Lead Registered Nurse (RN) - OR - Operating Room - $35-46 per hour

Tenet-AZ Region; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenet-AZ Region in Tucson is seeking a Registered Nurse Lead (RN) for the OR to provide direct patient care and lead cross-functional coordination in the operating room. The role emphasizes adherence to policies, care plans, and timely communication of patient status.

The RN Lead will oversee planning, execution, and evaluation of patient care, including discharge planning and medication administration, while maintaining patient safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing.
• One year of RN experience.
• Active Arizona nursing license or compact state license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Preferred: ACLS, PALS, NRP as required by department.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct nursing care in accordance with policies and protocols.
• Implements and monitors patient care plans and communicates patient status.
• Serves as primary coordinator of disciplines for well-coordinated care.
• Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders.
• Assesses discharge planning needs with the healthcare team.
• Supports plan of care and transition/discharge planning.
• Ensures patient safety, medication administration, and documentation.
• Engages in care coordination with patients, families, and team.

Skills

RN

OR nursing

Education

Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing

Job description

Tenet-AZ Region is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) OR - Operating Room Lead for a nursing job in Tucson, Arizona.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: OR - Operating Room
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• Employment Type: Staff

Sign on Bonus: Up to $15,000 SOB Based on Eligibility

Position Summary

• Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.
• Implements and monitors patient care plans. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate.
• Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.
• Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders.
• Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.

Assessment - An RN uses a systematic, dynamic way to collect and analyze data about a patient, the first step in delivering nursing care. Assessment includes not only physiological data, but also psychological, sociocultural, spiritual, economic, and life-style factors as well.

• Initial assessment
• Re-assessment
• Focused assessment based on patient condition, setting and population

Problem Identification - Problem identification is the nurse’s clinical judgment about the patient’s response to actual or potential health conditions or needs.

Planning and Outcomes – Based on the assessment and problem identification, the nurse sets measurable and achievable short- and long-range goals in collaboration with the patient and family. Assessment data, problem identification, and goals are written in the patient’s care plan so that nurses as well as other health professionals caring for the patient have access to it.

• Establishing daily goals with the patient and family
• Formulating a plan of care
• Transition or Discharge planning

Implementation – Nursing care is implemented according to the care plan, so continuity of care for the patient during hospitalization and in preparation for discharge is assured. Care is documented in the patient’s record.

• Ensures patient safety
• Medication administration
• Provision of ordered treatments
• Patient/Family education
• Provision of nursing care -Documentation in healthcare record

Evaluation – Both the patient’s status and the effectiveness of the nursing care must be continuously evaluated, and the care plan modified as needed. Care Coordination – Actions initiated by nurses with patients, families, and/or members of their healthcare team to manage and correct the sequence, timing, and/or effectiveness of patient care from admission to discharge.

• Delegation
• Supervision
• Prioritization

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing. Continuing education requirements as defined within the CARE program.
• Experience: One (1) year as an RN.
• Licensure/Certifications: Valid current Arizona Nursing License or compact state license and ability to become Arizona Licensed in 30 days.
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• American Heart Association and others as required by individual department as noted in Attachment A.

Preferred Requirements

• Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Licensure/Certifications: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• American Heart Association
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) or others as required by individual department.

#LI-SB3 Tenet-AZ Region Job ID #2603028700. Posted job title: Registered Nurse Lead (RN) - OR