OR Circulator RN (ASC Registered Nurse)

Atlas Healthcare Partners•Chandler, AZ

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This part-time position, working 3 days a week, is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and documenting nursing care for patients. The role adheres to organizational policies and professional nursing standards, utilizing a framework for professional practice and development. The position is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by oneself and any directed staff. It requires specialized knowledge, judgment, and skills to assess data and provide care appropriate to the age of the patients. The essential functions include assessing patient needs (physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge planning), reviewing patient history, and ensuring timely completion of assessments. The role involves reviewing diagnostic and laboratory data, reporting abnormal results, and completing assessments and reassessments as needed. A key responsibility is formulating and revising a plan of care, including discharge planning, based on assessment data, patient/family input, and multidisciplinary team collaboration. The plan should include realistic, measurable goals and consider the patient's diverse needs. Implementation of the plan involves direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision of the healthcare team, ensuring compliance with physician orders, policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. Continuity of care is promoted through clear communication with other caregivers. Evaluation of patient response to care and teaching, and assessment of progress towards goals are also crucial. Documentation in the patient record must be legible, timely, and reflect objective/subjective data, interventions, and patient responses. Accurate and timely notation of physician orders is required. The position encourages providing care based on evidence, participating in research, and contributing to shared leadership within the department. It also involves educating and orienting facility personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors, and promoting the growth of others through precepting and mentoring. The role contributes to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care, and actively participates in improving national nursing quality indicators. In some locations, this position may provide relief charge duties. All functions must be performed according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, and professional standards. Providing an excellent service experience to all customers is expected. NOTE: The essential functions are intended to describe the general content of and requirements of this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. Specific tasks or responsibilities will be documented as outlined by the incumbent's immediate manager.

Requirements

Associate’s Degree or Diploma in Nursing, or higher, required.
Must possess a current, valid RN license in state of practice, temporary RN license in state of practice, or compact RN licensure for current state of practice.
BLS and ACLS required.
PALS certification required within 90 days of start date if assigned ASC services pediatrics.
Minimum one-year licensed RN experience in OR (other procedural areas consider with Support Center Clinical Educator approval).
Licensed RN with no experience in OR and enrolled in PeriOp101 program with successful completion within 4 months.

Nice To Haves

Additional OR or perioperative licensed RN experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Assesses patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural and discharge planning needs.
Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion within appropriate timeframe.
Reviews available information obtained by other health care team members.
Reviews diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers.
Completes assessment and reassessments according to patient need and as outlined in policy.
Formulates a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family and health team input.
Initiates a plan of care based on patient-specific needs, assessment data and the medical plan of care.
Plans care in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team.
Reviews and revises the plan of care to reflect changing patient needs based on evaluation of the patient’s status.
Implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation and supervision of the activities of the health care team.
Provides care based on physician orders and the nursing plan of care, in compliance with policies and procedures, standards of care, and regulatory agency requirements.
Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for whom care is provided.
Evaluates the patient's and family's response to care and teaching and revises the plan of care as needed.
Evaluates patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health care team members.
Evaluates patient's response and the effectiveness of patient teaching.
Documents assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in the patient record. Documentation is legible, timely and in accordance with policy.
Documentation reflects objective/subjective data, nursing interventions and patient’s response to treatment.
Notes physician orders accurately and in a timely manner.
Provides care based on the best evidence available and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
Participates in department or facility shared leadership.
Interacts and participates in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families and visitors.
Promotes/supports growth of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.
Contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
Actively participates in the improvement of national nursing quality indicators and outcomes.
In some location, this position may provide relief charge for staff and workflow of the department.
Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards.
Provides all customers with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating our core and leader behaviors each and every day.