About MedStar Georgetown University Hospital’s Operating Room

The MedStar Georgetown Operating Room houses 23 suites and is staffed 24 hours, 7 days per week. We provide a wide range of surgical services, including Transplant, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery, General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Urology, Gynecology, Pediatrics, Vascular Surgery, and Ophthalmology. The orientation program is coordinated by an expert Perioperative Clinical Educator. 

Benefits:

• Competitive salaries plus differentials
• 20 Days of Paid Time Off per year plus personal time/holidays
• Education/Tuition assistance
• Relocation reimbursement
• Generous Total Rewards Benefits Package
• Matched Retirement Savings Plan
• Specialized training opportunities with one-on-one preceptorship
• Nationally renowned Nursing Wellbeing Program

Job Summary

Professional care provider who assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the nursing care of intraoperative patients. In collaboration with the patient and family, provides theory-based professional nursing care and coordinates care delivery with various members of the interdisciplinary team.

Minimum Qualifications

Education/Training: BSN preferred. Associate Degree from an accredited School of Nursing required; Bachelor’s degree enrollment required within 6 months of start date and completion within 3 years.

Experience: Completion of AORN Periop 101 course within six months of hire or equivalent training and/or experience. Must be proficient in circulating role; scrub experience preferred.

License/Certification: Current license as a Registered Nurse in the state or jurisdiction of the facility seeking employment, or Multistate Compact state or license eligible. CPR certification required by completion of introductory period. CNOR certification preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Basic math skills. Verbal and written communication skills. Basic computer skills required.

Primary Duties

• Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality standards, safety standards, and MedStar SPIRIT Values. Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations.
• Collects and analyzes significant patient’s information that pertains to physical, psychological, socio-cultural, economic, spiritual, and life-style behaviors and efficiently leveraging available technology.
• Functions autonomously providing relationship-based care that promotes continuous, consistent, efficient and accountable delivery of nursing care using the nursing process with a favorable focus on patient experience.
• Identifies current and potential complex problems of specific patient populations, critically analyzes trends and changes in patient status, and plans appropriate interventions.
• Incorporates evidence-based practice and research into patient care delivery, with a focus on quality and safety.
• Serves as a patient advocate by independently communicating clinical concerns, including ethical decisions, in a timely manner to other members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Practices within legal boundaries of nurse practice act and possesses a theoretical understanding of the universal ethical principles. Recognizes ethical discourse in practice and may seek other resources in advocacy for support and counsel.
• Individualizes patients plan of care, focusing on short and long-range goals and effectively uses a variety of teaching resources to meet the learning needs of patients and families.
• Communicates patient information clearly and accurately in verbal and written format.
• Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment. Identifies actual and potential patient safety issues and acts accordingly while incorporating HRO quality and safety principles.
• Demonstrates effective leadership behaviors. Establishes priorities and delegates tasks to peers and ancillary staff as appropriate to scope of practice and unit requirements.
• Effectively uses problem identification and resolution skills, focusing on the clinical scenario to resolve the apparent concern. Follows the chain of command by consulting with other healthcare professionals and seeks assistance as needed.
• Independently communicates concerns in a timely manner and makes suggestions to members of the interdisciplinary team by seeking and using resources effectively.
• Pre-operative Care: assess patients prior to surgery, alleviate patient concerns preoperatively, gathers supplies and equipment, performs Time-Out
• Intra-operative Care: ensures aseptic technique practices and sterility, performs patient positioning, ensures antisepsis, performs specimen collection and ensures accurate surgical counts, documents accurately and completely, anticipates needs of the surgical team.
• Post-operative Care: transfers patient to postoperative unit and provides transfer of care report.
• Independently identifies resources and strategies to enhance professional growth and development and commits to life-long learning.
• Supports and contributes to the unit, department, entity, and organizational goals inclusive of
• Participates in meetings and on committees and represents the department and hospital in community outreach efforts.
• Participates in multi-disciplinary quality and service improvement teams.