Bay Area Surgical Management is looking for a Circulator Registered Nurse with experience in Urology, ENT, General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Orthopedics, and Podiatry. We have multiple Outpatient Surgery Centers in the area adn therefor travel is required to nearby centers. The primary location will be Tustin, with willingness to travel to Anaheim as needed.

Description: The OR Circulator provides care to patients via the therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment and instrumentation, and other health care team members. Two years recent (within the last 3 years) experience in PACU.

Position: Full-Time

Schedule: Monday-Friday, Day Shift

Basic Qualifications:

Current CA RN license.
BLS & ACLS certification.
Two (2) year recent (within the last 3 years) experience in acute or outpatient.
General Surgery 3 year of experience preferred
Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program and completion of the current hours required by the BRN of RN student clinical experience or Graduate of registered nursing and either 1) 2000 hours of RN experience in clinical area of specialty from a licensed acute care facility within three (3) years of graduation.

Essential Functions:

The Registered Nurse demonstrates proficiency by exhibiting the following skills, competencies, and behaviors:

Nursing Process:

Develops and/or contributes to the individualized plan of care that reflects assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating the outcomes of that plan.
Ensures plan shows multidisciplinary planning, consultation, and education.
Ensures plan is reflective of admission or outpatient database, on-going findings, age appropriate care, cultural specific needs, and appropriate acuity.
Ensures plan is discussed w/ patient, family/significant others, and completed in a timely manner.
Monitors the patient's progress based on the plan.
Revises plan on ongoing basis based on patient condition and evaluation of progress.
Ensures care meets standards of practice.
Ensures effective development and completion of discharge plan including discharge barriers and patient/family education.
Ensures that patient clearly understands discharge instructions.
In outpatient, identify barriers and needs for patient/family education that will facilitate the outpatient medical mgmt plan.
Ensures patient safety related but not limited to, medications and procedures utilizing the five rights; patient falls; decubitus prevention and prevention of nosocomial infections.
Ensures optimal pain control and patient comfort; identifies and discusses patient anxieties, fears or concerns regarding patient condition, treatment or discharge.
Ensures that patient understands medication purpose, side effects, and administration instructions in the hospital as well as at the time of discharge.

Documentation:

Charting is accurate, legible, dated, and timed.
Documentation reflects nursing process and interventions and evaluations taken.

Clinical Outcomes:

Discusses patient findings and progress toward outcomes w/ physicians and other members of the health care team.
Demonstrates competencies during the probationary period and ongoing completion by departmental competency validation.
Make comprehensive nursing decisions based on interpretation of data, assessments, and evaluations of patient outcomes.
Participates in departmental performance improvement activities, i.e., planning, measuring/monitoring, assessing, and improving.

Workplace Safety:

Applies standard precautions.
Maintains a safe environment for self and others.

Patient Care Experience:

Practices customer service standards as defined by the Service Area, Medical Center, and specified department.
Promptly answers alarms and patient requests.
Makes appropriate referrals and facilitates the customer's ability to utilize resources.
Maintains and protects patient confidentiality.
Ensures clean, orderly, and functional work environment.
Treats all families of patients w/ courtesy, respect, kindness and compassion.
Provides an optimal patient care experience by actively listening to the needs of patients and family members and taking responsibility for meeting those identified needs.
Gives patients information in a way they can understand and ensures comprehension.
Provides a patient care experience that exceeds members' expectations.

Team Commitment:

Viewed by others to be an effective team member who is flexible, cooperative, and willing to assist others.
Confronts difficult or conflict situations constructively and seeks appropriate assistance.
Takes accountability for own actions and accepts constructive criticism.
Acts as a resource, preceptor, and mentor to new employees, registry, students, and other team members.
Attends all mandatory meetings, in-services and staff meetings as required, actively participates in other departmental professional development (Requirement may vary for per diem staff).
Participates w/ the assessment of current and future unit learning needs and development of an annual education plan.
Keeps self- informed of activities on the unit and makes recommendations for change.
Adheres to Attendance Program.
Reports to assigned area promptly, being present and available for report at beginning of assigned shift.

Fiscal Responsibility:

Organizes work to minimize the use of overtime.
Identifies and assists in systems improvement that needs simplification or correction.

This Company Describes Its Culture as:

Detail-oriented -- quality and precision-focused
Outcome-oriented -- results-focused with strong performance culture
Team-oriented -- cooperative and collaborative

Pay: $63.00 - $65.00 per hour

Benefits:

401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance

Education:

High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

OR Circulator : 3 years (Required)

License/Certification:

BLS and ACLS (Required)

Shift availability:

Day Shift (Required)

Ability to Commute:

Tustin, CA 92780 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Bay Area Surgical Management LLC

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