Operating Room RN

Job Description Summary

You don’t need to commute into Boston to experience a diverse and dynamic surgical environment. At South Shore Health, our community-based health system offers OR RNs the opportunity to work across a wide range of surgical specialties, caring for both adult and pediatric patients. Our nurses support both scheduled procedures and emergent cases through our Level II Trauma Center.

Our collaborative perioperative team—including skilled surgical technologists and perioperative assistants—partners closely with nursing to deliver the highest level of patient care.

Enjoy the benefits of a convenient commute with free parking and shuttle services, avoiding the cost and stress of traveling into the city. This role also offers a minimal call requirement (averaging three shifts per month), supporting a healthy work‑life balance.

• Prior operating room (OR) / surgical nursing experience required
• 1. Medication Administration
  • Demonstrates knowledge of and follows SSH policies and procedures for administering, transcribing, and recording medications.
  • Completes medication reconciliation process following SSH policy and procedure.
  • Demonstrates proper procedure for the documentation of narcotic withdrawal, administration, verifies count, wastes per policy and resolves narcotic discrepancy.
• 2. Plan of care/Documentation/Patient Family Centered Care/Patient Experience
  • Develops, discusses, and communicates a prioritized problem list/plan of care for each patient.
  • Develop, evaluate and update individualized plan of care for patient and documents outcomes.
  • Initiates admission assessment within 8 hours of admissions, identifies and documents patient/family/significant other teaching needs upon admission and throughout hospitalization.
  • Continues assessment/reassessment and identifies care needs within established nursing practice.
  • Documents all patient care following the department of nursing policy, unit based standards, disease processes (CHF, PNA vaccines) and nurse sensitive indicators (falls, skin, CAUTI).
  • Assesses/reassesses and documents patient's level of comfort utilizing the appropriate pain scale and the patient's response to each intervention both pharmacological and non‑pharmacological per South Shore Hospital policy.
  • Works on behalf of patient/family, seeking help to represent them when they are unable to do so.
  • Raises ethical questions and concerns with clinical team, seeking resources to help formulate and understand ethical decisions.
  • Actively communicates plan of day via whiteboard updating every shift.
  • Facilitates discharge/transfer by goal of 12:00pm, communicating barriers utilizing chain of command.
• 3. Safety/Quality – fosters a "Culture of Safety" through personal ownership and commitment to a safe environment
  • Verifies patient identification with two identifiers prior to the start of any invasive procedure, including "time out", administration of care, medications, labeled specimens and documents confirming the correct patient, procedure, site, equipment and consent.
  • Complies with the current CDC hand hygiene guidelines through proper handwashing; adheres to universal precautions, makes appropriate use of personal protective equipment at all times and appropriately disposes of hazardous materials, maintaining awareness of MSDS sheets and how to access them.
  • Ensures environment meets regulatory requirements at all times.
  • Understands and demonstrates individual roles and responsibilities in the event of hospital codes/emergency preparedness.
• 4. Professional Development: assumes overall responsibility for own professional development by incorporating evidence‑based practice, research, and performance‑improvement initiatives as part of ongoing nursing practice
  • Obtains at least 5 contact hours per year in area of practice.
  • Practices within the legal boundaries of the MA Nurse Practice Act; directs other licensed and non‑licensed personnel as assigned.
  • Displays the ability to accept and respond appropriately to feedback and recommendations for change.
  • Demonstrates professional working relationships with colleagues from all disciplines to promote a positive/encouraging workplace.
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