Surgical Services/Float RN

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  Performs a comprehensive patient assessment to identify patient needs. Performs testing, care and interventions specific to each patient and needs.

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  Develops and implements a comprehensive, individualized plan of care.

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  Collaborates effectively with other disciplines.

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  Maintain required competencies, education and training to perform all tasks.

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  Act as a patient advocate and maintain privacy of all appropriate information

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  Use problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster effective work relationships with team members.

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  Implements the plan of care utilizing the following interventions:​

- Protect the patient from injury caused by chemical, laser, positioning, thermal sources and extraneous objects.
- Perform count procedures in accordance with policy to protect patient from retained foreign objects.
- Perform interventions to assure correct patient, correct site, side and level.
- Manage the patient’s specimens appropriately.
-Administer medications appropriately
- Perform interventions to protect the patient from infection.
- Perform interventions to maintain the patient’s normothermia throughout the perioperative period.
- Perform interventions to maintain the patient’s base-line physical status
- Provide culturally competent, age-appropriate, ethical care within scope of practice.
- Protect the patient’s rights and dignity.
- Preoperative and postoperative care of the patient
- Cross training to circulate and scrub cases as needed
- Cross training in the PACU/recovery room nurse role
- Cross training in outpatient testing areas
- Cross training throughout departments to assist with day to day needs of the facility

• BSN or BS in Nursing from an accredited school or nursing

• National certification in a nursing specialty (AORN)

• Good communication and computer skills and an independent, critical thinker with good assessment skills.

• AMS experience preferred

• PALS certification preferred

Note: Not all per diem roles are union eligible

The posted pay range is a good faith representation of potential base pay for this position. It may be modified in the future and eligible for additional pay components. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates could vary based on position details and FTE. Pay is determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, experience, relevant qualifications, specialty, internal equity, locations, and contracts.