Registered Nurse - PreOp/PACU

NVISION Eye Centers; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NVISION Eye Centers in Texas is seeking an experienced RN to provide planned and skilled perioperative nursing care for ophthalmology patients. The role involves continuous patient surveillance, early recognition of complications, and collaboration with surgeons and the OR team.

The RN will ensure patient safety, complete documentation, and support pre-operative and post-operative activities across the surgical day, including OR setup and room turnover. Ophthalmology experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Must be licensed to practice nursing in the State of TX.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and revises the patient’s care plan in accordance with physician’s orders and policies during intra-operative phase and provides communication within operating room.
• Completes the Safety Checklist prior to entering the OR, during the procedure and after the procedure with signature, date and time.
• Maintains documentation on patient charts for scheduled procedures.
• Sets up supplies and medications, ensures equipment is clean, safe, and functional and completes checklists.
• Assists with pre-op and post-op care, transfers patients to PACU, and supports anesthesia team as needed.
• Cleans the OR post-surgery and prepares the room for the next case; assists with disposal of needles, sharps, and trash.

Job description

NVISION® Eye Centers is one of the largest ophthalmology providers in the U.S., with over 100 centers across five states including California, Oregon, Arizona, Texas, and Utah. An innovative leader in ophthalmology, we are dedicated to providing the best patient experience through the use of the latest technology and treatment by the most talented and experienced surgeons in the industry. With more than 3,000 eye doctors referring their patients and trusting their own eyes to NVISION surgeons, NVISION Eye Centers is 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.

• 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 TX upon start date

REQUIREMENTS

• Ophthalmology experience preferred

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