Registered Nurse - Same Day Surgery - Part Time

Monadnock Community hospital is located just 90 minutes north of Boston and 30 minutes north of Nashua New Hampshire. We are a critical access community hospital located in the scenic Monadnock region in the heart of New Hampshire. Our state of the art modern operating rooms and recovery rooms offer the latest in equipment and technology that rivals any large teaching hospital in the region. Unlike larger inner city hospitals our staff enjoys the ability to hike, bike, ski, or kayak minutes from our beautiful campus on a day to day basis in a town that is a destination for people from all over New England.

We also can offer you a supportive and collaborative nursing environment that is focused on best practice and excellence in patient care. We base our nursing care on the simple philosophy of "Patient's First in Everything We Do" If you are looking for a department where you are treated as a valuable member of the team and not as a number then we are the facility for you.

Position Summary:

The Day Surgery Staff Nurse provides pre-operative and post-operative care for patients of all ages, undergoing a variety of ambulatory procedures including endoscopy, minor surgical, diagnostic, and therapeutic outpatient procedures and treatments. Care is also provided to inpatients requiring major or endoscopic procedures and to patients entering the hospital as a same day admission. The staff nurse utilizes AORN Ambulatory Surgery Standards and Recommended Practices and ASPAN "Standards of Perianesthesia Nursing Practice" as references to ensure quality, safety and appropriateness of care for the patient.

Behavioral Expectations:

Team Player: MCH SDSU nursing prides itself on developing and maintaining a supportive collaborative and professional team environment. We are looking for a candidate that is a team player that possesses some or all of these qualities.

• Demonstrates Reliability
• Communicates Constructively
• Shares Openly and Willingly
• Shows Commitment to the Team
• Treats Others in a Respectful and Supportive Manner
• Exhibits Flexibility

Professionalism: MCH SDSU nursing values and recognizes the contributions of its nurses knowledge and expertise to clinical care quality and patient outcomes. We are looking for a candidate that possesses some or all of these qualities.

• Exhibits Nursing / Clinical Scholarship
• Personal Accountability
• Commitment to Mentorship / Preceptorship
• Excellent Work Ethic
• Superior Clinical Judgment
• Committed to Patient Safety and Supporter of a "Just Culture"

Compassion: MCH SDSU nursing realizes that compassion is nursing's most valuable and sometimes underutilized asset. MCH SDSU nursing understands that compassion, along with confidence, competence, conscience, commitment and comportment are the six core elements of caring. We are looking for a truly compassionate and caring nurse that possesses some or all of these qualities

• Treats all of our patients with dignity and the utmost respect
• Honors the art and profession of nursing through their compassionate care
• Needs to recognize that advanced clinical skills and compassionate care are not mutually exclusive
• Blends the use of high technology and old fashioned compassionate care

Realizes that caring without compassion is incomplete nursing care

This is a part time position, 20 hours per week