Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room (OR) Surgical Care Riverside
About The Position
UVA Health Surgical Care Riverside, formerly known as Monticello Community Surgery Center, is a modern ambulatory surgery center in Charlottesville, VA, with four operating rooms and one procedure room. They offer same-day, low-impact procedures in specialties including Orthopedics, Plastic Surgery, ENT, Ophthalmology, Urology, and Gynecologic Surgery. The center is committed to a high-quality, patient-centered experience in a supportive environment, with a dedicated team providing exceptional care in an outpatient setting. This role is for an Operating Room RN with scrub and circulating experience, which is strongly preferred. For those without this experience, completion of the Periop 101 training program is required, with limited enrollment offered 3-4 times per year. The position emphasizes expanding knowledge and skills, providing effective direct care to complex patients, seeking and providing feedback, and taking on a beginning leadership role with mentoring. The job description integrates ANA standards and the UVA Nursing Professional Practice Model, focusing on Relationship Based Care, Expert Caring, Empowered Leaders, Lifelong Learners, Quality Achievement, and Innovation.
Requirements
- Graduate of accredited nursing program
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing required within 5 years of hire.
- 1 year of relevant experience.
- Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required.
- Operating Room RNs with both scrub and circulating experience strongly preferred.
- For candidates without OR scrub/circulating experience, completion of our Periop 101 training program will be required.
Nice To Haves
- Operating Room RNs with both scrub and circulating experience
Responsibilities
- Consistently provides effective direct care, as part of the interdisciplinary team, to a variety of complex patients.
- Seeks as well as provides feedback for improved clinical practice.
- Assumes a beginning leadership role but seeks mentoring in this process.
- Reflects the influence of the nurse’s relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience.
- Encompasses clinical assessment, planning, prioritizing, coordinating and implementation of care.
- Demonstrates knowledge of and actively participates in shared governance.
- Encompasses professional development through formal education, professional certification, internal and external learning opportunities and recognizes the value of external professional organizations.
- Supports onboarding of new team members and precepts as applicable.
- Includes adherence to clinical documentation guidelines, comprehension of outcomes data, engagement in performance improvement activities and commitment to standard work.
- Is demonstrated by application of technologies that support patient care, actively seeking to implement evidence based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research.
- Other duties may be assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Long-term and Short-term Disability
- Retirement Savings
- Health Saving Plans
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Certification and education support
- Generous Paid Time Off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
