Clinical Nurse- Part Time Operating Room

Diversity Group; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 38,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Phoenix Children's Hospital in Phoenix, AZ, is seeking an experienced Operating Room nurse for a PART TIME role in its same day surgery clinic. This role requires 2+ years of OR circulator experience and will involve at least one shift per week with no weekends, holidays, or on-call.

The nurse will coordinate care with the healthcare team, provide health education, and ensure adherence to pediatric regulatory standards while maintaining patient safety and quality of care.

Qualifications

• Must have 2+ years operating room experience as a circulator.
• Part-time role with a weekly shift.
• Pediatric OR environment experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform nursing assessment of patients and families across age groups.
• Develop and implement plans of care in line with policies and care standards.
• Educate patients and families on health management and care transitions.
• Coordinate care with the healthcare team to promote positive outcomes.
• Monitor care quality and maintain patient safety and infection control.

Skills

OR nurse experience

Education

RN license

Job description

Position Summary

Posting Note: Our same day Surgery Clinic has a PART TIME position open for an experienced OR nurse!!! This position requires an EXPERIENCED Operating Nurse, who has a minimum of 2 years working as a circulator in an operating room. In this role, you will work a minimum of 1 shift per week, depending on volume of cases. This is the perfect position for an experienced OR nurse who doesn't want the commitment of a full time job, but wants to keep up his/her skills, and has a passion for kids! The surgery clinic specializes in ortho, eyes (muscles/cataracts), general surgery, urology, gynecology, plastics and dental procedures. The best part about this role is that there are NO Weekends, NO Holidays and NO Call!!! MUST have 1 - 2 YEARS Operating Room experience.

This position, in collaboration with the healthcare team, patient, and family, coordinates and promotes patient health utilizing evidence-based practice in the delivery of professional nursing care across the care continuum. This position advocates for the patient and family adhering to nursing and medical plans of care, regulatory standards, and organizational values.

Position Duties

• Utilizes multiple platforms to complete a nursing assessment of patients and their families consistent with age and condition, including physical, psychological, social, developmental, and educational factors. Synthesizes and analyzes data to determine nursing diagnoses, prioritize needs, and develop a nursing plan of care.
• Implements plans of care in accordance with regulatory and organizational policies, procedures, and guidelines.

  Provides health education related to health promotion and the management of acute and chronic health conditions including skills required to maintain and restore health.

  Coordinates care and manages care transitions within the organization and the community, working collaboratively with the healthcare team, patient, and family to promote positive outcomes and prevent complications.

  Advocates for patients and families, offering support and guidance related to navigating ambulatory services and processes, resource management, and community-based services. Partners with patients and families to establish realistic goals and expectations.

• Continually evaluates patient understanding and response to the plan of care. Shares observations and assessment outcomes with healthcare team, patient, and family to ensure timely communication and understanding of health status, progress, and ongoing needs. Modifies nursing diagnoses and plan of care based on re-evaluation. Documents in the medical record.
• Facilitates the delivery of safe patient care, monitoring quality and regulatory indicators, and working with leaders to identify process improvement opportunities.

  Supervises patient care activities of assigned team members and delegates activities appropriate to knowledge, skill, and competency. Provides timely feedback and review of care delivery to ensure maintenance of patient safety, infection control procedures, therapeutic environment, and team members performance level, maintaining confidentiality as appropriate.

• Contributes to the team effort by accomplishing required activities within establish parameters to ensure compliance with all applicable medication, storage, and documentation standards, regulations, and requirement.
• Fosters a positive learning environment by modeling best practices and patient-centered care while providing guidance, training, and support to students and new employees through mentorship, clinical instruction, and knowledge sharing.
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.

Phoenix Children's Mission, Vision, & Values

Mission

To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families

Vision

Phoenix Children's will be the leading pediatric health system in the Southwest, nationally recognized for exceptional care, innovative research and advanced medical education.

We realize this vision by:

• Offering the most comprehensive care across ages, communities and specialties
• Investing in innovative research, including emerging treatments, tools and technologies
• Advancing education and training to shape the next generation of clinical leaders
• Advocating for the health and well-being of children and families

Values

• We place children and families at the center of all we do
• We deliver exceptional care, every day and in every way
• We collaborate with colleagues, partners and communities to amplify our impact
• We set the standards of pediatric healthcare today, and innovate for the future
• We are accountable for making the highest quality care accessible and affordable