Registered Nurse - Perioperative (RMC) - Per Diem - Varies

Capital Health is the region's leader in providing progressive, quality patient care with significant investments in our exceptional physicians, nurses and staff, as well as advanced technology. Capital Health is a five-time Magnet-Recognized health system for nursing excellence and is comprised of 2 hospitals. Capital Health Medical Group is made up of more than 250 physicians and other providers who offer primary and specialty care, as well as hospital-based services, to patients throughout the region.

Capital Health recognizes that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as an organization. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we can attract the best candidates.

The listed pay range or pay rate reflects compensation for a full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position. Actual compensation may differ depending on assigned hours and position status (e.g., part-time).

Pay Range:

$49.41 - $49.41

Position Overview

• Welcome to the Perioperative Unit. We believe that every patient deserves expert care, and every nurse deserves a supportive, empowering enviroment. We are currently seeking experienced Operating Room Registered Nurses to join our talented surgical team on a per diem basis.
• Flexibility to choose shifts that fit your life, the Regional OR is a Level II Trauma Center and is operational seven days a week with surgical staff on at all times
• Ability and willingness to work in the role of circulator and scrub for a variety of cases.
• Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesia, surgical techs, and other OR team members
• Ensure patient safety and sterile technique throughout the perioperative phases
• Plans for providing traditional and individualized comfort measures. Fosters an environment to include the core mission. Serves as an advocate by providing emotional and informational support to patients and families and giving them an opportunity to participate in goal setting as they consider alternatives to care.
• Provides appropriate support for pain management, pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures. Assist patient/family in identifying individualized comfort measures.
• Initiates plan of care based on Capital Health core mission principles. Includes illness, pain, fear, anxiety and/or any other stressful emotion in plan of care. Advocates for patient when condition prohibits self-advocacy. Incorporates goal setting and consideration of alternatives in the development of a viable plan of care.
• Identifies the patient's readiness to learn, formulates and implements individualized teaching plans, documents outcomes. Provides interpretation of the patient's condition and gives rationales for procedures which are consistent with the health team. Plans for and documents discharge needs of the patient with appropriate assistance.
• Determines multiple teaching needs related to identified patient problems and documents patient readiness to learn. Provides consistently information to patients with validation through documentation, observation and staff input. Provides patient with information to meet educational needs at time of discharge.
• Identifies and documents the patient's initial condition and need for care based on a detailed assessment. Interprets and assesses changes in patient condition, plans the appropriate intervention to achieve expected outcomes and documents changes, interventions and outcomes. Anticipates problems that might arise in frequently occurring clinical situations.
• Completes independently assessment to accurately and thoroughly reflect the patient's status. Contacts independently LIP to seek out anticipated medications and/or interventions related to changes in patient's condition. Documents thoroughly and accurately clinical changes, interventions and outcomes. Identifies significant diagnostic data indicating recurring clinical problems and situations.
• Identifies emergent situations, initiates appropriate interventions and documents outcomes. Initiates use of in-house emergency response teams as appropriate for identified situation.
• Administers medications accurately and safely. Documents patient's records according to the nursing process, ANA Code for Nurses and Capital Health Patient Services Division Standards of Practice Performs, teaches and demonstrates technical skills specific to assigned nursing unit.
• Assists unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) in understanding how actions affect outcomes during patient care activities.
• Obtains new LIP prescriptions to appropriately reflect patient care regimens. Collaborates with resources regarding problems with response from other health team members. Attends unit-base