Experienced Registered Nurse, Operating Room

• Perform in-depth, systematic assessments of all assigned patients
• Formulate collaborative and individualized plans of care and identify expected patient outcomes using the nursing process
• Prioritize patient care and work cooperatively with ancillary, nursing, and other patient-team personnel
• Function successfully in the scrub role, including scrubbing, gowning, gloving, preparing instruments and suture, surgical asepsis, safety precautions, counts, and cost-effective safe care
• Serve as a professional role model and resource person, providing guidance to co-workers
• Demonstrate the Network's Service Excellence Standards in interactions with internal and external customers
• Maintain confidentiality and ensure proper release of information
• Comply with Network and departmental attendance and dress-code policies
• Work in operative settings using robotics, integrated hybrid systems, stealth navigation, and imaging capabilities
• Collaborate with vendor groups to support surgical implants and supplies

• Minimum of one year of operating room nursing experience required
• Registered Nurse with current license to practice in Pennsylvania or New Jersey for Warren Campus
• Maintain current BLS certification
• Successful completion of Basic Cardiac Life Support course
• AORN certification (CNOR) preferred
• Cardiac OR experience required for the Specialized Cardiovascular Operating Room Nurse opportunity at Bethlehem Campus
• Ability to perform scrub-role duties, including surgical asepsis, instrument and suture preparation, safety precautions, and counts
• Ability to meet physical requirements, including standing up to 10 hours, walking up to 6 hours, lifting/carrying/pushing objects up to 75 lbs occasionally, and transporting patients weighing up to 500 lbs
• Ability to hear normal conversation and high/low frequencies
• Ability to see general, near, far, color, and peripheral vision
• Ability to perceive object attributes through touch

Demonstrates expertise in operating room nursing with a focus on surgical asepsis, patient care planning, and collaboration with healthcare teams. Holds a current Registered Nurse license and BLS certification, with preferred AORN certification for specialized roles.

• Operating Room Nursing Experience
• Surgical Asepsis
• BLS Certification
• AORN Certification (CNOR)
• Cardiac OR Experience

• Patient Assessment
• Care Plan Formulation
• Scrub Role Duties
• Instrument Preparation
• Suture Preparation
• Safety Precautions
• Patient Transport
• Physical Requirements Compliance

• Collaboration
• Professional Role Modeling
• Customer Service Excellence

• Registered Nurse License
• BLS Certification
• AORN Certification (CNOR)

• Surgical Care
• Patient Outcomes
• Operative Settings
• Confidentiality
• Attendance Policies
• Dress-Code Policies

• Robotics
• Integrated Hybrid Systems
• Stealth Navigation
• Imaging Capabilities