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.

Career Website: https://careers.jefferson.edu/

Serve as OR Resource Nurse for Transplants, General, Plastics
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 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. 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, & Vision Plans
  

• Retirement Plans
  
• Tuition Reimbursement
  
• Health Coaching, Commuter Discounts, Day Care Services,
  

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing highly preferred
Current Pennsylvania RN license, active and in good standing is required. Currenly accepting Multi State License
BLS certification through the AHA or ARC required
2 years of operating room experience required
Able to manage certain daily patient care activities in the perioperative setting required
Proficient in scrubbing and circulating strongly perferred
Computer literacy required.
Successful completion of a skills based test required

Conditions of Employment

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.

Conditions of Employment

Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jefferson'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.

Closing Statement

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 Magnet®-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.

Jefferson'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 & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jefferson maintains 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.

Par Reference Code

78409