Registered Nurse - Operating Room
About The Position
The Registered Nurse is a professional caregiver and member of a multidisciplinary health care team. The RN assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients during a designated time frame and supervises and provides care using the nursing process, including the therapeutic use of self. The role follows established policies and procedures, communicates openly with internal customers and supervisors, provides excellent customer service while working with staff, management, and physicians, and applies Cooper core values. Other duties may be required. The Operating Room RN works in a fast-paced, high-tech surgical environment at Cooper’s Camden Campus, a Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center. The OR team includes 30 operating rooms and handles more than 70 surgeries each day. Surgical services are growing, offering opportunities for learning, growth, and career advancement.
Requirements
- At least 1 year of operating room circulating or scrub experience, or successful completion of Periop 101.
- Graduate of an NLN-accredited School of Nursing.
- Current New Jersey Registered Nurse (NJ-RN) license.
- Current New Jersey Basic Life Support (NJ-BLS) certification.
Nice To Haves
- Current NJ-CNOR (Certified Nurse, Operating Room) certification.
Responsibilities
- Assume responsibility and accountability for a group of patients during a designated time frame.
- Supervise and provide patient care using the nursing process, including the therapeutic use of self.
- Follow established policies and procedures.
- Communicate openly with internal customers and supervisors.
- Provide excellent customer service when interacting with staff, management, and physicians.
- Apply Cooper core values.
- Perform other duties as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
