Registered Nurse-Circulator

Job Description — Registered Nurse-Circulator )

Ashley Regional Medical Center

This position is responsible for providing direct care by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care of patients in the Operating Room.

• Prepares patient care area adequately and ensures availability of necessary equipment and supplies.
• Reviews and carries out physician orders timely and according to policy.
• Exhibits proper technique for insertion, maintenance, and removal of IV catheters and saline locks.
• Checks dressings and/or operative site and reports abnormalities to the surgeon.
• Prepares and administers medications in accordance with current practice.
• Demonstrates thorough understanding of medications utilized intra and postoperatively and recognizes the need for use of reversal drugs, when necessary.
• Assures that patient meets all discharge criteria.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Communicates, collaborates, and coordinates with team members to provide quality patient care and to ensure positive patient outcomes pre‑operatively, intra‑operatively, and post‑operatively.
• Ensures Infection Control standards are maintained at all times.
• Attends all meetings and huddles.
• Addresses staff, physician, patient, and family concerns immediately and makes director aware.

• Must be a licensed RN in the State of Utah.
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certification required; NRP certification preferred.
• At least 2 years of nursing and 1 year circulating experience preferred.