Senior Nurse Clinician

Senior Nurse Clinician - Operating Room**Job Code**:
30001746

**Basic Function**:
Provides wide range of direct and complex nursing care to Operating Room patients requiring advanced nursing skills. Functions as a preceptor and role model for new hires and other identified staff. Provides clinical assistance to staff nurses, practical nurses, patient care assistants and nursing interns in the execution of their responsibilities and gives clinical resource support to the charge nurse. Acts as back up charge nurse when oriented.

**Scope**:
Working within Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Nursing & Clinical Services Department in Dhahran, Al Hasa, Udhailiyah, Ras Tanura, and Abqaiq.

The Sr. Nurse Clinician provides complex professional nursing care to the patient using independent nursing judgment within defined programs, protocols, policies, procedures and standing orders. Receives supervision and direction from the Charge Nurse and unit manager. Work is performed on any shift, as required, in the Operating Room (OR) of the Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH) facilities.

Work hours are assigned to meet operational needs. Hours may include on call and scheduled overtime.

Direction is through the unit manager.

**Principal Contacts**:
Ongoing with patients and their families home caregivers for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the nursing plan of care; with new hire and newly assigned nursing staff for orientation and integration into the nursing unit; routinely with clinicians for carrying out clinician orders, assisting with medical procedures, and reporting changes in the patient's condition and/or needs. ; Ongoing with Charge Nurse for collaborating and reporting.

Occasional public and community contact through communicating policy changes, revisions, and/or introduction of new work rules.

Occasional with other JHAH and outside services.

**Principal Duties**:
1) ASSESSMENT:

- Acts as resource to other staff members during the assessment of complex patient/family needs.
- Assists other staff members in improving their knowledge and skills, giving input when needs are identified.
- Assesses the need for suitable staff development program/s in the assigned clinical area to ensure effective patient care.

2) PLANNING:

- A. Serves as direct care clinical resource in developing, coordinating, and reviewing the patient’s plan of care.
- 3) IMPLEMENTATION/INTERVENTIONS:

- Provides total, direct nursing care to patients requiring advanced, skilled or complex care.
- Completes specific competencies as identified by the supervisor.
- Responds to age specific life-saving situations within OR based upon nursing standards and protocols and initiates BLS.
- Ensures correct patient, correct site and correct procedure is being performed.
- Acts as scrub or circulating nurse as allocated by the Supervisor.
- Sets up the operating room according to the type of operation and as per AORN recommendations.
- Assists the surgeon during operative procedures.
- Ensures all pre, intra and post op documentation is completed in the relevant format and in a timely manner.
- Is familiar with the specialized equipment used in OR and is able to handle equipment malfunction during surgery.
- Observes and maintains strict aseptic practices.
- Precepts new hires and nursing interns and mentors nursing staff with identified needs.
- Assists clinicians with the more complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
- Performs procedures requiring advanced competency skills or training in the expanded nursing roles.

**Principal Duties (cont'd)**:
4) EVALUATION:

- Acts as resource to other staff members during the evaluation of complex patient care.
- Evaluates the progress of new hires, nursing interns, and other identified staff and gives input to the charge nurse, supervisor, and/or nursing intern coordinator.

5) PROFESSIONAL EXPECTATIONS:

- Participates in the planning, implementing and evaluating patient care conferences and unit in-services.
- Evaluates patient care supplies/equipment and gives input to the charge nurse/supervisor.
- Serves as direct clinical resource in the development, review, revision, and implementation of nursing policies, and procedures, standards of care, and applicable medical organization policies.
- Represents unit or department on committees, special interest groups, and task forces.
- Treats customers (guests, patients, nurses, physicians and other employees) with courtesy, respect and caring behaviors.
- Always answers a patient’s call light/bell even if it is not an assigned patient and always takes the initiative to assist the patient.
- Presents a positive image of JHAH through professional appearance and behavior.
- Maintains confidentiality by choosing the appropriate persons, time and place for patient related discussions.
- Immediately brings abnormal findings to the attention of the Charge Nurse.
- Supports unit culture of quality and safety.
- Assures patient comfort an