Registered Nurse - Operating Room / SURGICAL SERVICES

Garnet Health•Middletown, NY

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in Operating Room/Surgical Services provides professional nursing care guided by the New York State Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association guidance and ethics, Garnet Health Medical Center nursing plans, and the philosophy of caring. Clinical nurses provide safe, timely, effective, equitable, and patient-centered care, applying assessment, clinical judgment, critical thinking, evidence-based practice, and advocacy to support patients and their families. The role includes contributing to quality and safety initiatives and professional nursing knowledge. The position is based at Garnet Health Medical Center’s main campus. The regular schedule is 12.5 hours, with a primary start time of 6:30 a.m. and flexible start times from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. On-call work is required, and schedules may include irregular hours, nights, and weekends. The role involves patient contact in varied circumstances, possible exposure to infectious materials and other workplace hazards, and use of appropriate personal protective equipment. The position is regular part-time at 0.8 FTE.

Requirements

Active New York State nursing license in good standing.
Associate, bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate degree in nursing from an accredited school of nursing.
One year of acute care operating room experience in a hospital or accredited Ambulatory Surgery Center, or graduation from the ORMC OR Residency Program when offered.
Current BLS certification; additional AHA training may be required for certain clinical areas.
Ability to perform the essential physical demands of the RN role, with or without reasonable accommodation, as determined through the applicable assessment.
Ability to foster collaborative relationships, work well under pressure, organize and synthesize new information, prioritize tasks, think critically and analytically, adapt, and multitask.
Ability to maintain detailed attention in an environment with uncontrolled interruptions and demonstrate sensitivity to customer needs and expectations.
Ability to comply with the department’s safety procedures and safe patient handling requirements.

Nice To Haves

Baccalaureate degree in nursing.
American Nurses Association-endorsed certification or Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses certification, subject to certification specialty work-hour requirements.
CNOR certification.
TCAR within one year.
ACLS and PALS training.

Responsibilities

Provide safe, timely, effective, equitable, and patient-centered nursing care.
Build caring relationships that support health and healing and attend to patients’ experiences and responses to health and illness.
Integrate assessment information with knowledge of the patient or group to guide care.
Apply scientific knowledge, judgment, and critical thinking to diagnosis and treatment of human responses.
Support evidence-based, safe, and quality nursing practice and contribute to professional nursing knowledge.
Follow patient and staff safety precautions, identify and report potentially dangerous situations, and take appropriate action to reduce injury risk.
Report errors to a supervisor and in the MIDAS RDE incident-reporting system when applicable; participate in root cause analysis and other safety improvement efforts when appropriate.
Complete annual and other required mandatory training within required time frames and maintain current BLS certification.
Participate in Safe Patient Handling Initiatives and use assistive devices when a patient is fully dependent for transfers.
Wear required personal protective equipment to help ensure safety.
Provide on-call coverage as required.