OR Registered Nurse (RN) - Surgery - VFT/First Shift - Arnold Palmer Hospital

OR Registered Nurse (RN)

Join Our Team at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital! Arnold Palmer Hospital is currently seeking an 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.

APH Surgery Department provides coverage for STAT NOW, urgent and emergent cases, including trauma cases 24/7. Benefits include a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, opportunities for professional growth and advancement, a 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 first 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. 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 is part of the Orlando Health system of care, which includes award-winning hospitals and ERs, specialty institutes, urgent care centers, primary care practices and outpatient facilities that span Florida's east to west coasts, Central Alabama and Puerto Rico.

Responsibilities include demonstrating critical knowledge, skills, and judgment to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance. The RN must monitor and adjust specialized equipment used on patients, respond to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol, assess patient's needs and develop/revise an individualized plan of care, respect diversity by building respectful relationships, function as a patient and family advocate, demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served, serve as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/or nurse clinician, communicate and collaborate with medical staff and interdisciplinary team, serve as a role model for staff, demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, coordinate the care and delegate as appropriate to other team members, document patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner, demonstrate competency in nursing skills and use of patient care/unit equipment, prioritize patient care in an ongoing manner in accordance with Evidence-Based Practice Standards of Care, practice effective problem identification and resolution, delegate tasks and duties to healthcare team members in accordance with the patient's needs and the team member's capabilities and qualifications, communicate appropriate information regarding patient condition or unit concerns to other health care team members, demonstrate caring practices by providing a compassionate and therapeutic environment for patients and their families, demonstrate awareness of legal issues and patients' rights, collaborate with the education department and nursing leadership team to effectively transition and support new team members and/or students, maintain reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards, and maintain compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.

Qualifications include a graduate of an approved school of nursing, meets all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Orlando Health and unit/department, maintains current State of Florida RN license or valid eNLC multistate RN license, maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification, ACLS, NRP, PALS, TNCC are required for certain areas, NRP required for Neonatal Intensive care Unit (NICU), and 1 year experience required unless approved by AVP level or above.