Operating Room Nurse - Orthopaedics

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY:

To act as patient advocate, providing continuity of care designed to meet individual patient needs through collaboration with other members of the health care team and supporting the philosophy, objectives and goals of the facility. The Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing the needs of individual patients including but not limited to adult, pediatric, adolescent, and geriatric patients.

REQUIREMENTS:

Licensed Registered Nurse

Minimum of 3 years Operating Room Experience is a must

Minimum 1 year Orthopaedic Experience is a must

BLS/ACLS

RESPONSIBILITES:

Documents patient care management in clear, concise manner.

Nursing assessments are completed according to hospital and unit specific policies, procedures, and standards of nursing care.

Carries out all duties using appropriate safety and security procedures; wears appropriate personal protective equipment; obeys hospital policies for infection control;

Participates in room turnover cleaning of the O.R. suite completion within 15 minutes

Apply the principles of asepsis in knowledgeable manner to provide optimum patient care.

Identifies emergency situations and use of sound judgment in instituting established procedures to correct them in a calm and efficient manner.

Anticipates the needs of the surgeon in order to expedite the procedure, thus minimizing the patient's exposure to trauma.

Attains all agreed to goals and objectives within specified time frames, as part of the organization's overall mission.

Attends all required safety training programs and can describe his or her responsibilities related to general safety, department/service safety, and specific job-related hazards

WE OFFER:

NO city wage tax

FREE parking!

Tuition reimbursement

Benefit Package

No Weekends, No Holidays, No Call Back!

Full-time