Registered Nurse - Operating Room

Lehigh Valley Health Network • Bethlehem, PA

12d • 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 assessment of the patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, growth, and development needs. The role includes circulating and scrub functions, assisting the operating physician, and contributing to patient care before, during, and after surgery.

This is an onsite position at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Muhlenberg, with a day shift schedule of 0645–1915 and an on-call requirement. The position requires a Pennsylvania registered nurse license and American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification.

Requirements

• Specialized Diploma in Nursing.
• Less than one year of current operating room experience, 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.
• Ability to circulate surgical procedures.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification.
• Pennsylvania Registered Nurse license.
• Ability to lift and carry 40–50 pounds; examples include pushing or pulling patients on beds or stretchers and assisting with lateral transfers.
• Frequent to continuous standing and walking; patient transporters may walk 8–10 miles per shift.
• May be required to kneel, bend, squat, and perform CPR, depending on role-specific activities.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to scrub surgical procedures.
• CNOR – Certified Nurse Operating Room certification.

Responsibilities

• Assist the operating physician with surgical tasks, including 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 overall nursing care throughout the procedure.
• Perform scrub functions, including selecting and handling instruments and supplies used during procedures.
• Collaborate and communicate with physicians and interdisciplinary team members, and proactively take action to resolve patient needs.
• Inspect sterile items for integrity before opening or delivery to the sterile field, and verify chemical indicators are present and show the appropriate color change in all loads.
• Collect and analyze healthcare consumer or situation data to identify actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.
• Control the environment, including temperature, warm blankets, warm irrigation fluids, sensory conditions, and traffic flow, and follow safety and sanitation policies.

What This Job Offers

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