This position is for a PRN Pre Op nurse for a large outpatient surgery center. Ideal availability of candidate would be 1-2 days per week as needed. No weekends, holidays, or on-call.
Required Skills
EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
- Current Tennessee Nursing License
- Current CPR, ACLS, and PALS
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Minimum 2 year experience in a hospital setting
- Ability to recognize, evaluate, solve problems and correct errors.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, hospital staff, physicians, vendors and the public.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.
- Demonstrates accountability, professionalism, openness, receptive to change, creativity and innovative.
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to adapt to change quickly, strong knowledge base relative to surgery procedures and management of the surgical patient
- Understands principles of aseptic technique and their implementation
- Ability to care for patients from infancy to geriatrics
- Excellent teaching skills
- Basic knowledge of Performance Improvement ideology
Required Experience
*Experience working in an ASC is a plus.
*Must be team-oriented and patient-focused.