Reno Orthopedic Center
Location
Reno, Nevada
The role involves collaborating with the healthcare team to deliver exceptional patient care throughout the surgical journey, including assessing health, communicating procedures, and ensuring patient comfort and safety. Key duties include monitoring patients under local anesthesia, documenting care, minimizing risks, organizing surgical supplies, and executing emergency protocols when necessary.
Candidates must possess an active Nevada Registered Nurse License, Basic Life Support (BLS), and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications. A minimum of one year of nursing experience or one year of operating room experience is required, with Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification needed within six months of employment.
Work collaboratively with the healthcare team to provide optimal patient care throughout the patients’ visit; Ensure proper patient positioning for patent airway, circulation and prevention of nerve damage; Collaborate with surgical team to ensure patient safety and comfort throughout the procedure; Assess the status of patients’ health; Monitor the patient undergoing local anesthesia according to the policy and procedure; Document patient care, treatment process, and patient response into the electronic medical record appropriately; Identify potential risk to patient and take action to minimize risk; Ensure that the proper supplies, instruments and equipment are available for procedures and that equipment is functioning properly; Organize supplies and equipment for surgical procedures according to physician preference cards; Monitor use of all supplies used during a procedure; Label and send specimens to pathology or laboratory according to protocol, ensuring that Universal Precautions are maintained; Assist with inventory control by proper count of supplies/time used; Understand and execute (if needed) protocol for emergency situations by knowing correct emergency procedures, location of emergency call system and location of emergency supplies and equipment; Perform narcotic counts and lock emergency carts at the end of each surgical day; Assist in transferring patients from bed to stretcher and vice versa as needed.
· Certifications/Education o Active Nevada Nursing License (RN); o Basic Life Support (BLS certification); o Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS certification). · Experience: o One year of nursing experience OR one year of operating room experience (orderly, surgical technologist, etc. Incumbent is required to obtain the following certifications within 6 months of employment: o Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS certification).