Registered Nurse - Operating Room Weekend

Schuylkill • Allentown, PA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Directs and manages the care of designated operative patients, performs ongoing patient assessments, creates and maintains a safe environment, and implements and enforces policies and procedures. Handles the instruments, supplies, and equipment needed during surgical procedures. Develops a perioperative nursing care plan based on assessment of the patient's physical, psychosocial, cultural, growth, and development needs. This is an onsite position at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, working the weekend day shift Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 0700 to 1930.

Requirements

• Specialized Diploma in Nursing.
• Less than one year of current operating room experience, or completion of a perioperative internship program.
• Ability to perform assessments and nursing functions acquired through basic nursing preparation.
• Ability to plan, review, supervise, and inspect the work of others.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Minimum ability to circulate surgical procedures.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification.
• Pennsylvania Registered Nurse license.
• Ability to lift and carry 40–50 pounds, including pushing or pulling patients and performing lateral transfers.
• Frequent to continuous standing and walking; patient transporters may walk 8–10 miles per shift.
• May need to kneel, bend, squat, and perform CPR, depending on role-specific activities.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to scrub surgical procedures.
• CNOR (Certified Nurse Operating Room) certification.
• CCICBPN certification.

Responsibilities

• Assist the operating physician with surgical tasks such as homeostasis, suturing, wound exposure, and patient positioning.
• Provide technical and mechanical support for patient care before, during, and after surgery.
• Perform circulating functions, including monitoring, recording, and communicating the patient's condition and managing overall nursing care before, during, and after procedures.
• Perform scrub functions, including selecting and handling instruments and supplies used during procedures.
• Collaborate and communicate with physicians and interdisciplinary team members, taking action to proactively resolve patient needs.
• Inspect sterile items for integrity before opening or delivery to the sterile field, and verify the presence and appropriate color change of chemical indicators in all loads.
• Collect and analyze healthcare consumer and situational data to identify actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.
• Control the care environment, including temperature, warm blankets, warm irrigation fluids, sensory conditions, and traffic flow; follow safety and sanitation policies.
• Plan, review, supervise, and inspect the work of others.

What This Job Offers

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