Registered Nurse; RN Team Lead - St Francis Eastside

Charge Nurse (RN) – St Francis Eastside – Bon Secours

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With a legacy that spans over 150 years, Bon Secours is a network dedicated to providing excellent care through exceptional people. At every level, everyone on our teams has embraced the call to provide compassionate care. Here, you can work with others who share common values and use your skills to help extend care to all of our communities.

The Surgical Services Registered Nurse (RN) delivers patient care utilizing the nursing process through data collection and assessment, identifies and determines the priority of patients’ problems/needs, and evaluates the process and outcome of nursing care; coordinates, provides, and directs patient teaching activities and coordinates the care provided by health team members.

• In collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team, conduct initial and ongoing patient assessment, analyze assessment data, create a plan of care, implement treatment and evaluate treatment effectiveness.
• Administer medications in a safe manner consistent with the State of Practice and Bon Secours Mercy Health policies and procedures.
• Serve as point of contact for patients' care coordination throughout hospital departments.
• Act as a patient safety advocate by participating in ongoing quality improvement in the department.
• Delegate tasks and functions according to applicable laws, regulations, and standards, taking into consideration the competency of the assignee.
• Assume responsibility for managing the nursing care of the patient within the OR and coordinate the needs of the surgical team with other care providers necessary for completion of surgery.
• Observe the surgery and surgical team from a broad perspective and assist the team to create and maintain a safe and comfortable environment for the patient.
• Provide pre‑op, intra‑op, and post‑op care, including assessment and discharge instructions.
• Assess the patient’s condition before, during, and after the operation to ensure an optimal outcome for the patient.
• Anticipate the scrub nurse’s needs and open sterile packs, operate equipment, and keep accurate records.
• Be responsible for reprocessing if on Endoscopy team.
• BSMH nurses are expected to practice and deliver care in accordance with the core concepts and intention of the BSMH Nursing Professional Practice Model.

This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job‑related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.

• Current RN License in the state in which they are working or covered by compact (required)
• BLS Basic Life Support, ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support or PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support (preferred at hire; must obtain from approved source prior to direct patient care; ACLS and/or PALS may be required within 6 months based on specific surgical department requirements)
• CNOR Certified Perioperative Nurse (preferred)
• SGNA Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (preferred)

Bachelor of Science Nursing (preferred)

• 2 years of Critical Care experience (preferred)
• Completion of OR internship program (preferred)

Successful completion of Periop 101 (preferred)

• Assign patient care according to the nursing skill, knowledge, and scope of practice of staff.
• Orient, facilitate learning experience, and provide education (based upon quality improvement indicators, outcomes, and implementation) to nursing staff and others.
• Possess clinical knowledge, skills, and competency to provide evidence‑based patient care in accordance with the current standards of practice, policy and procedure, and BSMH mission.
• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient’s clinical condition and psychosocial needs of the patient and their supportive resources.
• Safely and efficiently develop, implement, and prioritize plan of care.
• Apply the nursing process in patient care…