Registered Nurse

We are now hiring a Registered nurse to provide coverage in the operating room, post-op and pre-op areas. The ideal candidate must demonstrate a commitment to support the clinic’s goals of providing each patient with a positive experience while receiving quality comprehensive eye care from the providers.

The Registered Nurse provides ongoing assessment and nursing care to patients in the facility in accordance with Physician’s orders, policies, procedures, and processes within the scope of practice.  Collaborate with physicians and team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care. The Operating Room Nurse is responsible for the direct and indirect provision of safe, professional nursing care for the patients in the operating room. The nurse is accountable for ongoing evaluation and documentation of all components of care delivered to patients within the perioperative and outpatient environment utilizing the nursing process. Responsibilities include:

• Follows and completes assignments as given by the Clinical Director and Providers 
• Collaborates with appropriate disciplines in developing coordinated outcomes and interventions
• Circulating surgical procedures for various surgeons that operate at the facility
• Supports and maintains a safe patient care environment
• Ensure that the Operating Rooms are maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner
• Prepares surgery suite for surgical procedures
• Follows established universal precautions in the use of PPE
• Individualizes patient care according to patient’s health status and surgery/procedure being performed
• Operates equipment and performs technical skills according to policies and standards
• Recognizes situations (patient, staff, visitor, and physician) and significant assessment findings that require verbal or written communication and follow through to the appropriate people
• Monitors surgery inventory and notifies appropriate individual(s) when supplies are needed
• Participates in identifying and developing the performance improvement focus and criteria Supports the mission, vision, and core values of the organization
• Observes facility policies, procedures, and processes
• Purposefully conducts all aspects of the job in an ethical manner in support of the organization’s commitment to ethical behavior in all areas of personal and professional activity

Location: Atlanta, GA