Registered Nurse - OR - PRN

Atlas Healthcare Partners•Phoenix, AZ

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About The Position

Banner Surgery Center – Camelback, managed by Atlas Healthcare Partners, is a four-operating-room facility in Phoenix, Arizona, offering orthopedic services that include total joint replacements and procedures in hand, foot/ankle, podiatry, and sports medicine. The Registered Nurse assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents patient nursing care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. The role is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by the nurse or others under their direction, and applies specialized knowledge and clinical judgment to provide care appropriate to patients’ physical and developmental needs. The nurse collaborates with patients, families, physicians, and the multidisciplinary care team to develop and update individualized plans of care, including discharge planning. The position may provide relief charge coverage for staff and department workflow at some locations. The role also supports education and development of facility personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors, and contributes to quality improvement and safe, effective patient outcomes.

Requirements

Associate’s degree or diploma in Nursing, or higher.
Current, valid RN license in the state of practice, temporary RN license in the state of practice, or compact RN licensure for the current state of practice.
BLS certification.
ACLS certification.
For Core (FT/PT): at least one year of licensed RN experience in an operating room; other procedural-area experience may be considered with Support Center Clinical Educator approval.
A licensed RN with no operating-room experience must be enrolled in the PeriOp101 program and successfully complete it within four months.

Nice To Haves

Additional licensed RN experience in the operating room or perioperative area is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs.
Review patient history and physical information with patients and families, review information from other care team members, and ensure required completion within the appropriate timeframe.
Review diagnostic and laboratory data and report abnormal results to physicians and appropriate caregivers.
Complete assessments and reassessments according to patient needs and policy.
Formulate and initiate individualized plans of care and discharge plans using assessment data and input from patients, families, and the health care team.
Set realistic, measurable patient goals in collaboration with patients and families, considering the patient’s physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age-specific, and educational needs.
Plan care with the multidisciplinary team and revise plans to reflect changes in patient needs and status.
Implement plans of care through direct patient care and by coordinating, delegating, and supervising health care team activities.
Provide care based on physician orders and nursing plans, consistent with policies, procedures, standards of care, and regulatory requirements.
Promote continuity of care by communicating patient status accurately and completely to other caregivers.
Evaluate patient and family responses to care and teaching, progress toward goals, and the effectiveness of patient education; revise the plan of care as needed.
Document assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation in the patient record in a legible, timely manner and according to policy; record objective and subjective data, interventions, patient responses, and physician orders accurately.
Provide evidence-based care and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
Participate in department or facility shared leadership and in improvement of nursing quality indicators and outcomes.
Support education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors; precept and mentor others when appropriate.
Contribute to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care, including activities such as participation in professional organizations.
Provide relief charge coverage for staff and department workflow where applicable.
Follow established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, and professional standards.
Provide customers with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating core and leader behaviors.