Registered Nurse, Operating Room Main Campus

Trinity Health

9d•$40 - $56•Onsite

About The Position

Our Operating Room Suite consists of 16 procedure rooms providing the capacity to perform 50-60 cases daily. We perform approximately 18,000 surgical procedures annually. Recently upgraded, we provide an aseptic environment and state of the art instrumentation. The operating room is available to schedule inpatient and outpatient for major, minor and emergency surgical procedures 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for adolescent, adult and geriatric populations. Our specialties include cardiac, vascular and endovascular surgery, thoracic surgery, genitourinary and GYN surgery, reconstructive surgery, ENT, neurological including neuronavigation procedures, general surgery, orthopedic including major spine procedures, oral reconstructive surgery, breast surgery and reconstruction with sentinel node mapping, robotic and bariatrics surgery. Awarded Excellence in Healthcare Award by CNY Business Journal for “Surgical Facility of the Year”, having the only operating room in CNY with a negative pressure anteroom for customized safety in complex patient scenarios. In addition, St. Joseph’s Health is one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Surgery and one of America’s 100 Best for Spine Surgery. Healthgrades has rated us Five-Stars for Total Knee Replacement, 13 years running, and has awarded us Five-Stars for Total Hip Replacement in 2019. We’re rated as high-performing in knee and hip-replacement surgeries by U.S. News & World Report. Not to mention Women’s Choice Award® naming us a top-22 orthopedics hospital in the United States.

Requirements

Greater than one year of operating room or procedural nursing experience required.
Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and current licensure, or eligibility for licensure, in the State of New York.
Maintains current BLS/CPR certification.
Participates in orientation and continuing education and updates and maintains knowledge and skills related to specific areas of expertise.

Nice To Haves

Clinical ladder advancement with experience, staff engagement, and national certification.
Career advancement to leadership roles as team leader, preceptor, mentor, coordinator/management.

Responsibilities

Monitor and assist with procedures, deliver care modalities including care of critically ill patients while in the OR suite.
Nursing staff supports patient care in all phases including pre induction, perioperative, intraoperative and post anesthesia.
Collaborative team approach, coordinate and direct care with surgeons, clinical affiliates, scrub techs and circulating RNs.
Ensures quality nursing care is rendered to all patients in accordance with the New York Nurse Practice Act, National Standards of Practice, and Nursing and Clinical Service standards of care and practice, American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) and the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).
Utilizing the Nursing Process, plans, directs and supervises the care of patients in addition to being involved in the provision of direct care of patients and families.