What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN - Operating Room, Santa Monica Surgery Center position at University of California - Los Angeles Health?
Description
Take on a rewarding role in a Magnet designated andworld-class health organization! The clinical nurse is a professional caregiver who provides direct patient care and assumes responsibility and accountability for surgical patients via the nursing process.
Under direct supervision of the Unit Director and Assistant Unit Director, the incumbent will function in the circulating and scrub role. The clinical nurse is an integral part of the surgical team, working collaboratively to ensure patient safety, implement nursing interventions, and participate in process and quality improvement initiatives.
Qualifications
We're seeking a highly-skilled, self-motivated nursing professional with:
- Current valid California RN license, required
- BSN or MSN, required
- 2 years of operating room experience as an RN, required
- BLS from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association, required
- Experience in robotic and orthopedic surgery, specifically total joint arthroplasty, preferred
- Skill in implementing appropriate nursing interventions on a consistent basis
- Ability to perform historical, physical and behavioral patient assessments
- Ability to develop and implement and evaluate patient care plan actively involving patients, family, and staff
- Ability to push, pull, lift, up to 35 lbs.
- Scrubbing and Circulating(recent) experience REQUIRED
- Official Transcripts and/or original diploma from a registered nursing program must be provided upon hire
- Participate in the onboarding of new hires as a preceptor as well as New Grad OR trainees
University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see: UC Nondiscrimination & Affirmative Action Policy.