Registered Nurse Operating Room MUST have circulating and scrub experience

South Shore Health • Hingham, MA

6d • $40 - $84 • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse Operating Room manages individualized, outcome-oriented nursing care through the nursing process and coordinates assessment, planning, care delivery, and related services in accordance with departmental and hospital policies. The role provides perioperative nursing care, including preoperative assessment and preparation, intraoperative scrub and circulating duties, medication administration, documentation, patient safety, and coordination with the healthcare team. The nurse supports patients and families, develops and evaluates care plans, and participates in professional development and unit initiatives. This is a full-time position with 36 budgeted hours, on days with variable start and end times and occasional overtime. The compensation range is $39.50–$84.02.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing, validated through the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.
• Demonstrated proficiency in acute care nursing, including knowledge and skills.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license/registration with the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.
• ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) certification; the stated certification requirement specifies the American Heart Association (AHA), including courses offered through South Shore Health.
• Must have operating-room scrub and circulating experience.
• Maintain current knowledge, licensure, and certification; the position description also states that specialty certification must be achieved and maintained.

Responsibilities

• Assess and reassess patients and families, document findings, recognize abnormal laboratory values, evaluate comfort and responses to interventions, and identify care needs.
• Complete and verify preoperative checklists and perioperative assessments, use two patient identifiers, and ensure the surgical site is marked before the patient enters the operating room.
• Develop, communicate, document, and revise individualized plans of care, including patient and family education and discharge planning.
• Prepare for procedures by assembling instruments, supplies, and equipment; checking their availability and condition; and following physician preference-card procedures.
• Scrub and circulate during the intraoperative phase; apply aseptic technique; prepare the surgical site according to AORN standards; and identify and contain sources of contamination.
• Administer and document medications according to policy, including medication reconciliation, narcotic counts, Pyxis procedures, IV access, and documentation of medications administered by anesthesia or used by the surgeon.
• Maintain complete and accurate nursing and intraoperative records, including patient charges and implants, and revise physician preference cards as needed.
• Delegate care to licensed and unlicensed personnel according to patient needs, caregiver skills, applicable law, and hospital policy; manage staff assignments when assigned charge responsibilities.
• Promote patient and staff safety by following verification, hand hygiene, infection prevention, equipment, fall-risk, patient hand-off, transport, and chain-of-command procedures.
• Coordinate the surgical time-out and ensure participation and agreement among the surgeon, anesthesia team, and scrub person; perform required sponge, needle, and instrument counts and correctly collect and label specimens.
• Maintain professional licensure, certifications, and competencies; complete continuing education and required training; participate in meetings, committees, quality initiatives, and special projects; and serve as a role model or preceptor as needed.
• Use required clinical, reporting, payroll, learning, and communication technology and equipment competently.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level