RN Preoperative Same Day Surgery

PIH Health•Whittier, CA

17h•Onsite

About The Position

PIH Health is a nonprofit, regional healthcare network that serves approximately 3 million residents in the Los Angeles County, Orange County and San Gabriel Valley region. The fully integrated network is comprised of PIH Health Downey Hospital, PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital, PIH Health Whittier Hospital, 37 outpatient medical office buildings, a multispecialty medical (physician) group, home healthcare services and hospice care, as well as heart, cancer, digestive health, orthopedics, women’s health, urgent care and emergency services. The organization is nationally recognized for excellence in patient care and patient experience, and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has identified PIH Health as one of the nation’s top hospital systems for best practices, cutting-edge advancements, quality of care and healthcare technology. For more information, visit PIHHealth.org or follow us on Facebook , Twitter , or Instagram .

Requirements

Knowledgeable in the legal aspects of nursing.
Recognizes and assists in the treatment of mediation reactions and documents appropriately.
Written and verbal communications, interpersonal skills.
Basic organizational skills.
Basic computer skills.
Demonstrated leadership abilities.
Patient assessment.
Clinical education related to specialty.
Principles of patient/family teaching.
Demonstrates fluency in English communication, to include reading, writing, and verbal communication.
Basic organizational skills to include ability to follow directions as outlined in policies or given by supervisor.
Basic EKG interpretation
Demonstrates good interpersonal skills
Knowledge of legal implications of nursing
Demonstrates appropriate critical intervention skills.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills, written and verbal
Strong organizational skills and analytical abilities
Basic computer skills
Detail oriented, able to assess and interpret findings
Knowledge of continuous performance improvement, rapid cycle improvement and the PDCA model for performance improvement.
Demonstrates good English communication skills, written and verbal communications, and interpersonal skills.
Basic organizational skills.
Basic computer skills.
Demonstrated leadership abilities.
Patient assessment.
Clinical education related to specialty.
Principles of patient/family teaching
Basic EKG skills
Written and verbal communications, interpersonal skills.
Basic organizational/time management skills.
Basic computer skills.
Demonstrated ability to apply the nursing process to pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients.
Must have successfully completed a basic EKG course or have evidence of proficiency through testing.
Demonstrates good English communication skills
Knowledge of nursing process
Basic organization skills
Demonstrates ability to work with others
Basic EKG skills
Demonstrates good English communication skills, written, verbal and interpersonal
Basic organization skills
Basic computer skills
Demonstrated leadership abilities
Patient assessment skills
Clinical education related to specialty
Basic EKG skills

Responsibilities

Responsible and accountable for providing for the placement of vascular access devices within the inpatient and outpatient hospital setting.
Collaborate with the nursing and medical staff to determine the most appropriate candidates for PICC insertion and provide clinical staff with education relating to the care and maintenance of the PICC lines.
Provides direct nursing care including assessment, plan of care, education, and evaluation for assigned patients.
Performs patient duties necessary to maintain the flow of patient care as well as coordinates the delivery of care provided by other care team members and disciplines.
Provide a full range of nursing practice guided by the American Nursing Association’s (ANA) Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice (2004) and dependent upon experience, role, and population served.
Primary nursing responsibilities include assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation and evaluation.
Standards of professional performance required include quality practice, education/competency, professional practice evaluation, collegiality, collaboration, and ethics, research/best practice integration, resource utilization and leadership (ANA, 2004).
Assists patients to attain or maintain optimal health, implementing a strategy of care to accomplish defined goals within the context of a patient-centered health care plan, and evaluating responses to nursing care and treatment (National Council of State Board of Nursing, 2004).
To provide the Clinical Directors with review of performance improvement findings and analysis of data in collaboration with the appropriate staff.
To assist center management with processing of unit specific duties including but not limited to orientation, education, performance improvement, timecards, policies and procedures, hearing screening, and patient follow-up.
Provides pre/post-operative nursing care to assigned patients utilizing the nursing process.
Performs within the standards of professional practice and hospital policies and procedures, is a resource person for the post anesthesia care unit.
Available to take call on a rotational basis as assigned and flexes with schedule as unit census requires.
Provides peri-operative nursing care to assigned patients utilizing the nursing process.
Performs within the standards of professional practice and hospital policies and procedures.