Staff Nurse: Peri Anesthesia

Akron Children’s Hospital; Akron, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Akron Children’s Hospital in Akron, OH is seeking a Staff Nurse to provide nursing care grounded in child-centered principles. The role includes leadership, care planning, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team in a full-time, on-site schedule.

The position requires a BSN or progression toward it within five years, OH RN license, and BLS certification, with at least one year of experience preferred. On-call duties and on-site responsibilities are included.

Qualifications

• BSN required or must be obtained within 5 years from date of hire.
• Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association is required.
• Licensed RN in the state of Ohio is required.
• Minimum of 1 year of relevant nursing experience preferred.
• Supervising experience is not required.

Responsibilities

• Assembles, plans, implements, evaluates and directs family-centered nursing care.
• Addresses physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs of patients across all ages.
• Exhibits leadership and professional duties within the unit.
• Performs patient-centered care tasks and quality improvement activities.
• Participates in staff education, mentorship, and precepting new hires.
• Uses evidence-based practice and promotes collaboration with providers.
• Engages in informatics and technology duties and systems-based practice.
• Contributes to safe, efficient operation and legendary pediatric service.
• May be temporarily assigned to different Akron Children's Hospital units as needed.
• Performs other duties as required.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Customer service

Team collaboration

Care planning

Education

BSN

Ohio RN license

BLS (American Heart Association)

Tools

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)

EPIC EMR

Job description

Full-Time Days
9am-5:30pm with on call commitment
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: 1.000000

Status: Onsite