PRN RN - Outpatient Surgery (Wed Availability)

Cardinal Health; United States; On-site; USD 51,000 - 80,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off in compliance with laws

Bonus eligible: No

Job summary

Cardinal Health seeks a flexible Registered Nurse (RN) for a PRN role in our Denali Biomedical ASC in Fairbanks, AK. The position emphasizes perioperative care, with Wednesday availability highly preferred and shifts ranging from a few hours up to 12 hours.

Responsibilities include direct patient care, documentation, infection control, and collaboration with the surgical team. Active Alaska RN license, CPR/BLS, ACLS, and prior ambulatory or OR experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience.
• Active Alaska RN license in good standing.
• CPR/BLS certification.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Ability to work Wednesdays is highly preferred.
• Previous perioperative, ambulatory surgery, PACU, or OR nursing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following company and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, Oncology Nursing Society and other governing agency regulations.
• Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with policies, procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel when necessary.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, safe medication administration, mixing, and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
• Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Updates and maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Maintains a respectful cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.

Skills

Experience: 2-4 years

Alaska RN license

CPR/BLS certification

ACLS certification

Education

Associate's degree in Nursing preferred

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred

Job description

Cardinal Health seeks a flexible Registered Nurse (RN) for a PRN role in our Denali Biomedical ASC in Fairbanks, AK. The position emphasizes perioperative care, with Wednesday availability highly preferred and shifts ranging from a few hours up to 12 hours.

Responsibilities include direct patient care, documentation, infection control, and collaboration with the surgical team. Active Alaska RN license, CPR/BLS, ACLS, and prior ambulatory or OR experience are preferred.