20158288
New Britain General
Meriden, CT
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Description
Job Schedule: Full Time
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The Hospital of Central Connecticut is an acute-care community teaching
hospital, we provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services in general
medicine and surgery, as well as a wide variety of specialties. Staffed by our
talented team of leading professionals, The Hospital of Central Connecticut
provides a wide array of services throughout the region, caring for patients
from birth through the end of life.
Job Summary
The Interventional Clinical Specialist
performs at an advanced level providing services and support before, during,
and after surgical procedures [vascular and/or endovascular]. They ensures the
presence and proper arrangement of surgical equipment and supplies in the
operating room to each operation; assists the surgeon during the operation as
allowed by professional and legal standards. This Registered nurse assists/directs cleaning of the operating room
after the operation, ensuring proper routing of equipment and used material.
They act as a resource in quality control initiatives.
Key areas of responsibility
• Demonstrates competencies in Nursing practice (knowledge and behaviors),
utilizing research behaviors, to meet age-specific patient needs
• Provides/models quality patient/customer service by: demonstrating
proficiency in basic computer skills such as operating clinical display and
logging on, identification and navigation of clinical display, utilization of
rosters and charts, troubleshooting and logging off, and email; demonstrating a
willingness to accommodate all customers at all times; maintaining an awareness
of patient needs and utilizing initiative to respond to those needs; utilizing
tact, discretion, and compassion in responding to patient/family needs;
maintaining confidentiality of all patient information; and functioning in a
collaborative manner with other members of the team to ensure quality patient
care
• Assumes responsibility for self-improvement, in collaboration with the
leadership team by identifying, communicating and seeking resources or
instruction/validation to meet own learning needs, and is self-directed in
maintaining currency of validations
• Contributes to care improvement by participating in: coaching, and acting as
resource for peers; performance/quality improvement opportunities;
demonstrating the cost effective utilization of resources (self/unit in
resource role) and by recognizing the value of research findings as part of
continuous improvement. Contributes to improvement of nursing practice by
questioning current practices
• Using reliable tools and measures, evaluates and documents patient/family
responses, (including post-discharge/post transfer follow-up via measurement of
nursing-sensitive outcomes), identifies complex variances from anticipated
outcomes, and appropriately revises plan of care according to patient/family
needs, monitoring outcomes across shifts for unit based stay and functioning as
patient advocate as needed
• Supports the vascular and/or endovascular operating room procedures at
Midstate Medical Center within the scope of practice for a Registered Nurse in
the state of Connecticut
• Demonstrates knowledge of intraoperative patient care spectrum and performs
according to basic standards of care. Maintains a safe environment for the
patient by following policies and procedures related to the environment (e.g.,
surgical asepsis, electrical and safety, OR sanitation, processing and
sterilization of instrumentation, infection control, and tissue/fluid
cultures).
• Assures availability/readiness of all necessary equipment and supplies.
Responsible for assuring the sterility of the operative field. Drapes the
patient as requested. Assists the surgeon during the operative procedure and is
responsible with the Surgical Tech for performing all counts with proper
documentation. Assists with the room turnovers, and may assist with the
transport of the patient
• Participates in decision-making activities related to evaluating, acquiring
surgical equipment instruments and supplies.
Qualifications
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing
Experience
Five (5) years minimum experience as a Registered nurse.
Minimum 2 years OR experience which includes a minimum of (1) year vascular and/or endovascular OR experience in a level 1 Trauma center performing complex and high critical open and close Vascular and/or endovascular procedures/surgeries. Prior experience in complex and high volume academic operating room environment is a preferred.
Licensure, Certification, Registration
Active CT State Registered Nurse License.
BLS certification by the American Heart Association.
Knowledge, Skills and Ability Requirements
• Requires demonstration of strong organizational skills and is self-directed with the ability to problem solve independently.
• Demonstrates leadership abilities such as the ability to direct/support others in development of organizational skills.
• Ability to service/troubleshoot specialty instruments and equipment.
• Ability to act as a resource person in 2 specialty/sub-specialty areas.
• Demonstrated evidence in serving as a liaison to Central Sterile Supply to assure proper maintenance and processing of instrumentation and sterilization.
Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships within and outside the operating room. Consistent demonstration of role model behaviors
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