POCU/PACU RN Full-Time & Infection Preventionist
POCU/PACU RN Full-Time & Infection Preventionist
Midland, Texas
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
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Success Profile
What makes a successful POCU/PACU RN Full-Time & Infection Preventionist 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
Culture
The culture of USPI revolves around our mission of treating each and every one of our patients, and their families, as if they were our own family members – each patient, each family, each and every time. We also believe in:
- 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
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Healthcare
Medical, dental, vision, healthcare/dependent FSA, life and disability insurance
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401(k) Retirement Plans
Secure your future with plans that also include employer discretionary match
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Tuition Reimbursement
Up to $1,500 maximum reimbursement per year
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Paid Time Off
Up to 15 PTO days per year and 6 paid holidays
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Work/Life Balance
Benefits such as paid holidays and vacation help you keep a healthy work-life balance
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Compensation
Competitive salaries
POCU/PACU RN Full-Time & Infection Preventionist
Responsibilities
Texas Surgical Center is seeking a qualified POCU/PACU Registered Nurse & Infection Preventionist:
- NO CALL
- NO HOLIDAYS
- NO WEEKENDS
TEXAS SURGICAL CENTER, is seeking a motivated POCU/PACU Registered Nurse to join our team. TEXAS SURGICAL CENTER is a fast paced ASC environment committed to producing the highest quality work and experience for patients and their families.
Job Summary
The RN POCU/PACU is a Registered Nurse that provides quality patient care using the nursing process, the medical plan of care, and organizational policies. The RN POCU/PACU provides safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the perioperative services for all patient populations. The RN POCU/PACU supports the mission, vision, and values of the organization. The RN POCU/PACU reports to the Manager of Peri-operative Services.
Experienced in supporting in the following specialties: Orthopedics, Total Joints, Robotics (DaVinci & ROSA), ENT, General, Gynecology, Pain Management, Podiatry.
The Infection Preventionist is responsible for:
- The surveillance, analysis, and reporting of healthcare associated infections
- Educating employees about infection prevention and control
- The development of health system policies and procedures to insure rigorous infection prevention and control standards that meet OSHA, Public/State Health Department, and Centers for Disease Control requirements
- Promoting a safe and healthy work environment
Required Skills:
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Current Texas Nursing License
- Current BLS, ACLS and PALS
- Experience in Pre-Op/PACU in an ambulatory surgical setting preferred.
- Strong knowledge of surgical procedures and management of the surgical patient
- Understand principles of aseptic technique and their implementation
- Ability to care for patients from infancy to geriatrics
- Knowledge base to recognize, evaluate, solve problems and correct errors
- Ability to quickly adapt to changing condition of the patient when needed
- Excellent teaching skills
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Demonstrate strong professional and ethical behavior
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, physicians and fellow employees. (TEAMWORK)
- Strong customer service skills
- Demonstrate accountability, creativity, innovation and be receptive to change
- Possess basic knowledge of Performance Improvement ideology
- Detailed knowledge of hospital organizations, committees, department functions, and performance improvement activities.
- Effective communication, organizational and leadership skills, independent decision-making, and ability to handle multiple projects.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Working knowledge of CMS, OSHA, CDC and TDSHS standards.
- Working knowledge of the developmental needs of pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients.
- Excellent computer skills
- Ability to use Excel to develop and maintain spreadsheets, dashboards, databases and graphs
- Working knowledge in areas of patient care practices, microbiology, asepsis, disinfection/sterilization, adult education, infectious diseases, communication, program administration and epidemiology.
- Ability to develop and maintain an Infection Prevention & Control Plan that includes timely and accurate surveillance activities, investigation, reporting, action plans and education.
- Knowledge of Employee Health injury/exposure reporting procedures.
Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or
employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin,
age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or
expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will
make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities
unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.
Tenet participates in the E-Verify program.
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