Staff Nurse: outpatient surgery

About the role

Full Time Days, variable shifts 36 hours/week

Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and directs nursing care with a focus on family centered care for individuals or groups of patients within the assigned scope of practice
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for the physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs of the patients served regardless of age and developmental status
• Performs leadership and professional duties
• Performs patient-centered care duties
• Performs quality improvement and safety duties
• Participates in the development education for staff members for clinically related issues
• May be responsible for precepting new employees and act as a mentor to the clinical staff
• Performs evidence-based practice duties
• Supports the provider staff and actively promotes collaboration for efficient operation and quality care, and legendary customer service for pediatric patients using a team approach
• Performs systems-based practice duties
• Performs informatics and technology duties
• Staff may be temporarily assigned to an area throughout the Akron Children's Hospital enterprise, based on patient needs requiring similar knowledge and skill
• Other duties as required

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required or must be obtained within 5 years from date of hire
• Current certification in Basic Life Support training from the American Heart Association is required
• Additional certifications may be required based on the assigned department or unit
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Ohio is required

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, guidance and motivation to other staff members with emphasis on working as a collaborative team to provide quality service to patients and their families
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to work well under pressure to prioritize and complete required tasks and responsibilities in a timely and accurate manner
• Experience working with various levels within an organization is required
• Experience working in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) or similar software is required

Preferred: Experience in healthcare; experience working with an electronic medical record system (i.e. EPIC) or similar software; minimum of one (1) year of experience.