Registered Nurse (RN) - Main OR
About The Position
This role is for a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Main Operating Room (OR). The ideal candidate is a capable clinician focused on expanding knowledge and skills, consistently providing effective direct care to a variety of complex patients as part of an interdisciplinary team. The nurse will seek and provide feedback for improved clinical practice and assume a beginning leadership role with mentoring. This job description aligns with the ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, and the UVA Nursing Professional Practice Model. The definition of nursing provided is: the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities and populations. Key aspects of the role include Relationship Based Care (Self and Colleagues, Patients and Families), Expert Caring (clinical assessment, planning, prioritizing, coordinating and implementation of care), Empowered Leaders (demonstrating knowledge of and participation in shared governance), Lifelong Learners (professional development, onboarding support, and precepting), Quality Achievement (adherence to clinical documentation, comprehension of outcomes data, engagement in performance improvement, and commitment to standard work), and Innovation (application of technologies, evidence-based practice, and nursing research). Additional duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program required.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing required within 5 years of hire.
- 1 year of relevant experience.
- Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required.
- If no previous OR experience, must successfully complete and pass final examination of the AORN Periop 101 Core Curriculum program within six months of hire.
Nice To Haves
- Previous OR experience
Responsibilities
- Provide effective direct care to a variety of complex patients as part of the interdisciplinary team.
- Seek and provide feedback for improved clinical practice.
- Assume a beginning leadership role with mentoring.
- Support onboarding of new team members and precept as applicable.
- Adhere to clinical documentation guidelines.
- Comprehend outcomes data.
- Engage in performance improvement activities.
- Commit to standard work.
- Apply technologies that support patient care.
- Actively seek to implement evidence-based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research.
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Long-term Disability
- Short-term Disability
- Retirement Savings
- Health Saving Plans
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Certification support
- Education support
- Generous Paid Time Off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
