Cardiac OR Registered Nurse (RN) - VFT​/Day - Arnold Palmer Hospital

Cardiac Or Registered Nurse (Rn)

Join Our Team at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital! Arnold Palmer Hospital is currently seeking a Cardiac Or Registered Nurse (Rn) who administers patient care in an area in a hospital or inpatient setting where patients have an advanced illness or injury that routinely requires timely, intense, and complex care to stabilize and support the patient's medical condition. These areas require a lower caregiver-to-patient ratio and highly trained team members with advanced skills.

Job Title:

Cardiac Or Registered Nurse (Rn)

Dept:
Aph Surgey

Status:
Variable Full Time

Shift: Day

This position requires on call - candidate must live 30 minutes from hospital. Surgical services are available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year with in-house staffing. The Aph Surgery Department works in conjunction with Pre-Admission Testing, the Pre-Anesthesia Care Area, and Post Anesthesia Care Unit. Other support departments that are non-clinical include Sterile Supply and the Sterile Processing Department.

The operating room is defined as the space and equipment necessary for the successful completion of surgical procedures. The Aph Surgery Department, in conjunction with Anesthesia Services offers perioperative care to children, both inpatient and outpatient, who meet the anesthesia ASA Class I, II, III or IV physical status criteria of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. The major services include elective, urgent and emergent surgical procedures for pediatric patients.

Patients having local, general, monitored anesthesia care, or regional anesthesia are treated. Pediatric patients are accepted and approved by the attending surgeon and anesthesiologist. In the case of patients >21 years of age, a panel reviews the patient history and surgical needs for appropriate admission to Aph.

The surgery department staff is scheduled to provide flexible nursing care and services for elective scheduled, stat now, emergent and urgent cases around the clock. Aph Surgery Department provides coverage for stat now, urgent and emergent cases, including trauma cases 24/7.

Benefits:
Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Opportunities for professional growth and advancement using a clinical ladder. Supportive and collaborative work environment. Continuing education and professional development opportunities. Retirement Savings Plan with up to 5% match. Financial savings accounts and Health Savings Accounts. Nearly 5 weeks of PTO in your 1st year of employment. Employer paid life insurance, Short & Long-Term Disability.

Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children has been providing compassionate care to the children, teenagers and young adults of Central Florida for more than 30 years. With 156 licensed beds and a team of experts in more than 30 pediatric specialties, the hospital has earned Best Children's Hospitals from U.S. News & World Report for 15 consecutive years with national rankings in four specialties and Top Children's Hospital from The Leapfrog Group.

Orlando Health Arnold Palmer has held Magnet® Recognition for nursing excellence and quality patient care since 2013, and several units have earned Beacon Awards for Excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Our pediatric Level I Trauma Center and ER is the only Central Florida facility to provide the highest level of emergency trauma care exclusively to children, and Orlando Health Arnold Palmer is the only facility in Florida to achieve Level I Children's Surgical Verification and Level I Trauma Verification by the American College of Surgeons.

Orlando Health is committed to providing you with benefits that go beyond the expected, with career-growing FREE education programs and well-being services to support you and your family through every stage of life. "Orlando Health Is Your Best Place to Work" is not just something we say, it's our promise to you.

Responsibilities:
Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance. Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions. Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient focused action. Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays, such as intracranial pressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc.

Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol. Observes, monitors, and assesses patients' condition, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations and calls Physician or takes preplanned emergency measures when Physician is not immediately available. Assesses patient's needs and…