Registered Nurse OR Circulator - Periop 101 Trainee

About the role

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse OR Circulator Trainee in Fairbanks, Alaska. This position is part of the Peri-Operative Department and requires a three-year commitment to the Periop 101 program.

Responsibilities

• Affirms patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge planning needs.
• Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and ensures completion within appropriate timeframe.
• Reviews available information obtained by other healthcare team members.
• Reviews diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results to physicians and other appropriate caregivers.
• Formulates a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family, and health team input.
• Initiates a plan of care based on patient-specific needs, assessment data, and the medical plan of care.
• Plans care in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Reviews and revises the plan of care to reflect changing patient needs based on evaluation of the patient's status.
• Implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision of the activities of the health care team.
• Provides care based on physician orders and the nursing plan of care.
• Delegates appropriately, and provides nursing supervision in the provision of care to patients by other licensed nurses and other personnel.
• Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for whom care is provided.
• Evaluates patient and family response to care and teaching, and revises the plan of care as needed.
• Evaluates patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health care team members.
• Evaluates patient response and the effectiveness of teaching.
• Documents assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation in the patient record.
• Communicates effectively in both verbal and written forms.
• Participates in unit or facility shared leadership.
• Interacts and participates in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors.
• Promotes/supports growth of others by acting as a preceptor or mentor when appropriate.
• Contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
• Actively participates in the improvement of national nursing quality indicators and outcomes.
• Performs all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards.
• Provides all customers of Foundation Health with an excellent service experience by consistently demonstrating our core and leader behaviors each and every day.

Requirements

• Valid current or temporary Alaska RN license.
• BLS certification is required.
• May require ACLS, PALS, or additional certification and/or continuing education based on area of practice.
• Minimum of 2 years RN experience in any specialty.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in nursing preferred.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Professional certification preferred.
• Experience working in an acute care setting within the past 12 months as a Registered Nurse in the specialty area.

Skills

• Knowledge of evidence-based practice.
• Ability to prioritize and solve problems creatively.
• Effective communication skills.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, blended educational program developed by AORN's expert perioperative nurse authors based on AORN's latest, evidence-based Guidelines of Perioperative Practice.
• Hands-on skills labs and a clinical practicum.
• 1-year complimentary AORN membership for all Periop 101 students.
• Access to a surgery-specific simulation room for hands-on training.

Pay

Details not specified.

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours/week, 10 hour shifts, flexible schedule and on-call hours required.