Registered Nurse- Periop/ Procedural

Clinton Regional Hospital in Wilmington, Ohio is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Emergency Department Perioperative/Procedural unit. This mid-shift, varying schedule position plays a critical support role in emergency care delivery, ensuring timely diagnostics, safe patient care, and smooth operational flow. You will work directly with the interdisciplinary team including physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to deliver compassionate, high-quality patient care.

Responsibilities

• Perform initial and ongoing assessment of patients and families, documenting findings according to unit and organizational guidelines
• Communicate assessment findings to other healthcare providers as appropriate, including health counseling and teaching needs
• Plan individualized care for patients and families based on assessment, standards of care, and optimal outcomes
• Initiate and update appropriate patient care guidelines and clinical pathways based on patient and family input
• Develop short and long-term goals with patients, families, and the healthcare team, including discharge planning
• Implement the plan of care while maintaining patient autonomy, dignity, and rights in a safe and therapeutic environment
• Act as a patient advocate, delivering care in a non-judgmental and non-discriminatory manner sensitive to patient diversity
• Recognize emergency situations, notify appropriate personnel, and initiate emergency measures
• Prioritize workload according to patient needs and unit requirements
• Complete patient assignments and documentation within scheduled timeframes
• Base interventions on clinical data, desired outcomes, nursing judgment, and standards of care
• Safely administer medications and treatments, monitoring their effects
• Use all equipment in a safe and appropriate manner
• Delegate care to other team members within the scope of nursing practice
• Implement and document patient and family teaching programs
• Coordinate patient care across all disciplines
• Utilize critical thinking skills in receiving, interpreting, and executing physician orders
• Evaluate the plan of care based on patient outcomes and collaborate with the healthcare team to revise as needed
• Supervise delegated care provided by other healthcare team members
• Identify areas for self-improvement through self-assessment and peer review
• Participate in unit committees, staff meetings, and councils
• Support organizational and unit changes
• Maintain and improve current knowledge through continuing education, formal education, professional organization membership, and specialty certification
• Share knowledge and skills with colleagues and provide constructive feedback

Required Qualifications

• Associate's Degree or Diploma in Nursing
• Active Registered Nurse license
• Up to 1 year of clinical nursing experience
• Knowledge and skills derived from biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex healthcare needs across the life cycle

Education Requirements

• New hires are required to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within 5 years of hire

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification in applicable specialty once eligible
• Membership in related professional organizations

Working Conditions

This position requires frequent bending, consistent lifting of less than 10 pounds and 50+ pounds, consistent pushing and pulling, consistent reaching, consistent standing and walking, occasional sitting, occasional kneeling, and rare climbing. The role requires consistent concentration, continuous learning, consistent hearing for conversation and other sounds, consistent interpersonal communication, consistent reading, consistent talking, consistent thinking and reasoning, consistent use of hands, and consistent color vision and visual acuity both near and far.