.Requirements
          • Treat clients with compassion, respect, and dignity without regard to age, culture, ethnicity, gender expression, gender identity, language, mental disability, physical disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status.
          • Adequately maintain service area standards.
          • Demonstrate ability to educate others about pertinent patient care issues.
          • Recognize how the service area relates to healthcare generally, and coordinate Service activity with that of other Hospital Services.
          • Promote community health and welfare through education, support, and medical service.
          • Promote the Hospital as the health center of the community and encourage community participation in Hospital activities.
          • Work with public and private agencies to promote patient and community health and welfare.
          • Patient Rights, Responsibilities, and Ethics
          • Adhere to Hospital policy that concerns patient rights.
          • Respect and maintain patient confidentiality and privacy in manner consistent with Hospital policy.
          • Must be able to communicate effectively and have excellent interpersonal skills
          • Must be highly motivated
          • Work well with a team and have the ability to function in a fast-paced environment
          • Current unencumbered RN license in the State of Oregon
          • Current BLS required
          • Experience with Electronic Medical Records preferredBenefits
            • Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance with coverage effective on the 1st of the next month following start date.
            • Employee Assistance Program
            • Employee Discounts at the Cafeteria, On-site Pharmacy, Gift Shop, and Medical Care.
            • Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) & Extended Illness Bank (EIB)
            • Annual PTO Cash-Out Program
            • Hospital Incentive Program
            • Bilingual Pay Differential Program
            • Employee Referral Bonus Program
            • 401(k) Retirement Plan
            • Life Insurance
            • Long Term Disability InsuranceSantiam Hospital & Clinics is a drug-free workplace in accordance with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 and an EEO Affirmative Action Race/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Veteran/Disability Employer.

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