Job Title: Registered Nurse Department: Surgical Services Location: Gouverneur Hospital Hours Per Week: Per Diem Schedule: 8-hour day shifts SUMMARY Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, reassessment and documentation of care for patients undergoing surgery, outpatient and inpatient care as well. The Registered Nurse provides care to patients in developmental stages ranging from newborn to geriatrics. The Registered Nurse bears full and ultimate responsibility for the quality of the nursing care he or she provides to individuals. The Registered Nurse is expected to adhere to accepted standards of nursing practice, function within the role expectations of the Operating Room, delegate duties to other care givers as required and consistently provide appropriate supervision. RESPONSIBILITIES: • Performs a comprehensive patient assessment to identify patient needs. Performs testing, care and interventions specific to each patient and needs. • Develops and implements a comprehensive, individualized plan of care. • Protect the patient from injury caused by chemical, laser, positioning, thermal sources and extraneous objects. • Perform count procedures in accordance with policy to protect patient from retained foreign objects. • Perform interventions to assure correct patient, correct site, side and level. • Manage the patients specimens appropriately. • Administer medications appropriately. • Perform interventions to protect the patient from infection. • Perform interventions to maintain the patients normothermia throughout the perioperative period. • Perform interventions to maintain the patients base-line physical status. • Provide culturally competent, age-appropriate, ethical care within scope of practice. • Protect the patients rights and dignity. • Preoperative and postoperative care of the patient. • Cross training to circulate and scrub cases as needed. • Cross training in the PACU/recovery room nurse role. • Cross training in outpatient testing areas. • Cross training throughout departments to assist with day to day needs of the facility. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. • Current, unrestricted New York State registered professional nursing license. • Must be ACLS certified. • Basic nursing skills with added education surgical procedures and surgical procedures being performed. • Demonstrates knowledge of anesthetic agents and basic understanding of the various stages of anesthesia from induction through recovery. • Knowledge and training for providing care to patients from pediatrics to geriatrics. • Performance of testing for required outpatient procedures. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: • BSN or BS in Nursing from an accredited school or nursing. • National certification in a nursing specialty (AORN). • Good communication and computer skills and an independent, critical thinker with good assessment skills. • PALS certification. • Previous Ambulatory Surgery/ Operating Room experience preferred. UNION: Note: Not all per diem roles are union eligible. EDUCATION: LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS: PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: For disease specific care programs refer to the program specific requirements of the department for further specifications on experience and educational expectations, including continuing education requirements. Any physical requirements reported by a prospective employee and/or employees physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations. PAY RANGE: The listed base pay range is a good faith representation of current potential base pay for a successful full time applicant. It may be modified in the future and eligible for additional pay components. Pay is determined by factors including experience, relevant qualifications, specialty, internal equity, location, and contracts. Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.