RN Ambulatory Surgery (Full Time 36 Hours), West Penn Hospital

About the role

The Ambulatory Surgery Center comprises a 10‑bed pre‑op unit and an 8‑bed post‑op unit offering surgery to patients across the lifespan; the ASC team handles preoperative and postoperative work for same‑day surgery patients, along with preoperative work for the inpatient population, working primarily daylight hours with a required rotating evening shift.

West Penn Hospital has four‑time Magnet® recognition, private patient rooms, free employee parking, and a generous benefit package (for full‑time and part‑time status employees); it is nationally recognized for burn care, the only pediatric burn center in western Pennsylvania verified by the American Burn Association and the American College of Surgeons, and ranked in the nation's top‑50 hospitals for OB‑GYN care by US News & World Report.

Allegheny Health Network (AHN) is a 9‑hospital system part of Highmark Health that emphasizes teamwork, patient‑centered care, inclusivity, fresh perspectives, and growth and educational opportunities for employees.

The Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families; the RN is fully responsible for all actions as a licensed nurse and accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership in a professional practice setting.
• Team player who contributes to building the team by helping others succeed through role modeling and mentoring.
• Assigns or delegates tasks based on the needs of the patient and skill level of the RN, LPN, or support staff.
• Assigns duties and lunches for staff when performing charge role.
• Considers maintenance of a safe environment, patient condition, complexity of the intervention, and predictability of the outcome.
• Provides peers with both verbal and written feedback regarding clinical practice and role performance.
• Shares knowledge and skills with peers and colleagues.
• Willingly accepts mistakes of self and others, creating a culture in which risk taking is not only safe but expected.
• Participates on interdisciplinary team to evaluate clinical care or health services.
• Promotes patient safety initiatives (e.g., National Patient Safety Goals).
• Participates in department specific quality initiatives (e.g., EBP population specific).
• Assures appropriate order sets are used.
• Supervises delegates and evaluates assigned LPN scope of practice as appropriate.
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, evaluate, and implement a patient plan of care according to the individual needs of the patient as prescribed by physician, nurse, and hospital policy including patient and family.
• Derives culturally and age appropriate expected outcomes involving the patient,