Registered Nurse - Operating Room; Intermittent

Registered Nurse - Operating Room (Intermittent)

Pay Range: $38.93 - $54.76. This position is located within the Operating Room of South East Alaska Regional Health Consortium. Multi‑tasks efficiently and ensures the surgical cases proceed throughout the day in a timely manner. Utilizes after‑hour call services to staff the Operating Rooms (OR) for nights, holidays and weekends. Is responsible for the delivery of safe, effective, and quality patient‑family centered care in the OR and other areas of perioperative services for all patient populations.

Clinical decisions are made initially independently during the scheduled shift; maintains complete accountability for all actions taken. Consults with the appropriate manager/supervisor in difficult situations, requiring additional input. Able to react in a calm manner and make sound nursing judgments in an emergency environment. On‑call OR Registered Nurse responds to all surgical emergencies. Accountable for proper delegation and supervision of surgical technologist and/or surgical schedulers on unit during shift.

SEARHC is a non‑profit health consortium which serves the health interests of the residents of Southeast Alaska. We see our employees as our strongest assets. It is our priority to further their development and our organization by aiding in their professional advancement.

Working at SEARHC is more than a job, it’s a fulfilling career. We offer generous benefits, including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health insurance, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short‑term disability, and more.

• Promotes the SEARHC Seven Standards of Excellence; sets priorities for care of patients based on acuity and/or patients’ preference; anticipates potential problems; adapts to change on the area by setting priorities for emergencies, changes in patient status and unusual occurrences; initiates, manages, and documents the nursing procedures consistent with scientific principle and departmental policy; observes interviews and assesses surgery patients during perioperative phase.
  
  Initiates treatments, medications, emergency, and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of physicians’ pre‑ and post‑op orders, standing orders and post anesthesia protocol. Administers therapeutic measures as prescribed by the anesthesiologist, anesthetist, or surgeon. Records observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, and other data relevant to surgical patients in a accurate, efficient and timely manner. Collaborates with members of the surgical and multidisciplinary teams in assessing, planning, and implementing surgical intervention in management of patient’s peri‑operative health care.
  
  Initiates action to reduce, correct, or prevent immediate, ongoing, or potential risks to the patient; facilitates healing by providing nursing care that is individualized, goal oriented, based on scientific principles and the nursing process; seeks out resources when beyond the scope of skill, knowledge or experience; explains test, procedures, and disease process to patient/significant others; communicates and interacts with patient/significant others in a positive and supportive way;
  
  takes steps to decrease stress and/or increase effectiveness of coping mechanisms of patient/significant others; operates and monitors specialized perioperative equipment. Demonstrate knowledge and skills in dealing with expectant mother/baby care for c‑sections. Monitors patients having surgical procedure under local anesthesia by assessing cardiopulmonary, respiratory, and hemodynamic status and pain levels. Responsible for independent management of patients undergoing local anesthesia.
• When called in for emergency functions as team leader and supervises on‑call team members. Scrub duties when needed. Will take O.R. Call as assigned by immediate supervisor. Inventories, monitors assigned services supplies and order as needed. Carries out treatments and procedures per scope of practice and abides/promotes ASPAN/AORN standards. Utilizes the AORN Standards of Care to develop, implement,…