RN Operating Room Nights

HonorHealth•Phoenix, AZ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN provides professional nursing care guided by the ANA Standards of Professional Nursing Practice and Code of Ethics. The role includes collecting and assessing patient health information, identifying diagnoses and outcomes, developing and revising individualized care plans, implementing treatments, and evaluating patient progress. Care should be evidence-based, family-centered, developmentally and age-appropriate, culturally relevant, and attentive to patients’ physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs. The RN documents observations and interventions, administers medications and therapies, manages IV lines, operates medical equipment, and collaborates with physicians and other members of the multidisciplinary care team. The RN also educates patients and families about illness or injury management, post-treatment and home care, nutrition, exercise, and self-administration of medications or therapies. The position includes supporting professional development by precepting new hires and students, fostering peer development, and maintaining current nursing knowledge and competencies. This position is in the Operating Room at John C. Lincoln in Phoenix, Arizona. It is a night-shift schedule of 3 p.m.–3 a.m., three 12-hour shifts per week, with no call required. Operating Room circulating experience is required. A $20,000 sign-on bonus is available.

Requirements

Operating Room circulating experience is required.
Associate degree or diploma in nursing is required before starting.
Diploma and ADN hires must complete a BSN within 60 months of hire or have at least five years of Registered Nurse experience at the time of hire; experience may be in direct patient care or indirect RN roles.
More than 10 months of med-surg or acute specialty setting experience is required.
Current Arizona nursing license or compact-state licensure is required upon hire; Arizona licensure must be obtained within 60 days of hire.
Basic Life Support certification in training course C is required upon hire, along with unit-specific certification as required by the specialty-area DOP.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
National certification for the unit-specific patient population.

Responsibilities

Collect and assess patient health data systematically, prioritizing according to immediate needs and involving the family.
Analyze assessment data, identify nursing diagnoses, and develop, implement, evaluate, and revise individualized plans of care.
Identify patient-specific expected outcomes and develop evidence-based plans that support continuity of care.
Implement plan-of-care interventions, including treatments, medications, and emergency or resuscitative measures in accordance with applicable orders, policies, and procedures.
Provide nursing care addressing the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs of patients and families.
Evaluate patient progress and document observations, interventions, monitoring data, and other relevant care information.
Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of care plans and nursing practice to maintain and improve patient outcomes and cost-effective care.
Apply ethical principles, develop awareness of cultural and diversity needs, and comply with professional standards, statutes, regulations, and department policies.
Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and multidisciplinary healthcare providers in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care.
Support professional development by precepting new hires and students, role-modeling, fostering peer relationships, and helping staff and students complete competency requirements.
Use evidence-based research and practice to develop and evaluate standards of care and improve nursing practice and patient outcomes.
Use resources effectively and efficiently while considering safety, effectiveness, and cost in patient care.
Teach patients and families about illness or injury management, post-treatment and home care, diet, nutrition, exercise, and self-administration of medication and therapy.
Provide direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides and delegate care tasks when appropriate.