"Per Diem Nurse Float (OR) - Periop Float Pool - Days"

Per Diem Nurse Float (OR) - Periop Float Pool - Days

Req ID: 122925

Location: Irvine, California

Division: Medical Center

Department: Periop Float Pool

Position Type: PER DIEM

Salary Range: USD $82.51/Hr.

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine... www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

The Operating Room Nurse uses the nursing process, to design, coordinate, and deliver patient care that meets the identified needs of patients having operative procedures. May act as scrub or circulating nurse in various procedures. Acts as a role model to nursing students, and new nurses to the unit. Functions as a Pt. Care Coordinator as requested... Required to float between the Orange and Irvine locations as needed.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Required to float between the Orange and Irvine locations as needed.
• Minimum of six months recent nursing experience working in an acute-care perioperative environment
• Demonstrated knowledge of aseptic technique, surgical instrumentation and equipment, and practice of infection control techniques, body mechanics and age related acuity levels
• All external candidates must have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Ability to work variable shifts including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays
• Ability to scrub and circulate in most surgical specialties

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience working in a Level I Trauma Center
• Bilingual skills to communicate effectively with patients and families
• BSN and CNOR

Licenses and Certifications:

• Registered Nurse
• Basic Life Support

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits... compensation practices and benefits.

To apply, visit https://jobs.uci.edu/careers-home/jobs/122925