RN​/Registered Nurse - Surgery Olathe

Position: RN/Registered Nurse - Surgery - FT/PT (Olathe)
** Position Title
** RN/Registered Nurse - Surgery Olathe Medical Center Main Hospital 20333 W. 151st St.
** Position Summary / Career Interest:
** The Registered Nurse (RN) utilizes the nursing process to coordinate the interdisciplinary approach to patient care. He/she provides safe, therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way. He/she integrates knowledge, skills and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families through the continuum of care. The RN collaborates with others to integrate assessment and input of the patient, family and the interdisciplinary team.

He/she ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning. Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practice, serves as a resource, preceptor, and mentor. Demonstrates leadership skills in decision-making and problem solving. The RN integrates and communicates knowledge and sensitivity to patient's psychosocial, spiritual, cultural and age specific needs. He/she practices within the boundaries of the Kansas Nurse Practice Act, specialty standards and organizational/departmental  policies and procedures.
** Responsibilities:
*** Accurately assesses patient's/family's readiness to learn, organizes and executes an individualized teaching plan, evaluates patient's understanding using teach back methods; modifies approach as necessary.
* Acts professionally and communicates appropriately when interacting with patients, family members, nurses, and other medical professionals.
* Adheres to hospital policies related to medication safety, including order writing format, correct administration considerations, double checks and other established policies and practices.
* All other duties as assigned.
* Anticipates and intervenes in an appropriate and timely manner when there are concerns related to patient and staff safety.
* Consistently meets work schedule.
* Consistently role models individualized therapeutic communication based upon patient and family psychosocial, spiritual and cultural needs.
* Delegates appropriately according to task situation, level of expertise and functions as an independent and supportive team member.  Takes a leadership role in building and maintaining an environment where all team members thrive.
* Develops, implements and evaluates plan of care that recognizes changes in the patient's condition and adapts plan as needed.
* Independently performs a comprehensive assessment to provide the most effective patient care for a given population.
* Seeks out additional learning experiences within the practice area:a.  Unit specific certifications  b.  Consultation with experts  c.  In-services/rounds  d.  Collaborating with the multidisciplinary team Utilizes technology correctly for functions related to patient care delivery, mandatory programs/competencies  and policies/procedures.
** JOB REQUIREMENTS
**** Required
* ** High School diploma or GED
* Associate Degree in Nursing
* Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
* Active Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in accordance with the Kansas Nurse Licensure Compact upon hire
* Healthcare Provider CPR – (American Heart Association or American Red Cross ONLY) within 7 days of hire
* Peri-anesthesia requires 1 to 3 years of experience
* Certifications by Department
** Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 180 days of hire for the following departments:  
* RN-Surgery MCMC
* Surgery RN - Peri-anesthesia ASC Pre-Post
* Surgery RN - Peri-anesthesia Day Surgery
* Surgery RN - Peri-anesthesia PACU
* Pediatric Advance Life Support or Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course.  (ASC and Main PACU nurses only) within 180 days of hire:  
* RN-Surgery MCMC  
* Surgery RN - Peri-anesthesia ASC Pre-Post  
* Surgery RN - Peri-anesthesia Day Surgery  
* Surgery RN - Peri-anesthesia PACU
* RN Surgery MCMC:
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 140 days of hire
** Preferred
* ** Experience by Department
** Per-anesthesia PACU: 1 to 3 years of critical care experience and/or 1 to 3 years of peri-anesthesia experience
* Open Heart Surgery:
Previous surgery experience
* Peri-anesthesia Day Surgery:
Peri-anesthesia experience
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