Registered Nurse - Operating Room

ABILENE CENTER FOR ORTHOPEDIC • Abilene, TX

18d • $34 - $36 • Onsite

About The Position

Abilene Center for Orthopedic and Multispecialty Surgery is seeking an OR Circulator to provide safe, effective, quality, patient- and family-centered care in the Operating Room for all patient populations. The nurse promotes and restores patients’ health by completing the nursing process and collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members. The Center uses a teamwork-based staffing model; employees may be cross-trained in other clinical areas and may be asked to perform duties outside their usual responsibilities as staffing and patient needs change.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current registered nurse licensure in the state of employment.
• One year of operating-room experience and/or training.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Nurse, Operating Room (CNOR) certification preferred.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification preferred, depending on patient population.

Responsibilities

• Promote the organization’s mission, vision, and values.
• Adhere to Universal Precautions and maintain confidentiality of patient and Center-related business.
• Obtain and document comprehensive nursing histories from patients or significant others, covering present conditions and prior problems.
• Prepare patients for procedures and prepare the operating room before surgery.
• Record vital signs, note changes, and pursue more-specific investigations as needed.
• Provide technical assistance to surgeons.
• Perform interventions to ensure procedures are conducted on the correct site, side, and level, and to protect patients from surgical infection.
• Manage patient specimens appropriately.
• Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.
• Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient-care goals and standards, making or recommending adjustments, and following Center and nursing-division philosophies and standards of care, including the State Nurse Practice Act and other governing-agency regulations.
• Prepare, document, and administer medications safely and correctly; inventory medications at the beginning and end of shifts and notify a supervisor of discrepancies.
• Document patient-care services in patient and department records.
• Conduct pre- and post-operative education, including education about expected psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications and pain management, wound management, and expected responses to the operative or invasive procedure.
• Accept accountability for assigned patients’ clinical care, including supervision of nonprofessional personnel.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge through educational workshops, professional publications, personal networks, and professional societies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays for full-time employees.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance for full-time employees.
• Disability and life insurance for full-time employees.
• Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity coverage for full-time employees.
• 401(k) with company match for full-time and PRN employees.
• No nights, weekends, or on-call requirements for full-time employees.
• Positive, team-based environment focused on collaboration, safety, and professional respect.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed