Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room
About The Position
Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance. Ready to be a vital part of our mission? Apply today and bring your passion for nursing to a place where it truly matters! At Desert Regional Medical Center, we understand that our greatest asset is our dedicated team of professionals. That’s why we offer more than a job – we provide a comprehensive benefit package that prioritizes your health, professional development, and work-life balance.
Requirements
- Current OR experience required
- Bachelors in Nursing from an accredited professional nursing program
- Current RN licensure in the State of California.
- Current American Heart Association BLS certification (maintain current at all times).
- 1 year of OR experience.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills to communicate with people on all levels and able to maintain positive working relationships with patients, families, and co-workers inter- and intra-departmentally.
- Possess active listening skills.
- Demonstrates knowledge of current nursing theory and practice.
- Compassionate, non-judgmental patient caregiver and advocate.
- Must be able to tolerate physically and mentally demanding work.
- Possesses audible acuity necessary for taking blood pressures and maintaining patient safety.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the delivery of safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the operating room and other areas of perioperative services for all patient populations.
- Validates and documents correct patient, procedure, and site.
- Insures appropriate preparation of the operating room and patient for specific procedures.
- Plans care to insure a safe peri-operative experience for patient and staff
- Patient assessment
- Perioperative plan of care
- Protect patient from injury
- Perform count procedures to protect patient
- Insure correct site, side, and level for procedure
- Manage specimens in appropriate manner
- Administer medications appropriately
- Protect patient’s rights, dignity, and privacy
- Delegate tasks appropriately according to CA nurse practice act
- Document nursing care
- Participate in performance improvement
- Maintain required competencies
- Act as patient advocate
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
- Generous paid time off
- Career development and continuing education opportunities
- Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
- Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
- Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
