RN - Surgery Center Operating Room - Part Time

Job Description

Salary:

Ambulatory Surgery Center @ St. Mary

Part Time Operating Room Staff Nurse - 3 days/week (hours 7:00am-3:30pm)

REQUIRED at least one year operating room experience with multispecialty cases. PREFERRED - completion of perioperative course!

No more Weekends, Holidays or Call!

Part Time Medical Benefits including Dental and Vision

Part Time PTO Benefits

401K Vested after 6 months of employment!

Job Description – OR Circulating Nurse

Lines of Responsibility: Chain of command for the individual – Director of Nursing, Executive Director

Job Summary: Responsible for the delivery of safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the OR and other areas of perioperative services for all patient populations.

Primary Responsibilities:

Promotes the mission, vision, and values of the organization.

Assesses patients at intervals as stated in policies and procedures.

Develops an individualized perioperative patient plan of care.

Implements the plan of care by:

protecting the patient from injury caused by chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources and extraneous objects;

performing counting procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained surgical items;

performing interventions necessary to ensure that the patient’s procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level;

managing the patient’s specimens in the appropriate manner;

communicating the patient’s current status to the appropriate parties throughout the continuum of care;

administering medications safely and correctly;

performing interventions to maintain the patient’s wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels;

performing interventions to maintain the status of the patient’s genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels;

performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period;

performing interventions to protect the patient from surgical site infection;

assessing the knowledge level of the patient or designated support person;

providing education regarding the expected psychosocial response, nutritional management, medication management, pain management, wound management, and expected responses to the operative or invasive procedure;

actively involving the patient or designated support person in decisions affecting his or her perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process;

protecting the patient’s rights, dignity, and privacy;

providing culturally and age-appropriate, ethical care within legal standards of practice;

providing consistent and comparable care regardless of the setting.

Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attaining outcomes.

Transfers care as appropriate.

Delegates tasks as appropriate according to the state Nurse Practice Act and job descriptions.

Documents nursing care accurately, completely, and legibly.

Collaborates effectively with other disciplines as appropriate.

Participates in quality review and performance improvement projects.

Participates in the performance appraisal process.

Uses problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster effective work relationships with team members.

Maintains required competencies.

Pursues professional growth and participates in a professional organization.

Acts as a patient advocate and maintains privacy and confidentiality of all appropriate information.

Qualifications

Education/Licensure/Certification — Mandatory:

Degree in nursing from an accredited nursing program

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing

Current registered nurse licensure in state Pennsylvania

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Completion of perioperative course

Preferred:

Minimum one year of Operating Room experience

Certified Nurse, Operating Room (CNOR) certification preferred but not required

Basic computer skills (ex. Microsoft Word)

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements:

Exposure to blood and body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, radiation, and repetitive motions

Pushing and pulling heavy objects

Full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients

Manual and finger dexterity

Hand and eye coordination

Standing and walking for extensive periods of time

Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 25 lbs.

Corrected vision and hearing to within normal range

Working under stressful conditions