RN - CVOR

Job Description

At Peace Health, it’s our vision that every person receives safe, compassionate care; every time, every touch. As an RN at Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend in Springfield, Oregon, you’ll be part of a collaborative team working together to ensure that our patients receive exceptional care. If this resonates with you, consider joining our CVOR team in the following role:

• Full‑time Cardiac Surgery Registered Nurse
• Work three 12‑hour day shifts each week
• 2 CVOR Suites, plus an additional 2 hybrid ORs and 22 Main OR suites
• State‑of‑the‑art surgery suites with Da Vinci XI and 5 robots
• Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend is a 350‑bed regional referral hospital with a level II trauma center

• Wage range of $49.30 – $77.46 (increasing to $50.78 – $79.78 in July); rate of pay depends on RN experience and ONA bargaining union agreement
• Additional compensation: BSN (4%), MSN (5%) and Specialty Nursing Certification ($3.75)
• Great shift and weekend differentials
• Professional Nurse Advancement Program with pay incentives
• Hiring bonus & relocation assistance
• Full benefits package effective the first of the month following start date
• Tuition assistance and continuing education
• Collaborative team environment
• A mission‑driven healthcare system

Provides professional nursing direct patient care in compliance with professional practice and unit standards. Promotes a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach toward patients, families and all members of the care delivery team.

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care needs.
• Document patient care in the health‑care record according to established standards.
• Direct and delegate care to other team members in accordance with their education, credentials, and demonstrated competence.
• Ensure own professional effectiveness through education and professional development.
• Participate in the development of and maintain established hospital policies, procedures and objectives, quality improvement, safety, environmental and infection prevention program.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Accredited School of Nursing required
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred

• Minimum 1‑year operating room circulating experience in an acute care setting
• Preferred: CVOR experience
• Preferred: at least 2 years circulating RN experience
• Preferred: ability to independently scrub and circulate major cases in a full‑service setting

• Oregon Registered Nurse (required)
• Basic Life Support Certification (required)

• Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to apply age‑specific principles of growth and development and life stages to meet each patient’s needs (required)
• Required credentials specific to each unit/department (see community specific document)
• Demonstrated ability to promote positive interpersonal relationships and a patient/family‑centered work environment (required)
• Able to support and interpret medical center philosophy, policy and procedures (required)
• Basic computer skills (required)

• Patient handling not greater than 35 lbs. without assistive equipment (NIOSH)
• Fine motor skills to grasp and control medical equipment and perform precise procedures
• Push/pull:
  Frequently up to 45 lbs. force (e.g., medical carts)
• Hands‑on CPR: at least 20 mins using 100-125 lbs. of force (National Association of EMS Physicians and AHA); frequency should be seldom or occasionally
• Ability to move around area with frequent sitting
• Bending/stooping/squatting/reaching/kneeling frequently
• Lifting (non‑patient) up to 20 lbs. occasionally and 5 lbs. frequently

• Exposure to biohazard, body fluids and airborne particles
• Must be able to complete tasks in a noisy environment

• Vision and hearing within normal limits (glasses, contacts, hearing aids permitted)
• Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information

This position is represented by a collective bargaining agreement. There may be more than one opening on this posting.

EEO:
Peace Health is an affirmative action employer. Equal employment opportunity. Veterans and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. See the EEO statement.