Job Description
Job Description
The OR registered nurse will assume responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating direct and indirect pre, intra and post-surgical care to patients. She/ he will competently function as a member of the interdisciplinary team to provide patient-centered nursing care. She/he serves as an advocate for the patient and their family and intercedes on their behalf by acting as a liaison for patients and their families with respect to their rights and beliefs.
The Operating Room Registered Nurse will be responsible for assisting with preoperative and postsurgical care and treatment under the supervision of the Chief Medical Officer and surgeon. She/he will utilize their expertise of evidence-based based nursing practice to manage unexpected and emergent situations, to mitigate and assist in the surgical intervention of a variety of injuries and illnesses in a prompt and professional manner.
Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities:
Assist medical providers with medical and surgical procedures and treatments as allowed within licensed scope of work.
Coordinate pre and postoperative education.
Review the pre-surgical patient’s vital signs, chief complaint, medical history, and prescribed medications.
Establish observable and documentable patient goals using nursing care plans within NANDA guidelines
Ensure patient safety using pre-surgical guidelines and procedures
Monitor the patient’s emotional and physical wellbeing throughout the surgical continuum.
Report all changes in patient’s conditions to the medical provider.
Collaborate and provide assistance with minor/acute surgical procedures and have the capabilities to stabilize trauma patients in preparation for transport the nearest center of medical excellence for a higher level of care.
Assembles the type and quantity of material and special equipment needed for daily procedures and possible emergencies.
Circulates and scrubs for surgical procedures.
Maintains open communication lines, both intra-departmentally and interdepartmentally, to provide for total needs of the patient.
Responds to surgical emergency requirements such as cardiac, pulmonary, or respiratory failure and hemorrhage.
Discusses operative procedures with patients and informs them of what to expect during surgery.
Consults with the operating surgeon and establishes priorities of care for each patient entering the operating suite.
Participates in preparing, sterilizing, and caring for operating room equipment and supplies. Must accurately set up and operate specialized medical equipment with no more than two errors per quarter.
Adheres to central sterile supply service activities.
coordinates an ongoing, in-service education program to continuously update knowledge and skills of all assigned operating room nursing personnel.
Provides perioperative nursing care, for all types of patients admitted to the surgical suite for surgical intervention. Includes elective, urgent and emergency procedures on patients of all ages.
Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for all patients including newborns, children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly; disabled including visually and hearing impaired; and individuals of varying ethnic and religious backgrounds including those who do not speak or understand English.
Participation and compliance with quality and process improvement activities and events to ensure compliance with national standards and guidelines.
Displays knowledge of the administrative requirements for proper documentation of patient’s condition including disease progress, acknowledgment of teaching, and follow-up care.
Other duties as assigned.
Job Tags
Full time, Immediate start,