RN Operating Room Days - Four Peaks

HonorHealth; Mesa (AZ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus Available

Job summary

HonorHealth is seeking a skilled RN to join the Four Peaks Medical Center OR team in Mesa, AZ. The role requires careful patient care, adherence to ANA standards, and collaboration with the multidisciplinary team. This position offers daytime shifts, a supportive environment, and opportunities to advance clinical knowledge.

Applicants must have OR experience and current AZ RN licensure, with BSN preferred. Eligible candidates will contribute to high-quality patient outcomes and ongoing

Qualifications

• 2 years OR experience required.
• Arizona RN license required; BLS certification preferred.
• BSN preferred if not already held.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care in the OR, including pre-op and post-op assessments.
• Administer medications and monitor patient status according to protocol.
• Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nursing staff to ensure patient safety.

Skills

RN license

OR experience

BLS certification

Education

Arizona RN license

BSN preferred

BLS Certification

Job description

Overview

Four Peaks Medical Center – 1301 S Crismon Rd, Mesa, AZ 85209

Category: Skilled Nursing

Shift: Day

Department: OR Operating Room-Main

Bonus Available

REQUIRED: 2 years experience in the OR

About the Employer

Great care starts with great people. At HonorHealth, you’ll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to what matters most – caring for the health and well-being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

Responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

The RN’s practice is guided by the ANA Standard for Professional Nurse and Code of Ethics. The RN records patients’ medical history and symptoms, helps perform diagnostic tests and analyze results, operates medical equipment, administers treatment and medications, and assists with patient follow-up and rehabilitation. The RN establishes a care plan or contributes to an existing plan. The plan may include activities such as administering medication (including careful checking of dosages and avoiding interactions), starting, maintaining, and discontinuing intravenous (IV) lines for fluids, medications, blood, and blood products; administering therapies and treatments; observing the patient and recording observations; and consulting with physicians and other healthcare clinicians. The RN teaches patients and their families how to manage illnesses or injuries, explains post-treatment and home care needs; diet, nutrition, and exercise programs; and self-administration of medication and therapy. The RN provides direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides regarding patient care and delegates when appropriate. The RN supports efforts to advance clinical knowledge and skills. The RN precepts new hire staff and students. The RN assists staff and students to complete tasks required to build their competency skills. The RN continues to enhance knowledge in nursing management and care of patient problems and conditions as required. The RN may continue to improve the patient’s care.

Essential Functions

• Possess the knowledge of how to collect health data in a systematic and ongoing manner, prioritizing data collection as determined by the patient’s condition or needs and involving the family. Analyzes the assessment data to determine diagnoses, and uses the nursing diagnosis to develop, implement, evaluate and revise an appropriate patient plan of care that is family-centered, developmentally and age-appropriate, and culturally relevant.
• Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient and their specific health problems. Develops plans of care that are individualized to the patient’s condition or needs, reflecting current nursing practice that is evidence-based, providing for continuity of care, and is family-centered.
• Implements interventions in the plan of care. Initiates treatments, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of standing orders, policies and procedures. Provides nursing care to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs of the patient and family using a family-centered approach to care delivery.
• Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attainment of outcomes. Documents observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, multi-systems monitoring data, and other data relevant to the patient’s care in a retrievable form. Provides ongoing evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of the care plan to ensure they maintain and enhance patient outcomes that promote cost-effective, high-quality healthcare.
• Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and relevant statutes and regulations of the system and department policies; maintains current knowledge in nursing practice. Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
• Integrates ethical principles in all aspects of practice. Enhances knowledge of culture and diversity needs for specific populations.
• Collaborates with others in the practice of nursing professional development at institutional, local, regional and state levels. Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and other health care providers through positive role-modeling, fostering peer relationships, and participating in preceptor and/or mentor programs to create an environment for quality practice.
• Collaborates with members of the multidisciplinary team in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care delivery. Collaborates with the patient, family and other health care providers in providing patient care.
• Develops and evaluates standards of care for patients that are evidence-based. Identifies changes that should be made in nursing practice using an evidence-based approach and facilitates the initiation, adoption, and adaptation to change. Participates in and uses evidence-based research to identify strategies for improving nursing practice and patient outcomes. Designs, creates, and applies research by supporting the integration of research into practice and fostering the use of evaluative research with regard to clinical, educational, and managerial data.
• Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care by utilizing all resources effectively and efficiently.

Education

• Other / Certificate. All Diploma and ADN hires must complete a BSN within 60 months of hire or have 5 or more years of Registered Nurse experience (including direct patient care or indirect RN roles) at the time of hire. Required
• Associates or Diploma in Nursing. All staff who have direct responsibility for the care of stroke patients, please refer to the addendum for stroke-specific education requirements – PRIOR TO START. Required
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) – Preferred

Experience

• More than 10 months med-surg or acute specialty setting Required
• 1 year RN experience for all Float Positions Required

License and Certifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) – Certification (BLS); unit-specific certification as required by the specialty area. Required
• Registered Nurse (RN) – License in the State of Arizona (or Compact State) Upon Hire Required
• National certification for unit-specific patient population – Preferred

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