Staff Nurse: PACU

Akron Children's Hospital; Akron (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Akron Children's Hospital is seeking a Staff Nurse for full-time evening shifts (36 hours/week, onsite). The role focuses on delivering family-centered nursing care, assessing needs, and coordinating with providers to ensure safe, high-quality pediatric care.

The ideal candidate holds a BSN (or will obtain within 5 years), an Ohio RN license, and BLS. Previous healthcare experience and EPIC familiarity are preferred. Leadership and teamwork are essential in this role.

Qualifications

• BSN required or to be obtained within 5 years of hire date.
• Current Ohio RN license and valid BLS certification.
• Minimum 1 year of relevant nursing experience preferred.
• Excellent leadership, communication and teamwork capabilities.
• Experience with electronic medical records (EPIC) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care with family-centered focus.
• Deliver care addressing physical, psychosocial, educational and safety needs.
• Provide leadership and professional duties within the team.
• Perform patient-centered care duties and participate in quality improvement.
• Contribute to staff education, precept new employees and mentor others.
• Engage in evidence-based practice and promote collaboration for quality care.
• Support providers and foster legendary customer service for pediatric patients.
• Participate in systems-based practice and informatics duties.
• Rotate to areas across the Akron Children's Hospital enterprise as needed.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Customer service

Organizational skills

Teamwork

Healthcare experience

EPIC (EMR)

Education

BSN within 5 years

RN license in Ohio

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Tools

EPIC

Microsoft Office

Job description

Full Time Evenings
10am-11pm

36 hours/week
onsite

Summary:

The Staff Nurse provides nursing care requiring specialized knowledge judgment and skill derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social and nursing sciences.

Responsibilities:

• 1.Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and directs nursing care with a focus on family centered care for individuals or groups of patients within the assigned scope of practice.
• 2.Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for the physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs of the patients served regardless of age and developmental status is required.
• 3.Performs leadership and professional duties.
• 4.Performs patient-centered care duties.
• 5.Performs quality improvement and safety duties.
• 6.Participates in the development education for staff members for clinically related issues. May be responsible for precepting new employees and act as a mentor to the clinical staff.
• 7.Performs evidence-based practice duties.
• 8.Supports the provider staff and actively promotes collaboration for efficient operation and quality care, and legendary customer service for pediatric patients using a team approach.
• 9.Performs systems-based practice duties.
• 10.Performs informatics and technology duties.
• 11.Staff may be temporarily assigned to an area throughout the Akron Children's Hospital enterprise, based on patient needs requiring similar knowledge and skill.
• 12.Other duties as required.

Other information:

Technical Expertise

• 1.Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, guidance and motivation to other staff members with emphasis on working as a collaborative team to provide quality service to patients and their families.
• 2.Strong communication skills, both verbal and written are required.
• 3.Excellent customer service and interpersonal communication skills are required.
• 4.Strong organizational skills are required.
• 5.Ability to work well under pressure to prioritize and complete required tasks and responsibilities in a timely and accurate manner.
• 6.Experience working with various levels within an organization is required.
• 7.Experience in healthcare is preferred.
• 8.Experience working in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) or similar software is required.
• 9.Experience working an electronic medical record system (i.e. EPIC) or similar software is preferred.

Education and Experience

• 1.Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required or must be obtained within 5 years from date of hire.
• 2.Current certification in Basic Life Support training from the American Heart Association is required. Additional certifications may be required based on the assigned department or unit.
• 3.Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of Ohio is required.
• 4.Years of relevant experience: Minimum of one (1) year of experience is preferred.
• 5.Years of experience supervising: None

Full Time

FTE: 0.900000

Status: Onsite