Registered Nurse Operating Room

About This Role

This Registered Nurse position involves delivering specialized perioperative care in a fast-paced surgical setting. The role focuses on partnering with surgeons and interdisciplinary teams to promote safe and efficient procedures, utilizing the nursing process for patient assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. It suits a professional caregiver who values a collaborative culture and continuous career development.

Responsibilities

• Perform appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status, including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate
• Seek and evaluate information acquired from other members of the interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, and others
• Use assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop an individualized plan of care
• Actively seek patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop a plan of care, including needed education
• Collaboratively plan and prepare patients for further support needs once current episode of care outcomes are met (e.g., teaching, referrals, and follow-up)
• Direct the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate
• Provide or delegate care consistent with the plan of care, guidelines of care, and professional licensure provisions
• Demonstrate the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources
• Evaluate patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, and patient and family satisfaction
• Revise the plan of care as indicated and reassess changes as appropriate
• Promote the nursing profession and participate in the development of others
• Integrate legal and ethical standards into practice, comply with regulatory standards, practice within the scope of licensure, provide accurate and timely documentation, and understand legal implications of care delivery

Requirements

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of practice
• Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment
• RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four (4) years of their hire date
• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers
• Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution
• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations