Arrowhead Family Health Center – Ambulatory Surgery Center
Glendale, AZ
Join Our Growing Team!
Arrowhead Family Health Center is seeking an experienced and compassionate Part-Time and PRN Perioperative Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Ambulatory Surgery Center in Glendale, Arizona. If you are passionate about providing exceptional patient care in a fast-paced outpatient surgical environment, we'd love to hear from you.
The Perioperative RN is responsible for assessing, planning and implementing care of patients from admission to discharge monitoring the well-being of the patient before, during and after the operation.
Schedule: Tuesdays & Thursday 7AM-5PM
Position Responsibilities:
- Assesses patient status on admission and on an ongoing basis.
- Implements appropriate standards of care based on assessment data and patient's own goals, which are set mutually with the patient and family.
- Coordinates nursing interventions to enhance achievement of expected outcomes and to ensure readiness for discharge post procedure.
- Ensures provisions of patient care in an organized and timely manner.
- Adheres to all surgery center policies and procedures when providing patient care.
- Utilizes nursing care standards when planning and implementing patient care.
- Demonstrates ability to direct and provide for patient care in emergency situations.
- Assesses learning needs according to patient's level of understanding and readiness to learn.
- Strives to be professional, courteous, helpful and cooperative.
- Demonstrates appropriate knowledge and competence of designated skills identified for position.
- Works cooperatively and maintains communication with all team members including physicians, other nurses and ancillary staff, patient representatives and administrative staff.
- Assists with assembling all necessary equipment and supplies for pre procedure, procedure and post procedure area.
- Demonstrates the safe operation of equipment and follows procedures for reporting and correcting an unsafe situation.
- Assists in cleaning work areas during and at the end of the shift.
- Demonstrates competent usage of proper body mechanics in all activities.
- Demonstrates understanding of established emergency procedures.
- Assists with quality assurance monitoring and performance improvement projects as requested.
- Maintains dress and appearance according to standards.
- Attends and/or maintains unit based staff meetings, required safety training and yearly education/competency requirements.
- Maintains confidentiality of all facility and patient information as required by facility policy.
- Provides notification of unscheduled absences or tardiness and requests time off in accordance with established departmental procedures.
- Understands and utilizes standards for delegating tasks to LPNs, unlicensed assistive personnel, and ancillary staff.
Education/Experience/ Requirements:
- Associate's degree (A. A. / A. S.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school in nursing; or graduate of an accredited school of nursing; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, preferred.
- Specialized Training: Intensive Care Unit / Critical Care Unit, Intensive Care Unit / Critical Care Unit, Pain Management, Operating room, Emergency room
- Certifications: CPR-ACLS certification within 90 days of employment, Active and Unencumbered Arizona RN License
- Starts at $35.00 - $39.00 per hour, DOE