Registered Nurse- Operating Room- PRN

Overview

Pool/PRN position with Walworth Operating Room.

Day shift hours 7:15am-3:45pm.

Provides compassionate, culturally sensitive, holistic nursing care to patients in a clinical setting, supporting the Mercyhealth nursing mission, practice values and strategic plan. May include variable shifts, weekends, holidays, and/or on‑call hours. Performs other duties as assigned including floating to various units based on identified needs and clinical competency.

• Utilizes the nursing process and collaborates with interdisciplinary team members in caring for patients.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques, policies and procedures, standards of care, and State laws practice act.
• Documents according to standards of care.
• Performs assessments, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care.
• Develops, initiates, and executes a patient plan of care according to the individualized needs of the patient, as prescribed by Physician and/or clinic policy including patient and family instruction.
• Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities, may include shared governance.
• Utilizes clinical expertise and guidance to other units' departments in support of the patient's longitudinal plan of care.
• Utilizes critical thinking regarding patient safety and patient experience and appropriately escalates to the appropriate chain of command.
• Participates in the professional nursing continuum process, unit practice activities and decisions and peer review process.

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• ADN required upon hire; BSN preferred.
• May require specific years of applicable experience to qualify (per department guidelines).

• Licensed as an RN in state of practice.
• Approved CPR/BLS certification required within 90 days.
• Other certification(s) per unit requirements (e.g., ACLS, PALS, PEARS, and NRP).

The Special Physical Demands are considered Essential Job Functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.
RN Hospital, RN Home Health and Hospice, RN Oncology: While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to walk and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.
RN Clinic and Ambulatory RN's: While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

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• Comprehensive Benefits Package: retirement plan with competitive matching contribution, medical, dental, and vision insurance options, life and disability coverage, flexible spending plans, and a variety of other discounted voluntary benefit options.
• Competitive Compensation: market competitive rates of pay and participation in shift differential and special pay incentive programs.
• Paid Time Off: generous paid time off plan, which increases with milestone anniversaries.
• Career Advancement: educational assistance programs and career ladders support employees’ educational journey and advancement within Mercyhealth.
• Employee Wellbeing: focus on wellbeing for employees across the organization with tools and resources such as an employer-sponsored health risk assessment and a Wellbeing mobile application.
• Additional Benefits: internal and external employee assistance programs, employee-only discount packages, paid parental and caregiver leaves, on-demand pay, special payment programs for patient services, and financial education to help with retirement planning.

Merced is an equal employment opportunity employer functioning under affirmative action plans.