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Registered Nurse Surgical Trauma PCU Weekends Only FT Days AdventHealth Orlando

Location Address: 601 E Rollins St, Orlando, FL 32803

Position Information:

• Weekend only Work RN contracts include a 26 week Full Time Employment contract with AdventHealth Orlando's Surgical Trauma Progressive Care Unit with potential to renew at the end
• Schedule requirements include working every Saturday and Sunday plus 1 additional shift each week on a varying day for a total of 36 hours per week 
• Weekend only positions are eligible for immediate benefit enrollment!

Top Reasons to work at AdventHealth Orlando

• Located on a lush tropical campus, our flagship hospital, 1,368-bed AdventHealth Orlando
• serves as the major tertiary facility for much of the Southeast, the Caribbean and South America
• AdventHealth Orlando houses one of the largest Emergency Departments and largest cardiac catheterization labs in the country
• We are already one of the busiest hospitals in the nation, providing service excellence to more than 32,000 inpatients and 125,000 outpatients each year

Unit Information

·         We are proud to care for a wide variety of General Surgery, Surgical oncology, Oral & Maxillofacial, Gyn-onc, Urological, & Colo-rectal surgical patients.

·         The patient acuity on this PCU unit prepares nurses to utilize all nursing skills. High level skills are honed here and builds the nurse to transition to any level of care such as ICU, PACU, and specialty clinics.

·         We are the target unit for many new initiatives – this year we will be participating in a new research infusion medication to prevent post-operative complications, as well as a new pathway for Radical Cystectomy

Work Hours/Shift: Full Time Nights: 36 hours per week - weekend only schedule - Saturday & Sunday with one floating day during the week

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrates effective assessment skills to ensure quality patient care is provided.
• Performs and documents accurate initial assessment per unit standard which may include: initial observation, obtaining and interpreting information in terms of the patients' needs, safety, discharge planning, psych/social/cultural, family needs, multi-system physical assessment, patient/family level of knowledge and readiness to learn about disease process and care requirements. Reports appropriate information in a timely manner to responsible physician.
• Observes and monitors patient lab work for trends and reports abnormal lab tests to the appropriate physician and obtains appropriate interventions.
• Utilizes clinical data to implement appropriate interventions.
• Performs and documents ongoing patient assessment which accurately reflects patients' physical and mental status ranging from child to geriatric according to unit standards and patient condition.
• Initiates use of restraints per hospital policy and procedures. Demonstrates commitment in the use of safe and appropriate alternatives prior to the application of any patient restraint device. Maintains competency in the application, monitoring and care of the patient in restraints.
• Demonstrates critical-thinking skills when analyzing basic and advanced cardiac rhythms in a safe, competent and independent manner (Unit Specific). 
• Consistently develops an appropriate plan of care for patient from admission to discharge.
• Develops, prioritizes, and documents a plan of care that is individualized and involves patient, family, and/or significant other in goal setting per unit standards.
• Demonstrates knowledge and ability in the preparation of patients for tests, procedures and surgeries ordered.
• Establishes appropriate implementation of nursing actions to ensure competent nursing care is delivered.
• Provides individualized goal directed nursing care to patients in the nursing unit, utilizing the nursing process and standards of nursing care.
• Documents physical assessments in on the electronic medical record.  Assesses patients for desired and undesired changes in their mental/physical condition according to unit standards.  Reports appropriate information in a timely manner to responsible physician and obtain appropriate intervention.

Qualifications - External

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Associates Degree or Diploma in Nursing  

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:

• Active RN license required in the state of assignment or active Compact RN license
• Current AHA Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Current AHA Advanced Life Support (ACLS) and/or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and/or Emergency Nurses Trauma Nursing Core Class (TNCC). Certifications may be required upon hire for certain departments. Refer to facility policy.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION PREFERRED:

• National certification in areas of practice
• Member of national professional organization

GENERAL SUMMARY:

The Registered Nurse is responsible for the delivery of coordinated nursing care for a patient or an assigned group of patients within a patient care unit and for the day-to-day management and supervision of the related clinical activities. The Nurse is responsible for supervising and responsibly directing the activities of various levels of assigned nursing personnel utilizing both professional and supervisory discretion and independent judgment. Uses the nursing skills of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation in their patient care delivery. Primary function is the delivery of competent, compassionate, and cost-effective nursing care. To utilize the nursing process in the direction and administration of the medical and nursing plan of care. This performance is in compliance with established policies, procedures and protocols under the supervision of the Nurse Manager, Director,  Vice President of Clinical Services, and or designee.