Registered Nurse - Mount Sinai Brooklyn - Operating Room - Full-time - Evenings
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides safe, competent, quality care to a designated group of Operating Room patients. The nurse assesses, diagnoses, plans and intervenes in actual or potential health problems, evaluates patients’ responses to care, and is responsible for health teaching and discharge planning. As a member of a designated care team, the nurse collaborates with, coordinates and guides team members in planning patient care activities, applying professional nursing knowledge, judgment and teaching skills. This role includes circulating and scrubbing in the Operating Room for orthopedic, neurological, gynecological, general surgery and laparoscopic procedures. The nurse provides professional nursing care and documentation, assists physicians and surgeons, contributes to quality improvement, and uses the nursing process throughout care delivery. The position also includes holding room desk responsibilities and requires the ability to intervene in cardiac arrest and manage pain, diseases and surgical procedures.
Requirements
- Current New York State RN license.
- Minimum 2–3 years of recent experience as a Scrub Nurse in the Operating Room.
- BLS and ACLS certifications from the American Heart Association are required.
- Documented previous experience or educational preparation to support credentials.
- Relevant clinical competence in the area of nursing practice.
- Ability to work well in a stressful and pressured environment.
- Special skills or experience may be required in specialized areas.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science degree preferred.
- CNOR certification preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide safe, competent, quality nursing care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients.
- Circulate and scrub in the Operating Room for orthopedic, neurological, gynecological, general surgery and laparoscopic procedures.
- Provide professional nursing care to Operating Room patients, including documentation, and assist physicians and surgeons.
- Assist with the quality improvement process program.
- Utilize the nursing process in all aspects of care delivery.
- Intervene in cardiac arrest and provide pain management and management of diseases and surgical procedures.
- Provide health teaching and discharge planning.
- Collaborate, coordinate and guide designated care team members in planning patient care activities.
- Perform holding room desk responsibilities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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