RN, Operating Room

Cape Cod Healthcare•Falmouth, MA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Registered Nurse in the Operating Room. The role involves providing direct patient care, administering medications, performing assessments, and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team. The nurse will also be responsible for patient and family education, documentation, and adhering to best practice standards. Specific duties include assisting the anesthesiologist, managing intravenous therapy, hemodynamic monitoring, and caring for patients requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation. The role also requires adherence to entity and department policies, customer service approach, and managing age-specific needs.

Requirements

Ability to read, write, and communicate in English
Graduate of a School of Nursing
Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Minimum of 1 year of current acute care Operating Room RN experience
Current Basic Life Support certification

Responsibilities

Practices according to entity mandatory requirements.
Practices according to department expectations.
Practices with a Customer Service approach to all activities.
Cares for patients utilizing the nursing process.
Provides care as part of the interdisciplinary team.
Utilizes internal and external resources.
Provides effective patient/family teaching.
Documents according to entity/department guidelines.
Administers medications safely.
Provides care according to best practice standards of care in nursing.
Identifies signs and symptoms of neglect/abuse and reports as required by law.
Cares for terminally ill patient and family.
Manages the patient with pain.
Utilizes chemical and physical restraints as per policy.
Utilizes techniques of time management effectively.
Provides care respective of patient's advance directives.
Maintains appropriate licenses, certifications, registrations required to perform duties of their designated role/position.
Addresses age-specific needs of infants, toddlers, school age, adolescents, adults, older adults.
Assists Anesthesiologist per protocol.
Performs cardiovascular assessment.
Performs neurological assessment.
Provides care for patient receiving epidural anesthesia.
Demonstrates knowledge of anesthesia agents and adjuncts (central nerve blocks/conductive blocks, and regional anesthesia/local blocks).
Takes measures to provide thermoregulation and intervenes appropriately when identifying malignant hyperthermia.
Manages patients with intravenous therapy.
Demonstrates knowledge and skill in hemodynamic monitoring of patient.
Performs pre-op assessments.
Provides care for patient requiring intubations and mechanical ventilation.
Uses Meditech appropriately and accurately.
Other duties may be assigned.