RN - Same Day Surgery

Responsibilities

Job Title: Register Nurse (RN)Position Status: 1.0 fte (80 hours per pay period)Department: OR - Same Day SurgerySalary Range: $35.68 - $49.96 / per hour (based on experience)

Position Summary

The Same Day Surgery Registered Nurse (RN) provides comprehensive, patient-centered nursing care to patients undergoing outpatient surgical procedures. This role functions across the perioperative continuum, including preoperative, post-anesthesia care (PACU), and discharge phases. The RN works collaboratively with the interprofessional team to ensure safe, high-quality, evidence-based care while promoting optimal patient outcomes and experiences. Essential Functions: Executes nursing interventions by collaborating with the interprofessional team incorporating appropriate standards of care and practice and patient outcomes Evaluates patients response to plan of care and works in collaboration with the interprofessional team to make any needed adjustments. Utilizes data to continuously meet care coordination needed across settings in conjunction with the patient, family, and/or other care providers Assumes responsibility and accountability for effectively managing nursing care of individual patients Documents nursing assessment and interventions to reflect comprehensive and integrated approaches to patient care in the electronic record Provides care that is safe, ethical, patient and family centered, and evidence based. Works independently within their scope of practice to achieve clinical outcomes appropriate for the patient and their families. Monitor patient while awaking from anesthesia in the PACU setting Review and act on test results Initiate and monitor intravenous (IV) infusions Provide patient education Complete accurate and timely documentation in the electronic medical record Serve as a mentor, preceptor, and/or resource to others Assist with the coordination of care across the continuum (e.g. inpatient, outpatient, Ambulatory) Minor cleaning of the department, stocking rooms, patient follow-up phone calls, and checking patient charges.

Qualifications

Minimum(s): Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing, A.D.N or BSN Current State of Minnesota RN license Current BLS, ACLS, PALS and TNCC Certifications (if not current, must attain within 6 months of hire.

Preferred

1+ years of Inpatient, Emergency Department, Infusion Therapy, or Same Day Surgery nursing experience.

Competencies

Strong clinical assessment, critical thinking, and decision-making skills. Ability to manage multiple patients in a fast-paced ambulatory surgical environment. Effective communication and collaboration skills with patients, families, and the healthcare team. Commitment to patient safety, quality care, and professional nursing practice.