Registered Nurse-Operating Room Circulator 21

Good Shepherd Health Care•Hermiston, OR

1d•Onsite

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 perioperative services for all patient populations. The perioperative nurse acts as the patient advocate and directs and supervises personnel assigned to them. The nurse participates in a regular scheduled on-call rotation for the Surgery Unit. This is a full-time, 36-hour-per-week day-shift position. The schedule is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday one week and Monday, Tuesday, Saturday the next, from 6:30 to 19:00, with required call. The current average is four nights of call every two months. Housing is available for overnight call. Holiday Rotation B applies. 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. Vascular experience is preferred.

Requirements

Associate of Science in Nursing.
Current Registered Nurse license in the State of Oregon.
BLS, ACLS, PALS, and TNCC certifications.
Ability to change between different tasks without loss of efficiency or composure.
Ability to recognize patient confidentiality rights and responsibilities.
Ability to convey empathy and compassion to people experiencing pain, grief, or trauma.
Ability to relate to others in a way that fosters teamwork and cooperation.
Ability to communicate effectively and therapeutically with people from every socioeconomic background.
Incorporate service excellence into daily customer relations.
Required experience: None.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
CNOR certification.
Peri-op 101 course.
Previous RN circulator experience.
Scrub experience.
Vascular experience.

Responsibilities

Accept responsibility for the direction, control, and planning of an activity.
Make evaluations and decisions based on measurable or verifiable criteria and work independently.
Implement the plan of care by protecting patients from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources.
Perform accounting procedures to protect patients from unintended retained surgical items.
Perform interventions to ensure the procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level.
Manage patient specimens according to organizational policy and procedures.
Communicate patient status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care.
Administer medications safely and correctly.
Maintain wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels.
Maintain the status of patients’ genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems, and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels.
Protect patients from surgical site infection.
Protect patient rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality.
Provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards of practice and provide consistent, comparable care regardless of setting.
Document nursing care accurately, completely, and legibly.
Collaborate effectively 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 mission, vision, values, policies, and procedures.
Participate in required education for DNV programs as applicable to the position.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Participate in the regular scheduled Surgery Unit on-call rotation.