Nurse RN-Surgical Resource Nurse - ROBOTICS AND THORACIC Operating Room Jefferson Einstein Hospital Full Time

Full Time 80 Hours

Location: 5501 Old York Road, Philadelphia

About This Hospital

Jefferson Einstein Hospital (formerly Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia) is a 548-bed tertiary-care teaching hospital located in North Philadelphia. The hospital has an accredited Level I Regional Resource Trauma Center and includes advanced treatment in heart and vascular care, stroke, radiation oncology, breast health, and more. We offer highly regarded residency and fellowship training programs in many areas.

• Serve as a member of the surgical team by planning the perioperative care for surgical patients.
• Participate in identification and resolution of nursing practice and unit problems.

This experienced Operating Room RN would oversee certain specialties.

The Resource Nurse would not be scheduled for a full day of cases. They would be ordering supplies, maintaining preferance cards, educating coworkers and nurses and pulling supplies for surgeries, etc.

This position is Monday-Friday 7:00am-3:30pm

The rate for this position would be higher then a regular staff RN rate.

Join the mission of Improving Lives as a Staff Nurse at Jefferson Health. With more than 42,000 employees, wersquo;re the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in the Philadelphia region. And our work to improve lives is never done.

Staff Nurses are responsible for the following:

• Performs patient procedures within the nursing scope of practice.

• Practices safe medication administration and assesses patient responses to medication.

• Participates in reviewing and/or implementing clinical pathways and care coordination.

The Staff Nurse will provide professional nursing care to a group of patients within a specified time period and complete all required documentation.

Qualifications for this position include:

• BSN Degree preferred

• State Issued RN license

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association

• Bachelor#39;s degree in Nursing highly preferred
• Current Pennsylvania RN license, active and in good standing is required. Currenly accepted Multi State License
• BLS certification required
• 2 years experience in the OR
• Able to manage certain daily patient care activities in the perioperative setting required
• Proficient in scrubbing and circulating

Primary Function: This position provides support for the OR staff and OR management team in a specific surgical specialty. Serves as a resource for protocols, education needs, materials management, and physician support in surgery. Functions with competence in all aspects of the Operating Room RN role, both as a scrub and circulating nurse. This position requires providing service to all age populations, neonatal through frail elderly, in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of the functional and developmental age of the individual served.

Benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, amp; Vision Plans

• Retirement Plans

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Health Coaching, Commuter Discounts, Day Care Services, etc.

Since this position will require the selected candidate to engage in regular contact with children in the form of care, guidance, supervision or training, you will be required to meet the requirements of the Child Protective Services Act, including the Pennsylvania State Police criminal background check, the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare child abuse criminal background clearance, and an FBI finger print based federal criminal records check. The selected candidate will not be allowed to commence working until all three (3) are completed satisfactorily.

Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jeffersonrsquo;s clinical entities or at the University. If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnetreg;-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jeffersonrsquo;s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold amp; Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jeffersonmaintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.