Registered Nurse Operating Room PEDS

Job Description:

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.

Join one of the nation's leading pediatric hospitals, where compassion meets innovation. As an OR Pediatric RN, you'll play a vital role in delivering surgical care to children in a collaborative, high-acuity environment. You'll work alongside top-tier surgeons, anesthesiologists, and child life specialists to ensure every child receives the safest, most empathetic care possible.

Benefits and Perks:

• Competitive hourly wage

• Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, vision, and retirement

• Tuition Reimbursement and continuing education support

• Access to cutting-edge pediatric surgical technology

• Mission-driven culture focused on healing and hope

Why Salt Lake City? Nestled between the Wasatch Mountains and the Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City offers a unique blend of urban amenities and outdoor adventure:

• Access to world-class skiing and snowboarding in nearby resorts like Alta, Snowbird, and Park City

• Scenic hiking and mountain biking trails just minutes from downtown

• Rock climbing and canyon exploration in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons

• Peaceful drives and wildlife viewing along the Alpine Loop and Mirror Lake Highway

• Vibrant city life with local coffee shops, farmers markets, and a thriving arts scene

• Weekend escapes to iconic national parks like Zion, Bryce Canyon, and Arches—all within a few hours’ drive

Essential Functions:

• Assess: Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.

• Plan: Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education. Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e., teaching, referrals, and follow-up).

• Implement: Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.

• Evaluate: Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction. Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.

• Professionalism: Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others.
  Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.

Skills:

• Patient Care Delivery

• Nursing Fundamentals

• Interdisciplinary Teams

• Documentations

• Professional Etiquette

• Accountability

• Patient Care Coordination

• Communication

• Patient Evaluation