RN - Pre-op/PACU - Jameson Crane Sports Medicine

Scope of Position: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Centers mission is to improve health in Ohio and across the world through innovation in research, education, and patient care. The team provides patient care and supportive services directed towards achievement of positive patient care outcomes, maximizing the patients involvement in his/her own plan of care and reducing the length of hospitalization, The staff nurse plays a critical role in staff engagement , the patient experience, quality and safety, and cost effective care.

Position Summary: The Staff Nurse is responsible for managing and providing care to the patient and his/her family, and for directing and supervising nursing care provided by other members of the patient care team. The Staff Nurse is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, coordinating, delegating and evaluating the nursing care of patients in alignment with the professional practice model.

For Hire: Degree in Nursing from a CCNE (Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education) or Accreditation; Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) accredited nursing program required.

Current Ohio license or interim permit. *Experience in relevant care setting preferred.

On-going: Maintains current Ohio RN license. Meets mandatory educational and health requirements.

Job Relationships

Supervisory Responsibility: N/A

Contacts/Customers: Patients and family, all members of the health care team.

Responsible to: Manager

Physical/Visual/Mental Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to:

• Transport/ move patients in order to provide care,
• Move objects weighing up to 40 pounds around the work environment in order to provide care (does not include patient movement or transfers)
• Provide care, perform necessary duties and maintain patient safety in the patient care environment,
• Set up/ adjust various patient equipment items in use at the Medical Center, and
• Communicate clearly in order to facilitate the patients plan of care.

Work Environment

• The work environment involves risks or discomforts which require special safety precautions, additional safety education and/or health risk monitoring, e.g. chemicals, radiation, working with sharps (needles, syringes, scalpels), infectious diseases. Employees may be required to use protective clothing or gear such as masks, gowns, goggles, gloves, etc.
• The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts which requires normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices and meeting rooms (i.e. use of safe work practices, avoidance of trips and falls, and observance of fire regulations and traffic signs).
• The work environment involves risks associated with the use of computers such as eye strain and disorders that result from repetitive motions associated with computer use.