Registered Nurse (RN) - Surgery (Scrub/Circulate) - PRN

Olathe Health; Pavilion; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare system is seeking a part-time RN for surgery care at their Pavilion location. The role includes coordinating interdisciplinary patient care and providing safe, effective services. Responsibilities involve patient assessments, education planning, and collaboration with medical teams. Candidates must have an Associate Degree in Nursing and valid RN licensure. This position requires strong leadership and communication skills. Additional unit-specific certifications may be necessary, depending on department assignments.

Qualifications

• Must have a Licensed Registered Nurse certification.
• Experience in a hospital environment is preferred.
• Ability to perform clinical competencies required.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, therapeutic care to patients.
• Assess and plan individualized patient education.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team.
• Perform duties across rotations as assigned by unit leadership.
• Demonstrate leadership to support team and patient safety.
• Develop and implement care plans and adjust to patient changes.

Skills

Patient assessment

Therapeutic communication

Medication safety

Leadership skills

Education

Associate Degree Nursing

High School Graduate

Tools

CPR/BLS certification

Job description

Overview

Position Title
RN/Registered Nurse - Surgery - PRN (Olathe) • Olathe Medical Pavilion C

The Registered Nurse (RN) utilizes the nursing process to coordinate the interdisciplinary approach to patient care. He/she provides safe, therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way. He/she integrates knowledge, skills and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families through the continuum of care. The RN collaborates with others to integrate assessment and input of the patient, family and the interdisciplinary team. He/she ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning. Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor. Demonstrates leadership skills in decision-making and problem solving. The RN integrates and communicates knowledge and sensitivity to patient\'s psychosocial, spiritual, cultural and age specific needs. He/she practices within the boundaries of the Kansas Nurse Practice Act, specialty standards and organizational/departmental policies and procedures.

Responsibilities And Essential Job Functions

• Accurately assesses patient\'s/family\'s readiness to learn, organizes and executes an individualized teaching plan, evaluates patient\'s understanding using teach back methods; modifies approach as necessary.
• Acts professionally and communicates appropriately when interacting with patients, family members, nurses, and other medical professionals.
• Adheres to hospital policies related to medication safety, including order writing format, correct administration considerations, double checks and other established policies and practices.
• All other duties as assigned.
• Anticipates and intervenes in an appropriate and timely manner when there are concerns related to patient and staff safety.
• Consistently meets work schedule.
• Consistently role models individualized therapeutic communication based upon patient and family psychosocial, spiritual and cultural needs.
• Delegates appropriately according to task situation, level of expertise and functions as an independent and supportive team member. Takes a leadership role in building and maintaining an environment where all team members thrive.
• Develops, implements and evaluates plan of care that recognizes changes in the patient\'s condition and adapts plan as needed.
• Independently performs a comprehensive assessment to provide the most effective patient care for a given population.
• Seeks out additional learning experiences within the practice area: Unit specific certifications, consultation with experts, in-services/rounds, collaborating with the multidisciplinary team.
• Utilizes technology correctly for functions related to patient care delivery, mandatory programs/competencies and policies/procedures.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education And Experience

• Associate Degree Nursing
• High School Graduate

Required Licensure And Certification

• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Single State - State Board of Nursing OR
• Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Multi-State - State Board of Nursing
• CPR/ AED/ BLS - Other BLS within 14 days
• Some units will require additional unit-specific affirmations/certifications/work experience

Time Type

Part time

Job Requisition ID

R-32506

Important Information For You To Know As You Apply

• The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
• The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link [e-mail].
• Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

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