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Operating Room RN - PRN

Job Title
Operating Room RN - PRN
Location
Derby,  KS 67206
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Description

OPERATING ROOM RN - PRN

 

Main Function:

Supervises and directs patient care in a single operating room.

Professional Competence:

  • Participates in continuing education and other learning experiences
  • Shares knowledge gained with Staff
  • Maintains membership in relevant professional organizations
  • Seeks new learning experiences by accepting challenging opportunities and responsibilities
  • Participates in teaching programs in the facility for employees and physicians on topics of special interest and topics pertinent to outpatient surgery
  • Assists with orientation and training of new personnel and acts as a resource person for problems relating to patient care
  • Welcomes suggestions and recommendations

Duties:

  • Participates as a team member in support of the perioperative process
  • Organizes time, equipment, supplies, and personnel to provide effective and efficient case management
  • Supervises and directs patient care in a single operating room
  • Organizes nursing activities efficiently and effectively
  • Delegates activities appropriate to the abilities of available staff members
  • Considers cost containment by using supplies economically and in effective turnover time
  • Assists with supply, drug, and equipment inventories to maintain stock level and availability
  • Addresses patient needs during admission to the operating room, with attention to specific requirements specific to outpatient setting
  • Transports patients to the operating room observing policies/procedures, safety requirements, and patient needs
  • Identifies the patient and correct surgical intervention according to policy/procedure and communicates such information to all members of the surgical team
  • Reviews patient medical records/needs to plan care with other healthcare team members
  • Provides comfort and reassurance to patient
  • Maintains patients’ privacy and dignity
  • Explains intraoperative phase of routine procedures and care to the patient
  • Performs the circulating nurse’s role and functions following approved operating room procedures to meet the requirements of scheduled procedures
  •  Prepares operating room according to the requirements of patient/procedure to be performed
  • Assembles and provides properly functioning equipment, supplies, and instruments before start of procedure and positions and adjusts equipment as required during the procedure
  • Anticipates needs of surgical team and assists anesthesia personnel by supporting patient during administration of anesthesia
  • Assists with the proper and safe positioning of the patient and prepares operative site as directed by established procedures
  • Monitors compliance with principles of aseptic technique according to accepted standards
  • Assists with identification and confirmation of operative site
  • Provides for comfort in the physical environment by monitoring designated parameters
  • Provides continuity of patient care by communicating with other perioperative care personnel and documenting records accordingly
  • Responds in a timely manner to meet the needs of the patient and physician
  • Accurately comprehends and interprets verbal orders/directions
  • Documents patient care records and other forms accurately following policies and procedures
  • Accurately advises others responsible for care of the patient about patient’s status

Requirements:

  • High school graduate or GED certification
  • Graduate of accredited School of Nursing
  • Registered Nurse (RN) with active license in appropriate State
  • CPR Certification
  • Evidence of leadership qualities
  • Strong ethical and moral character references
  • Language skills adequate for high-level written, interpersonal and telephone communication in American English
  • ACLS Certification preferred
  • ASC experience preferred
  • Computer literacy
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