HSS OR RN, Fulltime WEEKDAYS ONLY 10-hour Shifts

Stamford Health • Stamford, CT

4d • $41 - $65 • Onsite

About The Position

Stamford Health is hiring a full-time OR RN for the HSS OR at Tully Health Center in Stamford, Connecticut. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., with 10-hour shifts. Eligible candidates with at least two years of experience may receive a $30,000 sign-on bonus.

The OR RN provides clinically competent, professional nursing care to preoperative and phase II post-anesthesia patients and their families in collaboration with the healthcare team and in accordance with Stamford Health policies and procedures. The role supports compassionate, personalized, person-centered care and helps foster a respectful, collaborative environment that honors the needs, values, and preferences of patients, care partners, and colleagues.

The position includes assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care; supporting patient safety and privacy; maintaining airways and managing monitoring and respiratory equipment, fluid lines, tubes, drains, and catheters; educating patients and families; and evaluating readiness for discharge. The nurse may support PACU as a secondary RN, including call coverage, and cross-train or rotate to other clinical areas in Perioperative Services as needed.

The role also involves documenting care, maintaining equipment and supplies, supporting students and new employees, completing required training and professional development, collaborating with healthcare team members, and contributing to departmental goals, policies, procedures, and standards of care.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Valid Connecticut Registered Nurse license.
• BLS certification required.
• ACLS certification required.
• PALS certification required within the first year of hire.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, family members, surgical center staff, physicians, and other healthcare workers.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English.
• Minimum of two years of previous OR experience required.

Responsibilities

• Provide preoperative and phase II post-anesthesia nursing care to patients and their families in collaboration with the healthcare team.
• Protect patient confidentiality and privacy and disclose information only for appropriate professional purposes.
• Verify patient identification and confirm necessary documents, laboratory tests, consents, equipment, and radiology images are present.
• Deliver care through assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation.
• Follow medication and treatment safety practices, including the five rights of medication administration.
• Apply knowledge of anatomy, physiology, medical terminology, microbiology, and pharmacology to surgical patient care.
• Perform IV insertion and discontinuation.
• Participate in the TIME OUT before a peripheral nerve block.
• Maintain patent airways, including for adult and pediatric patients.
• Manage monitoring and respiratory equipment, fluid lines, tubes, drains, and catheters.
• Provide secondary RN support in PACU as needed, including call coverage.
• Develop appropriate patient teaching plans, respond to questions, and assess patient and family understanding.
• Evaluate patient readiness for discharge from the unit and hospital.
• Follow personal protective equipment requirements to reduce exposure to infectious body fluids and hazardous substances.
• Use sound nursing judgment and respond appropriately in emergencies.
• Document patient care, observations, and pertinent information clearly, accurately, and promptly.
• Assist with the development and clinical precepting of students and new employees.
• Maintain equipment and use supplies safely and cost-effectively.
• Comply with attendance, staffing, rotation, dress code, hospital, departmental, and external agency requirements.
• Complete required ongoing training and education and take responsibility for professional development.
• Communicate and collaborate with healthcare team members and related departments about perioperative patient care.
• Promote a respectful, accountable, collaborative, ethical, and compassionate work environment; avoid disruptive or negative behavior.
• Maintain effective working relationships with peers, managers, and other team members.
• Participate in developing and implementing goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and standards of care.
• Cross-train and rotate to other clinical areas in Perioperative Services as needed.

Benefits

• $30,000 sign-on bonus for eligible candidates with at least two years of experience.
• Competitive salary.
• Comprehensive, low-cost health insurance plans, including GLP-1 coverage options, available on day one.
• Wellness programs.
• Paid time off accruals.
• Tax-deferred annuity and 403(b) pension plan.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Free on-site parking and train station shuttle.
• Childcare partnership with Children’s Learning Center.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time