Preop Post Nurse

CommonSpirit Health; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 45,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to provide comprehensive perioperative care across preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative stages. You will lead the surgical team, ensure patient safety, and coordinate activities to achieve optimal outcomes.

Responsibilities include direct patient assessment, timely interventions, and effective documentation, while maintaining high standards in a dynamic environment and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams for

Qualifications

• RN licensure required in TN
• Basic Life Support (CPR) required on hire
• ACLS and PALS required within 6 months of hire

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate activities of the healthcare team to ensure safe perioperative care.
• Perform direct patient assessment, intervention and evaluation across all perioperative phases.
• Demonstrate leadership in coordinating multidisciplinary teams to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
• Document changes in patient condition and respond to emergencies as needed.

Skills

RN leadership in perioperative care

BLS (CPR)

ACLS

PALS

Perioperative nursing

Education

Bachelors Of Nursing Nursing

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for the comprehensive care of the surgical patient across all perioperative phases: preoperative, intraoperative, and immediate postoperative. You will play a critical role in ensuring patient safety and optimal outcomes.

Every day, you will engage in all activities, both technical and professional, that contribute to the safest perioperative course and most positive outcome possible for each patient. This includes direct patient assessment, intervention, and evaluation. Furthermore, you will effectively direct and coordinate the activities of other healthcare team members to achieve this paramount goal, functioning as a leader in patient-centered care.

This role demands exceptional clinical expertise in perioperative nursing, sharp critical thinking, and the skill to manage complex patient care in a dynamic environment. Achieving superior patient safety and positive surgical outcomes will hinge on your leadership in coordinating multidisciplinary teams and unwavering commitment

• Skilled performance in extreme life threatening emergencies.
• Prioritizing, coordinating, and meeting multiple patient needs and requests in a timely manner.
• Anticipating and preventing periods of extreme workload within a shift as evidenced by good time management and organizational skills.
• Detection and documentation of significant changes in a patient's condition.
• Assist patients to understand their illness and the effects of lifestyle including diet, activity, smoking and weight loss.
• Assess and evaluate a patient's readiness to learn, and consider factors affecting a patient's learning ability and knowledge level.

Job Requirements

Required

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program, upon hire and
• Registered Nurse: TN, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 - months and
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, within 6 - months

Preferred

• one (1) years' experience in preoperative surgical area or ICU and
• Bachelors Of Nursing Nursing, upon hire

Where You'll Work

CommonSpirit Memorial is an award-winning, not-for-profit, faith-based health care organization dedicated to the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. Founded by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, we offer a comprehensive continuum of care, from preventative and primary care to acute hospital services specializing in cancer, cardiac, neuroscience, stroke, and orthopedic services. Our commitment to excellence has earned us top prestigious recognition repeatedly from U.S. News and World Report, PINC AI, CMS, Healthgrades, Leapfrog, and most recently as one of the Best Places to Work in Tennessee. We are proud to serve Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia with the expertise of 4,700 employees and nearly 500 affiliated physicians.

Pay Range

$33.11 - $49.25 /hour

We are an equal opportunity employer.