Per Diem Pre/Post RN

Employment Type: Part time

About the Role

The Nurse - preoperative (Preop) / post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) for the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) provides professional nursing services and standards of practice in accordance with level of experience and education, state board of nursing, and established policies and procedures. This role integrates the art, science, leadership, and knowledge of nursing clinical practice through relationship-centered, compassionate, ethical, and respectful direct and indirect healthcare services. The nurse participates as a team member of the total perioperative process and care for patients.

Responsibilities

• Acts independently and appropriately within license, scope of knowledge, and experience in practice area.
• Provides leadership and retains accountability for delegation, choices, decisions, and outcomes.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders and contributes to quality and improvement practices and outcomes.
• Exhibits willingness to take on new and additional responsibilities; embraces new ideas and cultural differences while managing competing priorities.
• Incorporates and demonstrates standard elements of professional practice: Assess, Diagnose, Outcomes Identification/Solutions, Plan, Implement, Evaluate.
• Participates in own professional development by maintaining required competencies, licenses, and certifications.
• Supports the learning and development of others (e.g., staff, formal learners, patients, families, community).
• Incorporates caring process (Caritas), advocacy, and appropriate resource utilization through concrete acts, interpersonal relationships, and effective communications.
• Practices in an environmentally safe and professional manner; monitors and initiates corrections or evidence-based practices.
• Promotes optimum physical and psychological behaviors; influences effective, judicious, and financially responsible use of resources.
• Maintains a working knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws/regulations, Trinity Health Integrity and Compliance Program, and Code of Conduct.
• Organizes, manages, and monitors pre- and postoperative care processes; ensures documentation is obtained, verified, and maintained.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Valid RN licensure authorized in the applicable state(s) of practice/employment.
• Valid driver’s license where required by assignment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree from an accredited school of nursing.
• Specialty credentialing and educational degree according to clinical nursing practice specialty area.

Physical and Mental Requirements

• General Summary:
  • Exposure to conditions which may be considered unpleasant to sight, touch, sound, and/or smell.
  • Occasional exposure to fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases, biohazards/hazards (mechanical, electrical, burns, chemicals, radiation, sharp objects, etc.).
  • Occasional exposure to noise, infectious waste, diseases, and conditions.
  • Occasional exposure to interruptions, shifting priorities, and stressful situations.
  • Frequent ability to follow tasks through to completion, understand and relate to complex ideas/concepts, and work on concurrent tasks/projects.
  • Frequent ability to read small print, hear sounds and voice/speech patterns, and give/receive instructions and communications with some background noise.
  • Frequent manual dexterity activities and/or grasping/handling.
  • Occasional ability to climb, kneel, crouch, and/or operate foot controls.
  • Occasional use of a computer or other technology.
  • Frequent sitting with the ability to vary/adjust physical position or activity.
  • Frequent maintenance of a safe working environment and use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
  • Continuous compliance with Trinity Health’s Code of Conduct, policies, procedures, and guidelines.
  • Continuous ability to provide assistance in the event of an emergency.
• Direct Healthcare Services:
  • Perform activities that require standing/walking with the ability to vary/adjust physical position or activity.
  • Continuous lifting of a maximum of 30 pounds unassisted.
  • Frequent use of upper and lower extremities, bending/stooping/reaching, and pushing/pulling.
  • Frequent work indoors under temperature-controlled and well-lit conditions.
  • Continuous encounter with worksites (e.g., patient homes) or travel to worksites with variable internal and external environmental conditions.
  • Continuous performance of work that involves physical efforts (e.g., transporting, moving, positioning, and/or ambulating patients).
• Indirect Healthcare/Support Services:
  • Perform activities that require standing/walking with the ability to vary/adjust physical position or activity.
  • Frequent lifting of a maximum of 30 pounds unassisted.
  • Occasional experience of long periods of walking/standing/stooping/bending/pulling/pushing.
  • Occasional encounter with a clinical/patient-facing/hands-on interactive work environment.
  • Occasional work indoors under temperature-controlled and well-lit conditions.
  • Continuous work outdoors with variable external environmental conditions.

Average Workday Activity: Occasional - O (1% - 33%), Frequent - F (34% - 66%), Continuous - C (67% - 100%)