Registered Nurse, OR Circulator (PRN)

Lifepoint Health • Lebanon, KY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Spring View Hospital is seeking a PRN Registered Nurse, OR Circulator, to provide safe, effective, quality, patient- and family-centered care in the operating room and other perioperative services areas for all patient populations. The Surgery Unit is a 10-bed unit with four operating rooms and six recovery beds, and emphasizes teamwork and effective communication.

The nurse assesses patients, develops and implements individualized perioperative plans of care, evaluates progress toward outcomes, and transfers care as applicable. Care includes patient safety, surgical-item accounting, procedure-site verification, specimen management, communication across the continuum of care, safe medication administration, maintaining physiologic stability and normothermia, and preventing surgical-site infection. The nurse also assesses and educates patients or designated support people, involves them in care decisions, protects patient rights and privacy, and provides age-specific, culturally competent care within legal standards.

The role includes accurate documentation, appropriate delegation, collaboration with other disciplines, participation in quality improvement and performance appraisal processes, maintaining competencies, professional growth, and patient advocacy. Rotated call-back is required, with arrival at the facility within 30 minutes or less of receiving a call.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current registered nurse licensure in the state of employment.
• Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification or obtain it within six months of hire.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification or obtain it within six months of hire.
• Availability for rotated call-back, with arrival at the facility within 30 minutes or less of receiving a call.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of perioperative services experience.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Certified Nurse, Operating Room (CNOR) certification.
• Basic computer skills, such as Microsoft Word.

Responsibilities

• Promote the organization's mission, vision, and values.
• Assess patients at intervals specified by policies and procedures.
• Develop and implement individualized perioperative patient plans of care.
• Protect patients from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources.
• Perform accounting procedures to prevent unintended retained surgical items.
• Ensure procedures are performed on the correct site, side, and level.
• Manage patient specimens according to organizational policy and procedures.
• Communicate the patient's current status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care.
• Administer medications safely and correctly.
• Maintain wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels.
• Maintain the status of the patient's body systems and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels.
• Ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period.
• Protect patients from surgical-site infection.
• Assess the knowledge level of the patient or designated support person and provide education about expected psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain, wounds, and expected responses to the procedure.
• Actively involve the patient or designated support person in decisions about perioperative care and rehabilitation.
• Protect patient rights, dignity, privacy, and the confidentiality of individual and health information.
• Provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards and consistent care regardless of setting.
• Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes and transfer care as applicable.
• Delegate tasks according to the state Nurse Practice Act and job descriptions.
• Document nursing care accurately, completely, and legibly.
• Collaborate effectively with other disciplines as applicable.
• Participate in quality review, performance improvement projects, and the performance appraisal process.
• Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to foster effective work relationships.
• Maintain required competencies, pursue professional growth, and participate in a professional organization.
• Act as a patient advocate.
• Respond to rotated call-back and arrive at the facility within 30 minutes or less of receiving a call.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage options for full-time and part-time employees.
• Life, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Paid family leave and paid time off.
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance.
• Loan assistance.
• 401(k) retirement package with company match.
• Wellness programs, including free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services, and discount programs.
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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