RN Operating Room Twelve Hour Shifts

Overview

RN Operating Room | 36 Hours Weekly (3 Twelve Hour Shifts) - (250000UF).

Position: RN Operating Room in a surgical setting, ensuring patient safety and optimal outcomes in alignment with organizational policies and standards.

Sign-On Bonus $25,000.00 (Bonus details as stated by the employer).

• Consults and coordinates with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate intraoperative patient care plans.
• Serves as the communication liaison to patients, families, and members of the operating team.
• Prepares the operating room for the patient and the surgical procedure. assembles equipment, supplies, implants, and ensures equipment is functional with supplies available.
• Delivers perioperative patient- and family-centered care incorporating the nursing process while providing developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, evidence-based care.
• Utilizes outcome data at the patient level to make care decisions.
• Participates in quality improvement activities and uses quality measures to understand individual and unit performance.
• Provides direct guidance and oversight of the orientee in all patient care and clinical activities, ensuring adherence to documentation standards, standards of care, and policies/procedures.
• Participates in unit shared governance initiatives to improve patient care and throughput as determined by leadership.
• Navigates and documents in the EMR to support patient care.
• Works within scope of practice and delegates according to Nurse Practice Act.
• Demonstrates knowledge of risk and safety issues and uses measures to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Actively participates in Universal Protocol and timeout, including fire risk assessment with the surgical team prior to the start of the surgical procedure; completes post-procedure pause at case conclusion.
• Understands purpose of positioning devices and uses them correctly to protect the patient and promote optimal exposure.
• Follows established policy and procedures for instrument counts and initiates corrective actions when counts are incorrect.
• Verifies medications and concentrations in coordination with the sterile field team, surgeon, and anesthesia provider.
• Communicates observations or concerns related to unsafe situations.
• Maintains clear, timely verbal and written communication; promotes safety for patients, families, visitors, and co-workers.
• Demonstrates accountability and professional judgment; arrives on time; handles difficult situations appropriately; utilizes downtime constructively.
• Completes, documents, and reports all mandatory education and training.

Minimum Education

• Associate's Degree from an approved nursing program (Required)
• Bachelor's Degree (BSN) (Preferred)

Minimum Work Experience

• 2 years operating room experience (Required)
• 2 years experience in at least two of the following specialties:
  Neurosurgery, Orthopedics/Ortho-Spine, General Surgery, Colorectal, ENT, Davinci Robotic, Kidney transplant (Required)
• 1 year Pediatric OR experience (Preferred)

Required Skills/Knowledge

• Complete hospital and nursing orientation; strong organizational skills; ability to adapt to changes and complete assignments on time; evidence-based practice.
• Maintain proficiency in at least three or more of the following services:
  General Surgery, Colorectal, Kidney Transplant, ENT, Ortho/Ortho-spine, Neurosurgery, Cardiac Surgery, Urology/Davinci-Robotic, Plastic, Oral Maxillofacial, GI.
• Basic computer skills and ability to learn new technology.
• Communication, collaboration, inclusivity, and ability to work with diverse teams.
• Decision making, problem solving, and critical thinking in patient care and unit issues.
• Ability to manage relationships and time effectively; participate in team initiatives.

• Registered Nurse in the District of Columbia or licensure in DC, Maryland, or Virginia depending on practice location.
• Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (BLS) Required
• CNOR (Preferred)

• Functions as an Operating Room Nurse; collaborates with healthcare team for intraoperative care plans.
• Acts as communication liaison to patients, families, and the operating team.
• Prepares the OR, assembles equipment and implants, and ensures readiness for procedures.
• Provides perioperative care with evidence-based practices and patient-centered care.
• Navigates the EMR and adheres to policies and procedures; documents appropriately.

New knowledge, innovations, and improvements: initiate quality improvements; mentor and precept new nurses; promote evidence-based practice.

Transformational leadership: contribute to Magnet initiatives; lead changes and promote collaborative problem solving.

Structural empowerment: maintain regulatory requirements, engage in professional development, and model safety standards.

• Analyze patient data to plan care; demonstrate high clinical skills with complex patients; maintain documentation standards; anticipate…