OR Registered Nurse, Arnold Palmer Hospital Surgery; First Shift

Overview

Join Our Team at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital!

Arnold Palmer Hospital is currently seeking an OR Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Pediatric Surgery team at Arnold Palmer Hospital
. The Registered Nurse administers patient care in an area in a hospital or inpatient setting where patients have an advanced illness or injury that routinely requires timely, intense, and complex care to stabilize and support the patient’s medical condition. These areas require a lower caregiver-to-patient ratio and highly trained team members with advanced skills.

Job Title: Experienced OR Registered Nurse (RN), Advance Care

Dept: Surgery

Status: Full Time

Shift: First

Surgical services are available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year with in-house staffing. The APH Surgery Department works in conjunction with Pre-Admission Testing, the Pre-Anesthesia Care Area, and Post Anesthesia Care Unit. Other support departments that are non-clinical include Sterile Supply and the Sterile Processing Department. The operating room is defined as the space and equipment necessary for the successful completion of surgical procedures.

The APH Surgery Department, in conjunction with Anesthesia Services offers perioperative care to children, both inpatient and outpatient, who meet the anesthesia ASA Class I, II, III or IV physical status criteria of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

The major services include elective, urgent and emergent surgical procedures for pediatric patients. Patients having local, general, monitored anesthesia care, or regional anesthesia are treated. Pediatric patients are accepted and approved by the attending surgeon and anesthesiologist. In the case of patients >21 years of age, a panel reviews the patient history and surgical needs for appropriate admission to APH. The surgery department staff is scheduled to provide flexible nursing care and services for elective scheduled, STAT NOW, emergent and urgent cases around the clock.

APH Surgery Department provides coverage for STAT NOW, urgent and emergent cases, including trauma cases 24/7.

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional growth and advancement using a clinical ladder.
• Supportive and collaborative work environment.
• Continuing education and professional development opportunities.
• Retirement Savings Plan with up to 5% match. Financial savings accounts and Health Savings Accounts.
• Nearly 5 weeks of PTO in your 1st year of employment.
• Employer paid life insurance, Short & Long-Term Disability.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance.
• Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions.
• Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient focused action.
• Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays, such as intracranial pressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc.
• Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol.
• Observes, monitors, and assesses patients’ condition, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations and calls Physician or takes preplanned emergency measures when Physician is not immediately available.
• Assesses patient’s needs and develops/revises an individualized plan of care based on patient needs and responses. Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attaining expected outcomes.
• Respects diversity by building respectful relationships with all team members and customers.
• Functions as a patient and family advocate.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit/ department.
• Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/ or nurse clinician.
• Communicates and collaborates…