What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN Circulator - Surgical Services ($15,000.00 Sign-On-Bonus) position at Livingston HealthCare?
Job Summary
Schedule
- $15,000 Sign-On Bonus**
Schedule
- 0.75FTE (30 hours minimum) Call
- Mon - Fri
- 3x10 Shifts
- Potential for Call as low as 12 days per year
- $42.66/hr DOE
- $3.00/hr Circulator Differential
- Sign-On-Bonus
- Robust Benefits Package
- Cover RN circulator call as noted above with an arrival time of 30 minutes or less from the initial call-in.
- Prepares OR suite ensuring all necessary supplies and equipment are available and functioning properly.
- Act as patient advocate for surgical and procedural patients
- Develop and individualized perioperative plan of care for each patient, and implementing this plan by:
- protecting the patient from injury caused by extraneous sources including but not limited to chemical, mechanical, and thermal sources;
- performing accurate count procedure to protect against unintended retained surgical items;
- performing an effective and accurate time out to ensure the correct patient, procedure, site, laterality, and/or level;
- managing patient specimens according to LHC policies and procedures
- administering medications safely and correctly including verification of medications dispensed to the sterile field;
- monitoring patient status throughout the procedure and communicating any concerns openly to the team;
- performing interventions to maintain the patient’s wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels;
- performing interventions to maintain normothermia;
- performing interventions to prevent surgical site infection;
- protecting the patient’s rights, dignity, and privacy; and
- providing age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards of practice
- Document nursing care and procedural times accurately and completely.
- Collaborate effectively with other disciplines as applicable (e.g., radiology, lab)
- Anticipate the needs of the surgical team and provide support, instrumentation, and/or supplies as needed.
- Monitor the sterile field to ensure maintenance of the sterile environment.
- Stays as second RN with the PACU nurse following after-hours cases until the patient is in phase II or is transferred to the floor.
- OR set up and cleaning.
- Current unrestricted Montana RN license or Multistate Compact RN license
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Two years OR RN Circulator experience
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to remain calm under pressure and make quick decisions
- Attention to detail and excellent organizational skills
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing
- Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR) certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification within 3 months of hire
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification within 3 months
- Computer skills/ EHR skills (Microsoft word, Excel, Cerner)
Salary : $43