New Grad / Registered Nurse (RN) - Perioperative Nursing Residency Program
Position Summary
Proliance Surgery Center at Valley is seeking professional registered nurses (RN) or new-graduate nurses interested in applying for our Perioperative Nursing Residency Program, which prepares the RN to work in the operating room as a circulating and scrub nurse at our outpatient orthopedic surgery center. This residency program consists of an initial structured 12 - 14 week educational course using AORN’s Periop 101: A Core Curriculum™ supplemented with interactive learning labs, peer discussions, and precepted clinical experiences. Course administration and successful transition to practice is guided by an in-center perioperative nurse educator where individual learner needs are addressed.
Work Schedule: 4x 10-hour shifts, Monday - Friday, 6am - 4:30pm PT
Key Duties and Responsibilities
The key duties and responsibilities of the RN include, but are not limited to:
- Work with all members of the health care team to provide optimal care to the patient throughout their surgical experience.
- Maintain a friendly, positive and caring attitude with all patients, physicians and staff.
- Assist in patient education during all phases of their surgical experience at the Center.
- Assist in assuring that equipment is functioning properly.
- Monitor use of all supplies. Assist with inventory control by proper count of supplies/time used.
- Document appropriately the care that is given to the patient
- Continuing education to meet State requirements and keep current with health care changes
- Display professionalism at work and in the community as a representative of the Center
- Take an active role on committees within the department
- Identifies actual and potential risk to patients and others and takes action to minimize or eliminate risk and maximize safety
- Performs charge nurse responsibilities as staffing demands and as requested
Education/Experience
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
- Current State licensure and BLS and ACLS accreditation, or within 6 months of hire
- Two years of OR (on-the-job training), Recovery Room, Intensive Care or Emergency Room experience is desired. New RN graduates with an interest in the operating room will be considered.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Problem solving skills
- Skill in using a computer
- Knowledge of applicable specialties
- Outpatient clinical organizational ability
- Ability to remove oneself personally from given situations, remaining objective
- Ability to exhibit cooperation, flexibility, and provide assistance when interfacing with patients, physician and staff
- Ability to multi-task
- Skill in organizing and reporting information that is accurate and complete
- Understanding of the need for and evidence of consistent respect for confidentiality/HIPAA
- Ability to maintain composure in stressful situations
- Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all staff
- Ability to prepare records in accordance with detailed instructions
- Ability to communicate clearly
- Consistency and timeliness in attendance
Work Environment/Physical Demands
The work environment/physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a teammate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable differently abled persons to perform the essential functions.
JobFamily
NURSING_(RN_&_LPN)
PayType
Hourly
EmploymentIndicator
Full Time
EducationLevel
Certification
HiringMinRate
36.24
HiringMaxRate
78.94