Registered Nurse (RN) - Perioperative Services, Days
About The Position
Main Operating Room Professionals at Dartmouth Health are seeking a Registered Nurse for Perioperative Services. This role involves 10-hour shifts, Monday through Friday, with a call requirement. The position is in a fast-paced, high-impact environment within a 26-room, 24/7 state-of-the-art surgical suite that delivers care across a wide range of specialties including Orthopedics, Transplant, ENT, Ophthalmology, Oral Surgery, Plastics, Neurosurgery, Urology, OBGYN, General, Vascular, Pediatric, and Cardiothoracic. Opportunities are available in all services, including specialty areas like Neuro, Cardiac, and Vascular, or the option to float across specialties to broaden expertise. The role offers ongoing training, professional development, and a culture that prioritizes excellence and innovation. The surgical suite is equipped with cutting-edge technology, including intra-operative MRI and CT capabilities, and 5 advanced surgical robots, notably the Da Vinci Xi, DV-5 & Single Port systems. Dartmouth Health is home to the only cardiac robotic surgery program in New Hampshire and Vermont.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
- Licensed Registered Nurse with New Hampshire eligibility.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required upon hire.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
Responsibilities
- Utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
- Utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.
- Practices in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision-making, ensure informed consent and assist patients in families in expressing self-determination.
- Actively seeks feedback and acts to improve performance.
- Engages in the governance of practice.
- Manages interpersonal relationships for self and with others.
- Mentors colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.
- Assumes authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to others members of the care delivery team in accordance with laws, regulations and policies and procedures.
- Prioritizes and organizes time to optimize patient outcomes.
- Actively seeks out the most current evidence and standards and applies and translates to daily practice.
- Role models a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.
- Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
- Actively partners with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.
- Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse and other members of the healthcare team.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
