Fall Periop 101 Program - Operating Room Registered Nurse

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Children’s is one of the nation’s leading children’s hospitals. No matter the role, every member of our team is an essential part of our mission to make kids better today and healthier tomorrow. We’re committed to putting you first, and that commitment is at the heart of our company culture: People first. Children always. Find your next career opportunity and make a difference doing what you love at Children’s. Performs nursing process while providing direct patient care in a safe and effective manner that promotes quality patient outcomes. Serves as member of interdisciplinary healthcare team. Hiring for Arthur M. Blank Hospital and Scottish Rite Hospital. Children’s utilizes the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Periop 101 Program to prepare experienced nurses’ transition to a new practice environment. The program utilizes the AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice, providing nurses with evidence-based knowledge and training to ensure optimal outcomes for surgical patients. The program aims to provide nurses with no previous Operating Room (OR) experience the clinical skills and competencies to transition successfully into the perioperative practice environment. The Periop 101 program is a 7-month program including 3 phases of development: Didactic, Preceptorship and Supported Circulating phases. The program phases provide instruction and reinforcement of clinical skills through a blended-learning approach featuring interactive modules, group activities/team building, skills labs, video demonstrations, and clinical rotations with online support.

Requirements

Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the single State of Georgia or Multi-State through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact
Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of employment
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Pediatric Emergency Assessment Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS) within 1 year of employment as required by department
No minimally required knowledge, skills, or abilities

Nice To Haves

No minimum experience required

Responsibilities

Performs nursing process across the continuum to deliver age and developmentally appropriate patient-family-centered care.
Integrates values and language preferences into healthcare delivery through a culturally sensitive process.
Utilizes clinical decision support tools and resources to recognize issues, prioritize care, and modify plan of care as needed.
Utilizes appropriate documentation tools to record, measure, and retrieve healthcare data.
Provides patient and family education appropriate for identified learning needs.
Utilizes resources to plan and provide nursing care that is safe, effective, and financially responsible.
Participates in lifelong learning to maintain knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice.
Incorporates new knowledge into nursing practice to support desired outcomes.
Maintains professional records that provide evidence of competence and learning.
Self-evaluates professional practice in relation to performance, development, resiliency, and goals.
Takes action to achieve goals identified during performance review, resulting in change in practice and role performance.
Provides oversight for nursing care given by unlicensed personnel while retaining accountability for patient care quality.
Engages in ethical practices utilizing principles from The Code of Ethics for Nurses.
Maintains therapeutic and professional relationships with appropriate role boundaries.
Contributes to a supportive and healthy work environment.
Consults, contributes to, and coordinates care with interdisciplinary healthcare team members.
Demonstrates investment in others through teaching/coaching/helper roles.
Demonstrates support of shared leadership through awareness of initiatives and providing input.
Facilitates timely admission, transfer, and discharge process for patient assignment, ensuring safe and efficient patient flow through collaboration with physicians, interprofessional team, hospital leadership, and staff.
Removes or escalates barriers to appropriate leader.
Integrates evidence and research findings into clinical judgement and nursing practice.
Participates in monitoring activities within the work environment to maintain a culture of safety.
Identifies and communicates hazards and errors.
Participates in quality and process improvement activities to improve patient outcome and workflows.
Ensures equipment is in working order to provide safe patient care.
Demonstrates commitment and flexibility through times of change.
Completes orientation and Initial Assessment of Competency successfully by determined due date.
Completes mandatory education and annual competency assessment requirements as defined by unit and system by due date.
75% attendance at staff meetings, if applicable.