Registered Nurse; RN; OR; Anesthesia Team

** Registered Nurse – Operating Room, Anesthesia Team
** Up to $15,000 Sign-On Bonus | OR or Critical Care experience preferred!

Expand your nursing skills in a supportive, team-based environment by joining the Operating Room at Mercy Cedar Rapids.

Our OR department functions 24/7 and is comprised of 15 Hybrid OR's specializing in Orthopedics, Neuro, General, ENT/Plastics, Open Heart, and more! With such variety, every day offers new learning opportunities and the chance to grow in both confidence and competence.

Mercy's OR is made up of close-knit specialty teams driven by people who bring integrity, compassion, accountability, respect and excellence to every interaction – the values that drive
* The Mercy Touch.
*** Schedule
* ** with call every 4th weekend & rotating holidays
* On-Call Pay: $6/hr
* 40 hours/week = full-time pay & benefits
** Why Mercy's Operating Room?
*** Open to both experienced nurses and new graduates
* Comprehensive hands-on orientation and mentorship program, with ongoing opportunities for professional growth
* OR team members pull supplies for their own cases and are take pride in quick room turnover
* Mercy Cedar Rapids is an independent, locally-managed healthcare system that has served the community for 120+ years.
** Anesthesia Team

Responsibilities Include:

*** Drawing up medications for anesthesia induction
* Assisting with intubations and airway management
* Setting up arterial and blood lines, and aiding in ordering blood products
* Performing IV placement, including pediatric patients
* Assisting with central and arterial line placements
* Helping position patients for surgery in various positions such as supine, prone, beach chair, lateral, and lithotomy
* Providing anesthesia support during off-site procedures including CT, MRI, Cath Lab, Bronchoscopies, and ICU
* Stocking anesthesia equipment and supplies
* Conducting daily crash cart and malignant hyperthermia cart checks
* Assisting anesthesia teams during Open Heart surgeries
* Mixing emergency drips as needed
* Must maintain current ACLS and PALS certifications
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** Work Shift
** Day
* * Scheduled Weekly Hours
** 40
* * Summary
* * This position supports Mercy's philosophy of patient centered care by being a competent, respectful, and compassionate professional who is able to safely, appropriately, accurately, efficiently and independently follow Mercy's standards along with policies and procedures while caring for patients. The Registered Staff Nurse works with the unit specific team members to identify clinical problems, develop a plan, and educate patients and families.
** Job Description**##

Job Duties
* Ensures that accurate and clinically relevant information is communicated with patients, their families, and co-workers at hand offs and other times as needed. Take all measures necessary to ensure that the appropriate and involved parties have communicated necessary information in order to allow for the best possible patient outcome.
* Demonstrates competent assessment, planning, intervention, coordination and evaluation skills based on the individual patient plan of care.
* Continually assesses patient and family needs in order to provide quality care based on a patient centered care model.
* Demonstrates critical thinking skills and judgment necessary to implement a patient plan of care, nursing interventions and procedures.
* Maintains accurate and real time documentation of nursing care provided to ensure the integration of information for use by the healthcare team, according to hospital policy and procedure related to documentation parameters.
* Functions as a…