Registered Nurse

• This role is located at the Ambulatory Surgery Center in Freehold, NJ, which is part of Prism Vision Group.
• Compensation Range: $27.98-$58.11/hr (Dependent on Experience) The Registered Nurse provides skilled nursing care using knowledgeable evaluation and assessment techniques in planning for care and treatment of individual patient needs.
• Utilizes assessment skills, plans for continuity of care, and able to individualize patient needs.
• Understands the importance of patient education and offers goal directed nursing care to patients.
• Reports to Director of Nursing.
• Essential

Duties & Responsibilities

• Monitors and assesses the physical status of the patient through personal observation, assessment, and interaction.
• Knowledge of Privacy Practices & Patient Bill of Rights.
• Appropriate patient assessment and evaluation including pertinent medical and surgical history
• Able to identify educational, psychosocial, and cultural needs.
• Knowledge of required pre-operative testing requirements and identification of surgical risks.
• Demonstrates understanding and interpretation of diagnostic measures such as lab tests, radiology exams, and EKG interpretation.
• Identifies patient needs and communicates/shares this information to all involved in patient care.
• Acts as a patient advocate in the coordination of patient care.
• Maintains knowledge regarding medication, medications utilized, anesthesia medication, and/or herbal therapies and associated risks.
• Utilizes professional nursing judgement, takes action to implement the nursing care plan, and resolves identifiable issues before they become a problem/incident/event.
• Provides appropriate and complete pre and post-operative patient assessment, airway management, and patient monitoring.
• Able to complete accurate and timely medical record documentation. Reports and documents information efficiently.
• Utilizes supplies, equipment, and resources to contain cost without compromising delivery of patient care.
• Aware of and able to successfully carry out infection control, and environmental safety practices.
• Communicates a positive and caring attitude toward patients, peers, staff, and all other persons to whom there is contact.