Registered Nurse OR Circulator - Periop Trainee

Overview

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital is looking for Registered Nurse OR Circulator Trainees in beautiful Fairbanks, Alaska. This Surgical Services Registered Nurse Circulator Trainee position will join a dynamic Peri‑Operative Department team. The successful candidate will be willing to commit to the program for three years.

Periop 101 is a comprehensive, blended educational program that is:

• Developed by AORN’s expert perioperative nurse authors
• Based on AORN's latest evidence-based Guidelines of Perioperative Practice

This program combines a standardized, evidence-based online curriculum and textbook readings with hands‑on skills labs and a clinical practicum. Plus, all Periop 101 students receive a 1‑year complimentary AORN membership.

Here is our surgery specific simulation room where Periop 101 candidates can expect to receive hands‑on training!

Full time, 40 hours/week, 10 hour shifts, flexible schedule and on‑call hours required.

Periop 101 training requires a three year commitment.

• Assesses patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge planning needs; reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion within appropriate timeframe; reviews available information obtained by other health care team members; reviews diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers; completes assessment and reassessments according to patient need and as outlined in policy.
• Formulates a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family and health team input; initiates a plan of care based on patient‑specific needs; sets realistic, measurable goals developed with patient/family; considers the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age‑specific and educational needs of the patient; plans care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team; reviews and revises the plan of care to reflect changing patient needs based on evaluation of the patient's status.
• Implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision of the activities of the health care team; provides care based on physician orders and the nursing plan of care; provides care in compliance with policies and procedures, standards of care, and regulatory agency requirements; delegates appropriately and provides nursing supervision to other licensed nurses and personnel; promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for whom care is provided.
• Evaluates patient and family response to care and teaching, and revises the plan of care as needed; evaluates patient progress toward goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health care team members; evaluates patient response and effectiveness of teaching.
• Documents assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation in the patient record; documentation is legible, timely, and in accordance with policy; documentation reflects objective/subjective data, nursing interventions and patient response to treatment; notes physician orders accurately and timely.
• Provides care based on best evidence available, and may participate in research activities within clinical practice; participates in unit or facility shared leadership; interacts and participates in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families and visitors; promotes/supports growth of others by acting as a preceptor or mentor when appropriate.
• Contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care; actively participates in the improvement of national nursing quality indicators and outcomes; may include participation in professional organizations.
• In some roles, may supervise staff and workflow of the department.

• Must possess a valid current or temporary Alaska RN license.
• Requires the knowledge and skills normally demonstrated by an…