Registered Nurse - Operating Room Weekend

Lehigh Valley Health Network • Allentown, PA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Directs and manages the care of designated operative patients, performs ongoing patient assessments, creates and maintains a safe environment, and implements and enforces policies and procedures. Handles the instruments, supplies, and equipment needed during surgical procedures. Develops perioperative nursing care plans based on patient assessments, including physical, psychosocial, cultural, growth, and development dimensions. The role includes operating-room circulating and scrub functions, supporting the operating physician, and contributing to patient care before, during, and after surgery. The position is onsite at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, with a weekend schedule of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 0700 to 1930.

Requirements

• Specialized Diploma in Nursing.
• Current operating-room experience of less than one year, or completion of a perioperative internship program.
• Ability to perform assessments and nursing functions acquired through basic nursing preparation.
• 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 certification for Pennsylvania.
• Registered Nurse license for Pennsylvania.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to scrub surgical procedures.
• CNOR — Certified Nurse Operating Room, CCICBPN, for Pennsylvania.

Responsibilities

• Assist the operating physician with surgical tasks such as homeostasis, suturing, wound exposure, and patient positioning.
• Contribute to patient care before, during, and after surgery using technical and mechanical functions.
• Perform circulating functions, including monitoring, recording, and communicating the patient's condition and managing nursing care throughout the procedure.
• Perform scrub functions, including selecting and handling instruments and supplies used during procedures.
• Recognize when collaboration or communication with physicians and interdisciplinary team members is needed, and proactively resolve patient needs.
• Inspect sterile items for integrity before opening or delivering them to the sterile field, and verify the presence and appropriate color change of chemical indicators in all loads.
• Collect and analyze healthcare consumer or situation data to determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.
• Control the environment, including temperature, warm blankets, warm irrigation fluids, sensory conditions, and traffic flow, while following safety and sanitation policies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree