Job Description Summary

Full time (36 hrs/wk), Day shift (7a-7p)

Job Responsibilities

Provides general nursing care to patients and families throughout the continuum of care in perioperative and operating room settings.

• Accountability: The RN is accountable for the practice of nursing as defined by the Ohio Board of Nursing.
• Delegation: The RN delegates nursing tasks to licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) using the criteria written in the Ohio Nurse Practice Act.
• Nursing Care: According to department policies and nursing care standards, provides professional nursing care services to patients.
• Assessment/Diagnosis: Performs initial, ongoing, and functional health status assessment as applicable to the population and or individual.
• Outcomes Identification/Planning: Based on nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems, documents planned nursing interventions to achieve outcomes appropriate to patient needs.
• Implementation/Evaluation: Evaluates and documents response to nursing interventions and achievement of outcomes at appropriately determined intervals; as part of a multidisciplinary team, revises plan of care based on evaluative data.
• Leadership: Actively participates in process improvement activities to achieve targeted measures of clinical quality, customer satisfaction, and financial performance.
• Operations: Performs other duties as requested by supervisor.