Job Summary
Surgical Services Float Pool- Preop PACU
- Schedule: Day Shift, Full Time
- Department: Preop PACU
- Location: Winston Salem Area
These RN’s possess the skills, competency and qualifications, as well as a requirement to work in all facilities within a defined market: Greater Charlotte (GCM) or Greater Winston Salem (GWSM)..This group shall be known as the Super Pool. These RNs are a part of Surgical Services. The specialties within the Surgical Services float pool include: Sterile Processing, Operating Room, Pre-Op/Phase II, and PACU.
Remarkable Care. Remarkable Careers.
Why become a Registered Nurse at Novant Health?
- Clinical Ladder Program to help you advance your nursing career.
- Recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers By State for 2022
- One of the nation’s 150 Best Places to Work in Healthcareby Becker’s Hospital Review
- Recognized as Leaders in LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign
- One of the Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion by Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities
- One of the Best Places for Diverse & Women Managers to Work by Diversity MBA Magazine
- Top ratings in patient safety from The Leapfrog Group
- Quality and safety recognition from CMS
Novant Health is committed to improving the health of its communities, one person at a time. We have a strong focus on innovation and research offering best-in-class technology and clinical care. We are committed to providing high-quality, affordable healthcare to all our patients as well as equipping our workforce with the tools and support needed.
Come join a remarkable team where quality care meets quality service, in every dimension, every time.
Responsibilities
It is the responsibility of every Novant Health team member to deliver the most remarkable patient experience in every dimension, every time.
- Our team members are part of an environment that fosters team work, team member engagement and community involvement.
- The successful team member has a commitment to leveraging diversity and inclusion in support of quality care.
- All Novant Health team members are responsible for fostering a safe patient environment driven by the principles of “First Do No Harm”.
Qualifications
- Education: Associate degree required. Bachelor’s degree preferred. Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required. If your RN nursing license has been inactive, retired or lapsed for five years or more and you have not been licensed in another state during the last five years, successful completion of a Board approved refresher course is required prior to reactivating or reinstating your license. In order to be considered for current licensure status, you must apply for reinstatement within one year of completing the refresher course
- Experience: A minimum of two years relevant experience required.
- License/Certification: Current RN licensure in appropriate state; Advanced certifications as required per facility required. Specialty certification preferred.
- Additonal skills required:
- Appropriate customer service, effective and appropriate customer relations, verbal and non-verbal communication techniques, interpersonal relationship skills, conflict resolution, critical thinking and computer literacy.
- Advanced training as required by department.
- Ability to set priorities and organize workload of unit.
- Knowledge and skills necessary to modify care according to patient’s age.
- Has the ability to interpret information to identify each patient’s requirements for care relative to his/her specific needs.
- Reviews the results of studies relevant to the patient’s current status and operative/invasive procedure.
- Objectively evaluate suggestions, grievances and processes to identify opportunities to improve performance and quality of care.
- Provides comfort and reassurance to patient and family.
- Maintains patient’s privacy, confidentiality and dignity.
- Maintains current knowledge of and adheres to professional agency’s standards, position statements, guidelines or recommended practices, i.e. AORN, ASPAN, SGNA, etc.
- Completes individualized orientation, demonstrates skill proficiency, participates in ongoing education activities relevant to issues and trends in perioperative nursing and strives to achieve certification.
- Incorporates research findings into practice, seeks evidence based knowledge and participates in research activities by involvement.
Job Opening ID
45884