Registered Nurse Pre-Surgery AdventHealth Tampa

Location Address: 3100 East Fletcher Avenue Tampa, Florida 33613

Top Reasons to Work at AdventHealth Tampa

• Florida Hospital Pepin Heart Institute, known across the country for its advances in cardiovascular disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and research.

• Surgical Pioneers â“ the first in Tampa with the latest robotics in spine surgery

• Building a brand new, six story surgical and patient care tower which will ensure state of the art medical and surgical car for generations to come

• Awarded the Get With The Guidelines â“ Stroke GOLD Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association and have been recognized as a recipient of their Target: Stroke Honor Roll for our expertise in stroke care. We have also received certification by The Joint Commission in collaboration with the American Stroke Association as a Primary Stroke Center.

Work Hours/Shift:

Full Time, Day Shift. Four 10-hour shifts, plus call. (variable shifts, unit staffed 5:00 am - 8:00 pm)

You Will Be Responsible For:

• Communicates with courtesy when interacting with internal or external customers â“ in person or on the telephone.

• Demonstrates respect for co-workers and develops positive working relationships with other departments.

• Participates in hourly rounding for outcomes using the AIDET technique.

• Incorporates Caring Model behaviors and culturally competent care into daily practice.

• Demonstrates organizational commitment standards and values.

• Adheres to organizational standards for dress and professional appearance.

• Demonstrates collaboration and teamwork in managing patient flow-i.e. promotes timely patient placement by following hospital policy for patient admission, discharge and transfer.

• Participates in peer interviewing and peer review process.

• Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost and impact on practice in the delivery of nursing services.

• Collection of comprehensive data pertinent to the patientâ™s health/situation and unit specific data for process improvement initiatives including: initial patient assessment within expected timeframe, initiates consults as indicated from database collection, identifies patient/family teaching and discharge planning needs.

• Analyzes the assessment data to determine expected outcomes and plan of care.

• Identifies expected outcomes for the plan of care individualized to the patient or situation and for unit specific PI outcomes.  Participation in identification of unit specific PI outcomes.

• The patientâ™s plan of care is developed, individualized and prioritized daily in collaboration with the patient, family and health team members that is sensitive to the patientâ™s cultural and spiritual needs and to attain expected outcomes.

• Implements the identified plans for patients and unit specific process improvement with appropriate nursing interventions and physiciansâ™ orders in an accurate, timely manner and documents intervention according to hospital policy. Documentation meets criteria for core measure, charges, PI improvement, and all quality/regulatory standards as measured by chart audits.  Coordinates implementation of the plan of care through leadership and delegation appropriate to skill level including but not limited to: LPNs, NTs, CNAs, Unit Secretaries, RTs, PTs. Educates patient/family based on assessed learning needs.

• Evaluates progress toward attainment of expected patient outcomes and unit specific process improvement outcomes daily with patient, family and health team members.

• Maintains safe practice by demonstrating unit specific clinical competency and demonstrating compliance with all regulatory standards.

• Ensures safe and effective handoff communications and documentation of such between care givers.  

• Demonstrates safe practice in the administration of medications.

• Demonstrates sensitivity to pain management by alleviating and reducing pain to level acceptable to patient.

• Integrates ethical decision making into daily nursing practice.

• Integrates research findings and Evidence Based Practice into practice.

• Acts as a patient advocate.

• Demonstrates critical thinking skills appropriate to level of experience.

• Integrates population specific standards when planning care.

• Demonstrates commitment to professional and personal growth-i.e. completes all mandatory educational requirements, maintains unit-based certification, attends 75% of unit staff meeting, participants in clinical ladder will have additional expectations in this role

What You Will Need:

• Graduate of a school of nursing.

• Skills required to work in critical care area as defined by unit.

• Bachelorâ™s degree in Nursing preferred

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing preferred

• Experience in a specialty area preferred

• Current registration with Florida State Board of Nursing as a registered professional nurse or licensure from another state with verification of application and eligibility for Florida licensure by endorsement.

• BLS, ACLS, PALS required

Job Summary:

The Registered Nurse provides self-directed, effective nursing care to groups of patients and other duties as assigned in accordance with Division of Nursing standards and pursuant to Florida Department of Professional Regulation, Chapter 464.003 (3) (a): âœPractice of professional nursing means the performance of those acts requiring substantial specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skill based upon applied practices of psychological, biological, physical, and social sciences which shall include, but not limited to:

The observation, assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care; health teaching and counseling of the ill, injured or infirmed; and the promotion of wellness, maintenance of health and prevention of illness and others.

The administration of medication and treatments as prescribed or authorized by a duly licensed practitioner authorized by the laws of this state to prescribe such medications and treatments.

The supervision and teaching of other personnel in the theory and performance of any of the above acts.â