Registered Nurse-Operating Room Circulator 20
About The Position
The Registered Nurse specializing in perioperative nursing practice during intraoperative surgical experiences. The nurse is responsible for delivering safe, effective, quality, patient- and family-centered care in the operating room and other areas of perioperative services for all patient populations. The perioperative nurse acts as the patient advocate and directs and supervises personnel assigned to them. The nurse is on call for the Surgery Unit on a regular scheduled rotation. This is a full-time, 36-hour-per-week day-shift position. The schedule rotates between Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, from 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., with call and holiday rotation. The wage range is $48.18–$81.97 per hour, and the posting offers up to a $20,000 sign-on bonus. Medical, dental, and vision benefits are paid by the employer.
Requirements
- Associate of Science in Nursing.
- Current Registered Nurse license in the State of Oregon.
- BLS, ACLS, PALS, and TNCC certifications.
- Perform varied duties, including changing tasks without loss of efficiency or composure.
- Recognize patient confidentiality rights and responsibilities.
- Convey empathy and compassion to people experiencing pain, grief, or trauma.
- Relate to others in a way that fosters teamwork and cooperation.
- Communicate effectively and therapeutically with people from every socioeconomic background.
- Incorporate service excellence into daily customer relations.
- Meet the role’s physical and sensory requirements, including sufficient hearing, clear communication, visual acuity, tactile perception, and motor coordination; continuous walking and standing; occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; independent lifting up to 50 pounds; frequent pushing, pulling, carrying, or repositioning of objects or patients up to 25 pounds; and occasional lifting or transferring of individuals over 100 pounds using appropriate techniques, mechanical aids, or team assistance. The position may require sitting for long periods.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
- CNOR certification.
- Peri-op 101 course.
- Previous RN circulator experience.
- Scrub experience.
Responsibilities
- Accept responsibility for the direction, control, and planning of activities.
- Make evaluations and decisions based on measurable or verifiable criteria and work independently.
- Implement the plan of care by protecting patients from injury; accounting for surgical items; ensuring procedures occur at the correct site, side, and level; managing specimens; communicating patient status; and administering medications safely.
- Perform interventions to maintain wound and tissue perfusion and the patient’s organ-system function and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels.
- Protect patients from surgical site infection and safeguard their rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality.
- Provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards of practice, and provide consistent and comparable care across settings.
- Document nursing care accurately, completely, and legibly.
- Collaborate with other disciplines and use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to foster effective working relationships.
- Maintain required competencies, pursue professional growth, and participate in a professional organization.
- Support the hospital’s mission, vision, values, policies, and procedures.
- Participate in required education for DNV programs as applicable to the position.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits paid by the employer.
- Up to $20,000 sign-on bonus.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
