Registered Nurse - FT

NVISION Eye Centers; Roseville (CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NVISION Eye Centers is seeking a registered nurse to provide planned and highly skilled nursing care in the operating room. The role emphasizes patient surveillance, immediate response to complications, and seamless intra-operative support under physician orders.

Experience in ophthalmology and CA licensure are preferred. The position is clinic-based with OR responsibilities and routine pre/post-operative activities.

Qualifications

• Must be licensed to practice nursing in CA.
• Ophthalmology experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the patient’s care plan during intra-operative phase.
• Ensures that all documentation is complete and on the patient’s chart for the scheduled procedure.
• Completes the Safety Checklist prior to entering the OR, during the procedure and after the procedure.
• Sets up supplies and medications, ensures equipment is clean, safe, and functional.
• Reports low stock levels to Clinical Nursing Supervisor or Facility Manager.
• Completes all forms and logs (labs, tissue, FDA, billing, etc.) as appropriate.
• Maintains sterile technique and assists the scrub tech and surgeon.
• Assures patient comfort and safety, including proper positioning and padding.
• Pre-ops and recovery assistance based on staffing for the surgical day.
• Transfers patient to PACU and reports to PACU RN after the OR.
• Cleans the OR after surgery and sets up for the next case.

Skills

Ophthalmology experience

Job description

NVISION® Eye Centers is the leading ophthalmology partner comprised of the nation’s leading providers of ophthalmic physician services. Based in Aliso Viejo, California, the Company operates over 50 locations (clinics and ASCs). We strive to delight our patients by providing unrivaled care and service that exceeds their expectations. We are The Eye Doctors’ #1 Choice®.

This position is primarily responsible for providing planned and highly skilled nursing care for all of or patients. This position is also responsible for providing continuous patient surveillance, thereby allowing early recognition and immediate emergency treatment of medical or surgical complications, which may arise in any postoperative patient and performing the following duties.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and revises the patient’s care plan in accordance with physician’s orders, patient’s needs, and ESCNC Policies and Procedures during intra-operative phase and provides communication from those outside of operating room to those inside operating room.
• Assures that all documentation is complete and on the patient’s chart, for the scheduled procedure.
• Completes the Safety Checklist prior to entering the OR, during the procedure and after the procedure with signature, date and time.
• Sets up supplies and medications, ensures that equipment is clean, safe, and functional and completes checklist which is given to the Facility Manager
• Reports low stock levels to Clinical Nursing Supervisor or Facility Manager.
• Completes all forms (i.e., labs, tissue, FDA, billing, waiver of liability for visitors) and logs (i.e., tissue, Lens, temperature/humidity) as appropriate.
• Assures maintenance of sterile technique where appropriate, in surgery and assisting scrub tech and surgeon.
• Assures patient comfort and safety, including proper positioning and padding.
• Demonstrates ability to pre-op and recovers patient as needed based on the staffing pattern for the surgical day.
• Receives brief report from Pre op RN when the patient is taken to the OR, Assists anesthesiologist in transfer of patient to and from OR, Brings chart and any supplies needed for the patient after discharge to the PACU, Gives brief report to PACU RN when taking the patient from the OR to PACU.
• Cleans the OR after surgery with the CST and sets up room for the next case before assisting with transfer of the next patient to OR.
• Assists with proper disposal of all needles, sharps, syringes, and other trash; assists with clean-up of O.R. between cases; and at the end of the day, assists in surgery suite preparation for the next day’s cases.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Must be licensed to practice nursing in the State of CA upon start date

REQUIREMENTS

• Ophthalmology Experience Preferred

USD $60.00/Hr.

USD $65.00/Hr.