- Savannah, GA

Optim•Savannah, GA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Optim Surgery Center is seeking a full-time Registered Nurse OR Circulator at its Savannah, Georgia location. The position provides professional nursing care for patients according to established standards and practices and reports to the Operating Room Manager. The role includes an $8,000 sign-on bonus with a two-year contract. The position has no weekends, holidays, or call.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
Current RN license.
Current CPR certification.
Ability to perform the physical demands of the role, including extensive standing and walking, occasional lifting and carrying supplies weighing up to 50 pounds, and periods of sitting.
Ability to communicate effectively with patients and families.
Ability to tolerate stress.

Nice To Haves

Current ACLS certification preferred.
Current PALS certification preferred.
Scrub nurse experience or training, if needed for the scrub nurse role.

Responsibilities

Prepare patients through pre-operative assessments and post-operative reassessments for geriatric, pediatric, and general populations, using available resources and documenting assessments in the medical record.
Orchestrate the surgical time-out before incision.
Help develop the sterile field and continuously monitor it during procedures.
Circulate for the surgeon by obtaining sterile items not on the field and monitoring and setting up equipment.
Perform surgical counts with the scrub tech.
Prepare medications for the sterile field.
Receive and prepare surgical specimens for pickup.
Maintain accurate records of nursing activities in surgery rooms and document medication administration.
Assist with room turnover between cases and at the end of the day.
Report problems to the surgeon.
Perform technical aspects of patient care according to policies and procedures, adapting techniques as needed.
Educate patients and significant others about procedures, medication effects, drug and food interactions, and discharge plans.
Recognize changes in patients’ physical or mental status and abnormal test results, and notify a supervisor and/or physician.
Initiate and direct life-support measures and perform effectively during an Emergency Code.
Help ensure medical and surgical supplies are maintained and available; stock recovery and operating rooms and the anesthesia supply cart.
Attend required meetings and participate in requested committees.
Maintain patient confidentiality.
Serve as a preceptor for new employees when assigned.
Use and safeguard controlled medications properly and monitor and document their administration.
Perform the scrub nurse role as needed if trained.
Perform other duties assigned by management.