Registered Nurse, Full Time, Days 7a-5p, Operating Room, Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center Ambulatory Surgery Center

Atlantic Health System • Morristown, NJ

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for general nursing activities in the operating room. The perioperative nurse is the registered nurse who, using the nursing process, designs, coordinates, and delivers care to meet the identified needs of patients whose protective reflexes or self-care abilities are potentially compromised because they are having operative or other invasive procedures. Establishes, ensures, and supervises surgical team members and procedures to maintain quality services and efficient operations.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing required
• Current NJ (New Jersey) Registered Nurse License required
• Basic Life Support required
• Minimum of 1 year Operating Room RN experience

Nice To Haves

• Bachelors’ Degree of Nursing preferred
• All ASN must complete their BSN studies within five years of their start date
• CNOR certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Promotes and restores patient’s health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; and supervising assigned team members.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; and following hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
• Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; and calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols; medication administration and storage procedures; and controlled substance regulations.
• Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting as per policy and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs utilizing SBAR while maintaining patient confidentiality.
• Ensures proper function and operation of equipment following manufacturer’s instructions; troubleshoot equipment malfunctions; call appropriate personnel for repairs; and evaluate new equipment as necessary.
• Ensure case readiness by confirming that supplies, equipment, instruments, and implants are available as per surgical procedure and doctor preferences. Ensure fiscal responsibility of the organization by accurately documenting/charging for supplies.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge through continuing education and organization and unit mandates. Achieves and maintains professional certification as required.
• Contributes to team efforts and high quality, safe patient outcomes through collaboration with peers, supervisors, surgeons, and anesthesiologists, promoting all PRIDE values
• Maintains AORN standards of practice (i.e., directs and assists in accounting for all sponges, needles, and instruments, disposes patient specimens in the appropriate manner). Ensures strict adherence to the Universal Protocol, Prevention of Retained Surgical Items and Specimen Management Policy by all team members in the Operating Room.
• Assists Anesthesia with induction & extubation.
• Assists in positioning, responding to comfort/safety of patient.
• Observes and enforces strict standards of asepsis.
• Functions in assigned scrub/circulating role with knowledge of multiple specialty surgical procedures, instrumentation, and individual surgeon preferences. Assumes responsibility as the room coordinator when in the circulating role. Acts as a resource and role model when providing a safe and therapeutic environment.
• Assumes professional and personal responsibility and accountability for patient care (i.e. reading preference cards, checking case cart completeness, reports supply deficiencies, one-of-a kind item or specialty item usage to appropriate personnel).
• Ensures efficient turnaround time between cases, demonstrating organizational skills and priority setting.
• Maintains a clean and well-organized patient care area including the return of medication and supplies to appropriate storage location.
• Identifies and ensures proper handling of instruments and equipment (i.e. returning instruments to original tray, flexible scope care, identifying and tagging malfunctioning instruments and equipment).
• Demonstrates knowledge of corporate and hospital policies and procedures.
• Completion of Departmental and Organizational Mandatories and Peer Reviews

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members)
• Life & AD&D Insurance.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement)
• 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution
• PTO & Paid Sick Leave
• Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising
• Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave
• Backup and On-Site Childcare
• Well-Being Rewards
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program
• Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts
• Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree