Perioperative Fellowship - Operating Room Job in Phoenix (Arizona, USA, United States)

Job Description:

The Fellowship in Perioperative Nursing is designed to provide you the knowledge and skills necessary for a career in the operating room. The sixteen week program includes high quality didactic and clinical experiences to develop a well-rounded Perioperative RN. The didactic curriculum is Periop 101: A Core Curriculum from the Association of Peri-Operative Registered Nurses (AORN). Upon completion, you will receive a certificate of completion and 24 college credits from the Mayo School of Health Sciences – Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. With successful completion of the core curriculum and a passing score on the comprehensive final exam, students will be awarded 40 nursing contact hours. Classes begin April 11, 2012 and end July 31, 2012. The application deadline is February 18, 2012.

There are two applications required: One for Mayo Clinic located in Arizona (job posting # 7065BR) and one for the Mayo School of Health Sciences (MSHS). There is a non-refundable application fee of $35.00 payable to the MSHS. The two links follow.

MSHS apply yourself link: mayo.edu/mshs/pn-pnp.html

Mayo Clinic Arizona link: mayoclinic/jobs-sct/

Students will receive a stipend and benefits while enrolled in the program. Tuition is $2,371.00. Estimated book costs are $145.00. Mayo Clinic employees are eligible for tuition reimbursement (refer to the Professional Development Policy) upon successful completion of the program and continued employment at Mayo Clinic and must meet requirements for the MSHS Fellowship in Perioperative Nursing. To obtain more information go to: mayo.edu/mshs/pn-pnp/html

Contact person: Brad Haase, MS, BSN, RN, CNOR, RN-BC
Program # Inpatient/365 Registered Nurse is accountable for the coordination of direct nursing care. Provides high risk nursing care (e.g., conscious sedation, complex patient assessment, and high risk procedures) and has the required knowledge, skills, and competencies. Provides patient/family education and discharge planning. Provides professional nursing care across practice settings and the continuum of care to meet the needs of the patient and family. Where nursing care is provided, the nursing process of assessing, diagnosing, outcome identification, planning, implementing, and evaluating is the basis for care delivered. The Inpatient/365 Nurse provides leadership through activities such as teaching, community involvement, preceptor role, relief Team Lead assignment, committee work, and participation in research. The American Nurses Association (ANA) Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (2004), AORN 2004 Standards, Recommended Practices, and Gui