Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room, San Diego, CA
Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego
San Diego, California
As a member of surgical services team, the OR nurse will work alongside the surgeon and other surgical team members to provide optimal safe patient care.
- Shift and hours
- 10-hour shifts
- Unit and setting
- Surgical Services department / Operating Room · Hospital Responsible for independently applying the nursing process through the assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and documentation of pediatric patient care.Pediatric patients
- License
- RN license Current California licensure as a Registered NurseCalifornia Registered Nurse license
Do you qualify?
- License
- California Registered Nurse license Current California licensure as a Registered Nurse Check your license
- Certification
- BLS for Healthcare providers issued by AHA Current BLS for Healthcare providers, issued by American Heart Association
- Certification
- PALS or PEARS within 3 months of hire Current PALS or PEARS - within 3 months of hire
- Education
- Associate's Degree or Nursing Diploma
- Experience
- 1 year of professional nursing experience One year of professional nursing experience
Preferred
- Certification
- Professional nursing certification
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- Experience
- 3 years of experience Three years of experience
- Experience
- Pediatric nursing experience in a comparable, high-acuity department
- Also asks
- Bilingual Spanish
What it pays
- Pay reviews
- Placement in range determined by collective bargaining agreement terms A candidate’s placement in the range will be determined based on the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement.based on the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement
The role and schedule
- Union
- Covered by collective bargaining agreement
- Day to day
- Work alongside surgeon and surgical team members to provide optimal safe care As a member of surgical services team, the OR nurse will work alongside the surgeon and other surgical team members to provide optimal safe patient care.
- Day to day
- Coordinate care for the OR by ensuring necessary equipment and medications are available
- Day to day
- Monitor for quality by enforcing sterile procedures during surgery
- Day to day
- Collaborate with physicians and multidisciplinary team members The Clinical Nurse II collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary team members.
- Day to day
- Apply nursing process through assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and documentation of pediatric patient care Responsible for independently applying the nursing process through the assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and documentation of pediatric patient care.
- Day to day
- Resolve patient problems and needs via multidisciplinary team strategies Resolves patient problems and needs by applying multidisciplinary team strategies.
- Day to day
- Select and coordinate care considering patient age, developmental level, and size Selects and coordinates the appropriate care, taking into consideration the age, developmental level and size of the patient.
- Day to day
- Adhere to infection-control policies, medication administration, storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration, storage procedures and controlled substance regulations.
- Day to day
- Identify own limitations and seek resources as needed Should be able to identify own limitations and seek resources as needed.
- Day to day
- Maintain collaborative relationships by communicating information and participating in team problem-solving Maintains a collaborative relationship among health care teams by communicating information and participating in team problem-solving methods.
- Details
- Region's only designated level 1 pediatric trauma center performing over 20,000 surgical procedures annually
The workplaceFrom ANCC.
- Hospital
- RADY Children'S Hospital - SAN DIEGO
- Address
- 3020 CHILDRENS WAY, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92123
- Beds
- 401
- Magnet
- Designated since 2017
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- Can you walk me through the pay period for the posted pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Operating Room is a specialty you move into. Periop programs often train from the ground up.
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Join Rady Children’s Surgical Services department as Operating Room Nurse! As the only hospital in the San Diego area dedicated exclusively to pediatric healthcare and the region’s only designated level 1 pediatric trauma center, our Surgical Services department operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to perform more than 20,000 surgical procedures annually!
An operating room (OR) nurse is a very important member of the surgical services team. As a member of surgical services team, the OR nurse will work alongside the surgeon and other surgical team members to provide optimal safe patient care. An OR nurse coordinates care for the operating room, by ensuring that the necessary equipment and medications are available to the team; and monitors for quality, by enforcing that sterile procedures are followed during surgery. Also, with patient safety the highest priority, an OR nurse must be a critical thinker and possess the ability to solve problems.
- 10 hour shifts
Job Summary
The Clinical Nurse II collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary team members. Responsible for independently applying the nursing process through the assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and documentation of pediatric patient care. Resolves patient problems and needs by applying multidisciplinary team strategies.
Selects and coordinates the appropriate care, taking into consideration the age, developmental level and size of the patient. Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration, storage procedures and controlled substance regulations. Should be able to identify own limitations and seek resources as needed.
Maintains a collaborative relationship among health care teams by communicating information and participating in team problem-solving methods.
Minimum Qualifications
Associate's Degree or Nursing Diploma
One year of professional nursing experience
Current California licensure as a Registered Nurse
Current BLS for Healthcare providers, issued by American Heart Association
Current PALS or PEARS - within 3 months of hire
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
Three years of experience
Professional nursing certification
Bilingual Spanish
Pediatric nursing experience in a comparable, high-acuity department
The current salary range for this position is $64.39 to 92.09
A candidate’s placement in the range will be determined based on the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Rady Children’s Hospital is committed to being externally competitive and internally equitable. We demonstrate this commitment by reviewing market data to remain competitive within the nonprofit, healthcare sector. This posting will remain open from the “date posted” until the hiring manager has determined there is a sufficient applicant pool or until the position is filled.
What's around it?
San Diego, CAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 12% above the US average
- Median rent
- $2,313/mo
- Household income
- $108,077/yr, all local households, not nurse pay