Job Details:
- Associates degree required
The Operating Room / Surgery Nurse working is responsible and accountable for assigned patients care while utilizing the nursing process and evidence-based practice to provide and monitor the patient's documented plan of care.
· Coordinates patient care, team activities and plan of care with other healthcare team members; implements care in a knowledgeable and skillful manner.
· Evaluates effectiveness of care provided by comparing patient response with observable outcomes.
· Identifies and delivers initial and ongoing patient/family's education needs as an integral part of care delivery.
· Initiates discharge planning based on admission assessment; makes appropriate referrals and monitors patients progress and readiness for discharge by focusing on physical/psychosocial health status assessment of patient in an ongoing, systematic manner.
· Provides excellent patient care: "John C. Lincoln Always CARES for you!" program emphasizes the patient's expectation of care and helps nurses meet that expectation.
Operating Room / Surgery / Perioperative Services
Perioperative Services (OR) is a group of departments designed to provide a total sphere of services for the surgical patient in an efficient, non-traumatic, cost effective manner. These departments include: Inpatient Surgery, Inpatient PACU/Pre-op holding, Outpatient Surgery, Outpatient PACU/Pre-op holding, Sterile Processing, Central Scheduling, Endoscopy and Surgical Systems Support.
Inpatient Surgery cases range from outpatient up to and including level one trauma. This service is to be provided in a manner, which supports maximum, expedient recovery whenever possible.
Perioperative Services recognizes and respects the patients psychological, sociological and physiological needs at all time. In addition, they strive to maintain the patient's dignity and confidentiality in a consistent and respectful manner. Perioperative Services encourages and supports the professional, educational and personal growth of the personnel through continuing education opportunities.
All efforts will assure that the highest standards of nursing practice will be maintained while anticipating trends and initiating new concepts related to nursing practice and service delivery to assure optimum patient care. Perioperative Services is dedicated to maintaining continuity of care through involvement with patients, their families, other health care facilities, medical staff, community resources and team work.
Location:
North Mountain
John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital is known for its long history of innovative service to North Phoenix . The first hospital in the Valley to achieve Magnet nursing status, it also was a pioneer in trauma care and is one of only six Level I Trauma Centers in the state. Experts have consistently put us in a league with the nation's best. Our 266-bed, not-for-profit hospital initiated a $100 million expansion in 2006 - reflecting our strong commitment to bringing the most advanced medicine possible to the local community we serve.
Our hospitals rate in the top 3% in the nation for employee satisfaction according to Morehead Associates, employee opinion researchers.
Benefit & Career Development Highlights:
John C. encourages the growth and development of our nurses through several formal programs; we recently kicked off the introduction of GAIN - Growth, Advancement and Investment in Nursing, which focuses on: 1) monetary incentives for nurses to complete their BSN and 2) advancement through specific career track opportunities for those BSN's in focus areas of: education, management/leadership, quality management, clinical information systems, or advanced patient care.
We provide employees with outstanding benefits and options that meet your specific needs. Health insurance choices, retirement plan options, child care facilities and subsidies and a substantial accrued earned time off program to spend enjoying your hobbies, taking a dream vacation or just relaxing and rejuvenating.
Nurses are, also, eligible for educational assistance through our generous tuition reimbursement program or student loan payback program (up to $5250/year for those qualified). Most RN positions offer a signing bonus and are eligible for relocation assistance.
Qualifications:
- A current AZ RN license or compact state RN license.
- ACLS and BCLS required as appropriate for assigned unit.
- BSN and 1 year experience preferred.
- Ability to communicate effectively across a diversity of patients.
