Registered Nurse OR Circulator (Temporary - 3 month assignment)

Surgery Partners, Inc•Campton Hills, IL

12d•$35 - $53•Onsite

About The Position

Valley Surgery Center is looking for an Operating Room RN to join their team and make a meaningful impact in the care and experience of our patients! Valley Surgery Center is a multi-specialty ASC that focuses on Ophthalmology and GI, as well as other specialties including ENT, GYN, Podiatry, General, Ortho, Plastic/Reconstruction, Dental, and Pain Management across their 6 Operating Rooms and 2 Procedure Rooms. The center provides great patient care in partnership with local physicians, Duly Health, and Surgery Partners.

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

The delivery of patient care through the framework of the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis and patient outcome) in the preoperative, interoperative and postoperative phase of the surgical patient.
Assesses physiological and psychosocial health status of patient.
Assesses pain per policy.
Completes patient history.
Verbally reports pertinent information to appropriate staff to provide continuity of care.
Legibly documents information in patient record and signs record using appropriate professional title.
Assesses level of understanding and expectations of care.
Identifies desired patient outcomes.
Establishes nursing diagnosis.
Establishes patient/family goals that are mutually acceptable.
Formulates Plan of Care for the patient.
Implements nursing care plans tailored to patient/family needs.
Demonstrates ability to assess and problem solve.
Responds to emergencies.
Practices within legal and ethical guidelines (Nurse Practice Act, legal statutes, ANA code for Nurses, Policy and Procedures.
Performs nursing actions that demonstrate accountability (demonstrates flexibility, exercises safe judgment).
Continually adjusts care plan based on patient/family data.
Demonstrates proper preoperative process – communication/report.
Demonstrates proper procedure and documentation for surgical case counting.
Demonstrates proper aseptic technique.
Demonstrates efficient turnover time.
Demonstrates proper technique for obtaining blood products.
Demonstrates proper patient identification verification per policy.
Demonstrates proper surgical site identification and marking per policy.
Anticipates surgeon’s needs during surgical procedure.