Registered Nurse Operating Room Circulator (Part-Time)

Surgery Partners Careers•St Charles, IL

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse Operating Room Circulator (Part-Time) is responsible for the delivery of patient care through the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, and patient outcome) during the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of the surgical patient. This role requires a minimum of an associate's degree from an accredited school of nursing and two years of operating room circulating experience in a hospital or ambulatory surgery center. The nurse must possess a current Registered Nurse License in IL and current American Heart Assn. BLS, PALS, and ACLS certifications. The position involves assessing patients' physiological and psychosocial health status, pain assessment, completing patient history, and communicating pertinent information to ensure continuity of care. Documentation in the patient record must be legible and signed appropriately. The nurse will identify desired patient outcomes, establish nursing diagnoses and mutually acceptable patient/family goals, and formulate and implement nursing care plans tailored to patient/family needs. This role requires the ability to assess and problem-solve, respond to emergencies, and practice within legal and ethical guidelines. Specific skills include demonstrating proper preoperative process, surgical case counting, aseptic technique, efficient turnover time, obtaining blood products, patient identification verification, surgical site identification and marking, and anticipating surgeon's needs. The position is part-time and reports to the Operating Room Manager.

Requirements

Minimum of an associate's degree from an accredited school of nursing
Current Registered Nurse License - IL
Current American Heart Assn. BLS, PALS and ACLS certifications
Two years of operating room circulating experience in a hospital or ambulatory surgery center
Demonstrates current, comprehensive professional knowledge and skills in conformance with recognized nursing standards and department policies including the Patient Bill of Rights and AAAHC regulations, Standards for Nursing Care and the Nurse Practice Act.

Nice To Haves

Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care through the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, and patient outcome) in the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of the surgical patient.
Assess physiological and psychosocial health status of patients.
Assess pain per policy.
Complete patient history.
Verbally report pertinent information to appropriate staff to provide continuity of care.
Legibly document information in patient record and sign record using appropriate professional title.
Assess level of understanding and expectations of care.
Identify desired patient outcomes.
Establish nursing diagnosis.
Establish patient/family goals that are mutually acceptable.
Formulate Plan of Care for the patient.
Implement nursing care plans tailored to patient/family needs.
Assess and problem-solve.
Respond to emergencies.
Practice within legal and ethical guidelines (Nurse Practice Act, legal statutes, ANA code for Nurses, Policy and Procedures).
Perform nursing actions that demonstrate accountability (demonstrates flexibility, exercises safe judgment).
Continually adjust care plan based on patient/family data.
Demonstrate proper preoperative process – communication/report.
Demonstrate proper procedure and documentation for surgical case counting.
Demonstrate proper aseptic technique.
Demonstrate efficient turnover time.
Demonstrate proper technique for obtaining blood products.
Demonstrate proper patient identification verification per policy.
Demonstrate proper surgical site identification and marking per policy.
Anticipate surgeon’s needs during surgical procedure.