Registered Nurse - Operating Room

Lehigh Valley Health Network•Allentown, PA

42d•Onsite

About The Position

Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) is a nationally recognized, forward-thinking health network offering opportunities for career advancement. LVHN has been recognized as one of the "Best Hospitals" by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years and is a Magnet™ Hospital with five honors for nursing excellence. Several LVHN hospitals have received 'A' grades from The Leapfrog Group for patient safety. These recognitions underscore LVHN's dedication to teamwork, compassion, and technology in delivering high-quality healthcare.

Requirements

Specialized Diploma Nursing
Less than 1 year Current operating room experience or completion of perioperative internship program.
Ability to perform assessments and nursing functions as acquired in the basic nursing preparation program.
Ability to plan, review, supervise, and inspect the work of others.
Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
Minimum ability to circulate surgical procedures
American Heart Association Basic Life Support - State of Pennsylvania
RN - Licensed Registered Nurse_PA - State of Pennsylvania

Nice To Haves

Ability to scrub surgical procedures
CNOR - Certified Nurse Operating Room
CCICPBPN - State of Pennsylvania

Responsibilities

Directs and manages the care of designated operative patients.
Performs ongoing patient assessment.
Creates and maintains a safe environment.
Implements and enforces all policies and procedures.
Handles the instruments, supplies, and equipment necessary during the surgical procedure.
Develops a plan of perioperative nursing care based on patient assessment, including physical, psychosocial, cultural, growth, and development dimensions.
Assists operating physician with surgical tasks such as homeostasis, suturing, and wound exposure, as well as patient positioning.
Contributes to the overall care of the patient before, during, and after surgery by using technical and mechanical functions.
Performs circulating functions such as monitoring, recording, and communicating patient condition and managing overall nursing care of the patient before, during, and after the procedure.
Performs scrub functions such as the selection and handling of instruments and supplies used during the procedure.
Recognizes the need for and initiates collaboration/communication with physicians and interdisciplinary team members, and takes actions to proactively resolve patient needs.
Inspects sterile items for integrity before opening or delivery to the sterile field and verifies the presence and appropriate color change of chemical indicators in all loads.
Collects data pertinent to the healthcare consumer's health or the situation and analyzes the assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.
Controls the environment, including temperature, provision of warm blankets, use of warm irrigation fluids, monitoring of the sensory environment, control of traffic flow, and adherence to safety and sanitation policies.