Operating Room Circulating Nurse

Job description

Operating Room RN is a specialized field of nursing. This RN demonstrates competency and skill in perioperative nursing to ensure patient safety throughout the three stages of perioperative care while performing the following job responsibilities.

Essential Job Responsibilities with demonstrated competency:

Communication of procedures and treatments with patient and significant others to gain cooperation, understanding, and trust and allay apprehension while reaching mutual consent in care approach.

Communicates patient education based on individualized needs of the patient, as requested by Physician and/or facility policy to optimize the patients preparation for surgery and continued care upon discharge.

Directs care of the patient in accordance with physician orders, including astute assessment of patient responses to medical treatment, therapeutic response to prescribed medications, ability to recognize significant conditions and adverse reactions, and effectively communicates patient's condition, progress, and reaction to drugs, treatments, and or significant change in condition with physician, peers & family.

Obtains concurrent vital signs to detect deviations from expected normal values and assesses condition for changing patient status and independently intervenes with appropriate care.

Plans and delivers direct patient care based upon evidence based practices, facility policies, procedures, protocols or processes.

Maintains awareness of specific needs of patient including but not limited to: comfort; pain relief; anxiety relief; cultural and spiritual diversity; age specificity; verifies correct patient, procedure, side/site; protection of tissue and nerve damage by proper body positioning while under anesthesia; applies aseptic techniques for prevention of surgical site infection; hydration; thermoregulation; hemodynamics; accurate management of specimens; prevention of retained foreign objects, and burn and fire prevention and plans direct care interventions accordingly.

Verifies patient identification; patients understanding of planned procedure by cross reference to informed consent; correct procedure site, side, & supplies; allergies and other special needs before proceeding with planned procedure.

Advanced knowledge in operating/procedure room equipment, instrumentation, supplies unique to perioperative environment.

Applies experiential knowledge for making decisions specific to efficiencies and cost containment to optimize work flow and protection of business assets.

Accurately communicates continuum of direct patient care verbally and in writing within the medical record. Acknowledges medical and surgical history obtained from H&P, known allergies and physical condition by visualization. Conducts assessment and re-assessments before and following treatments, medications administered, and patient condition at time of transfer of care.

Prepares operating / procedure rooms with specific equipment, sterile instruments and supplies based on physician preferences and the accumulative knowledge based on experiences to optimize patient safety, work flow, efficiencies and cost containment strategies.

Consistently performs hand hygiene practices for the prevention of infection.

Concurrently participates in facility quality assessment and performance improvement activities identified by the organization.

Education/Experience:

Associate degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year accredited School of Nursing or Diploma program Baccalaureate degree (B.S.) from four-year accredited School of Nursing, preferred Current license from State Board of Nursing Current BCLS certification Current ACLS certification (to administer Moderate Sedation) Advanced knowledge in critical thinking, and applied critical care nursing practice Specialized knowledge, skill and abilities in empirical & practical perioperative nursing. Specific knowledge, skill and abilities in aseptic techniques, use and application of surgical instrumentation and specialty other equipment & supplies used for surgical or invasive procedures.

Pay: $42.00 - $48.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience:

• OR: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• RN License (Required)
• BLS Certification (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $42 - $48