Registered Nurse - Operating Room
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 developmental dimensions. The role provides care before, during, and after surgery through technical and mechanical functions, including circulating and scrub responsibilities. The nurse collaborates with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to proactively address patient needs and supports safe surgical practice through sterile-item inspection, environmental controls, and adherence to safety and sanitation policies.
Requirements
- Specialized Diploma in Nursing.
- 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.
- Minimum ability to circulate surgical procedures.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support.
- Registered Nurse license in Pennsylvania.
Nice To Haves
- Ability to scrub surgical procedures.
- CNOR (Certified Nurse Operating Room).
- CCICBPN certification in Pennsylvania.
Responsibilities
- Assist the operating physician with surgical tasks such as hemostasis, 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.
- Recognize when collaboration or communication with physicians and interdisciplinary team members is needed, and take action to proactively resolve patient needs.
- Inspect sterile items for integrity before opening or delivery to the sterile field and verify the presence and appropriate color change of chemical indicators in all loads.
- Collect and analyze data about the patient's health or situation to determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.
- Control the environment, including temperature, warm blankets, warm irrigation fluids, sensory conditions, and traffic flow; follow safety and sanitation policies.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
