Operating Room Registered Nurse

Surgery Partners Careers•Altoona, WI

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Operating Room Registered Nurse manages nursing care in the operating room, observes the surgical team from a broad perspective, and helps create and maintain a safe, comfortable environment for the patient. The circulating nurse coordinates the surgical team’s activities and directs nursing care using critical-thinking, assessment, diagnosis, outcome-identification, planning, and evaluation skills, while advocating for patient safety and well-being. The role is 0.8 FTE, or 32 hours per week, on 8-hour shifts, and participates in the department’s on-call rotation. The nurse may be cross-trained and assigned to other nursing departments within the hospital.

Requirements

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) from an accredited nursing program.
Current RN licensure in the State of Wisconsin.
BLS certification required upon hire.
Must obtain ACLS and PALS certifications within six months of hire.
Demonstrated eligibility for employment in the United States.
Must possess a cell phone that interfaces with the organization’s secure messaging system.
Previous operating-room experience is preferred.

Nice To Haves

Previous operating-room experience.

Responsibilities

Advocate for patients’ rights, preferences, needs, safety, and well-being, providing compassionate care tailored to individual circumstances.
Maintain a professional demeanor and appearance and protect the confidentiality of patients, coworkers, and the organization, as appropriate.
Assess patient health problems and needs; develop, implement, and evaluate care in collaboration with the healthcare team.
Provide direct patient care, including administering prescribed medications and treatments.
Educate patients and families about health conditions, medications, treatment, and post-surgical care.
Operate and monitor medical equipment relevant to patient care.
Follow infection-control protocols, safety standards, and strict asepsis standards.
Document care promptly, concisely, accurately, and completely; report and document unusual events, safety concerns, or incidents according to organizational policies and procedures.
Coordinate surgical-team activities and remain alert to unforeseen events that could compromise patient safety during surgery.
Prepare the operating room for procedures and assist with patient positioning, comfort, and safety.
Perform and document point-of-care testing according to established protocols, maintaining accuracy and quality-control compliance and communicating results to the care team promptly.
Initiate a pre-procedural time-out and perform surgical-site identification and a surgical time-out for every patient to prevent wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient errors.
Prepare, administer, and record prescribed medications.
Check and monitor surgical equipment to confirm proper function, and remove and report malfunctioning equipment from service.
Operate the retinal laser under physician direction, following safety protocols and maintaining annual competency through required training.
Accurately care for and handle specimens and inventory all items used in surgery.
Provide hand-off communication to PACU RNs.
Participate in the department’s on-call rotation and respond promptly to call-ins to support continuous patient care and surgical services.
Use the organization’s secure messaging platform according to departmental protocols, including timely receipt of and response to communications.
When cross-trained or assigned to another nursing department, carry out the essential functions of the assigned role.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Apply medical terminology, EMR systems, quality assurance and accreditation standards, HIPAA and patient-rights knowledge, effective English communication, attention to detail, basic computer proficiency, customer-service standards, independent and team-working ability, workload prioritization, continuous learning, and organization-wide performance-review competencies.