Registered Nurse Operating Room
About The Position
As a Registered Nurse in the Operating Room at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas, you will provide comprehensive circulating support in a surgical department with four OR suites and a GI suite. The department manages approximately 250–300 or more cases monthly across General, Orthopedics (Totals, Sports Medicine, and Trauma), GYN, C-sections, and Podiatry. The patient population includes all age groups except neonates through two-year-olds. The RN will be cross-trained to support all service lines. The role includes intraoperative support, managing sterile instruments and supplies, facilitating room turnovers, restocking for upcoming cases, providing break relief, and assisting with clinical care. The RN collaborates with the healthcare team and patients and families to address patients’ physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, and advances compassionate nursing care in accordance with standards, guidelines, the State Nurse Practice Act, and the organization’s mission. The RN assesses patient needs and responses, develops and implements plans of care with the interdisciplinary team, performs therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, maintains accurate and confidential patient records, advocates for patient health, safety, and rights, and provides and evaluates patient and family education. PRN availability is required for a minimum of five shifts in each six-week schedule block. No holidays, weekends, or call are required.
Requirements
- Associate degree in Nursing, nursing diploma, or RN licensure by endorsement.
- RN license in the state of employment.
- Availability for a minimum of five shifts in each six-week schedule block under the PRN policy.
- Ability to exert or lift up to 50 lbs. occasionally, up to 20 lbs. frequently, and up to 10 lbs. constantly.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
- One year of experience.
- Previous operating room experience is highly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide circulating support and intraoperative assistance across surgical service lines.
- Manage sterile instruments and supplies, facilitate efficient room turnovers, and restock for the following day’s cases.
- Provide break relief and clinical assistance throughout the surgical process.
- Collaborate and communicate with the healthcare team and patient or family to meet the patient’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
- Promote patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process and in accordance with patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act.
- Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs using observation, interviews, medical records, and clinical data; evaluate responses and intervene to support optimal outcomes.
- Develop and implement patient plans of care and observe outcomes in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
- Demonstrate competency in therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, including IVs, incision and wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
- Maintain confidential patient charts and records; document patient status, interventions, responses, and outcomes accurately and promptly.
- Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decision-making.
- Promote, advocate for, and collaborate to protect each patient’s health, safety, and rights.
- Assess patient and family readiness, needs, and ability to learn; provide education and evaluate its effectiveness.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
Associate degree
