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RN Pre/Post Op full time

Job ID: 63914-147 Date posted: 10/03/2024 Location: Merrillville, Indiana Facility: Northwest Regional Surgery Center (12208)
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RN Pre/Post Op full time

Merrillville, Indiana

Overview

When you join USPI, you’re joining a caring, compassionate team who provides excellence in patient care across all of our facilities. As part of our staff, you’ll work with a high level of professionalism and commitment to our patients by providing safe, efficient patient care throughout their health experience. We follow the highest standard for nursing excellence, quality patient care, and innovation.

  • Job Type: Full-Time/Regular

Success Profile

What makes a successful RN Pre/Post Op full time at our location? Check out the traits we’re looking for and see if you have the right mix.

  • Team player
  • Multi-Tasker
  • Positive
  • Compassionate
  • Analytical
  • Detail-Oriented
nurse caring for patient

Culture

Our mission is to treat each and every one of our patients, and their families, as if they were our own family member. Each patient, each family, each and every time.


  • Working with compassion and respect for others and each other, supporting our communities and advocating for our patients
  • Acting with integrity and the highest ethical standards – always
  • Delivering results through accountability and transparency
  • Embracing inclusiveness for all people in our workplace and in the communities we serve

Benefits

  • Healthcare

    Medical, dental, vision, healthcare/dependent FSA, life and disability insurance

  • 401(k) Retirement Plans

    Secure your future with plans that also include employer discretionary match

  • Tuition Reimbursement

    Up to $1,500 maximum reimbursement per year

  • Paid Time Off

    Up to 15 PTO days per year and 6 paid holidays

  • Work/Life Balance

    Benefits such as paid holidays and vacation help you keep a healthy work-life balance

  • Compensation

    Competitive salaries

RN Pre/Post Op full time

Job ID: 63914-147 Date posted: 10/03/2024 Location: Merrillville, Indiana
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Responsibilities

Northwest Regional Surgery Center is looking for a full time Pre/Post Op RN to Join our team! 

Job Summary: 

Pre-operative Duties

  • Manage patients’ admission processes to preoperative department.
  • Assess the status of patients’ health in pre-op and ensure accuracy of identification wristband.
  • Ensure that operative and informed consents are in order.
  • Determine the surgeon and procedure being carried out.
  • Take and record vital statistics of patients to ensure readiness for surgical procedure.
  • Initiate IVs and ensure that patients are informed about the procedure and attending medical staff.

Post-operative Duties

  • Assess patients’ condition after a surgery has been performed.
  • Ensure that all vitals are within normal range.
  • Log all findings in patients’ files.
  • Answer patients’ questions and ensure that they are kept comfortable.
  • Make sure that all relevant IVs are in check.
  • Develop individualized care plans based on each individual patient’s condition.
  • Ensure that all nursing activities are carried out in accordance with individual patient care plan.
  • Monitor patients for condition changes and report any changes to the doctor.
  • Initiate patient education programs to ensure that both patients and families are educated on procedures and medications.
  • Determine when patients are ready to be moved to their rooms.
  • Perform intervention duties in cases of post-operative emergencies.
  • Record sedation levels and body temperature
  • Manage blood and fluid transfusions and draw specimens.
  • Ensure that the post-operative space is clean and sanitized.
  • Change bandages and dress surgical wounds.

Required Skills:
  • Must be a Registered Nurse with an unrestricted license in the state.
  • Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing
  • Must have at least 2-5 years' previous experience in PreOP/PACU
  • Previous experience in an ambulatory surgical center strongly preferred
  • Must have current BLS, ALS and PALS
  • Must possess a strong knowledge of surgical procedures and management of the surgical patient
  • Understanding of aseptic techniques and their implementation
  • Ability to quickly adapt to changing condition of the patient when needed
  • Must be an excellent team player and have the ability to communicate with staff, patients and physicians

USPI complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce.  If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date.  If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law. 

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