Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room
About The Position
This role provides direct clinical patient care in the Operating Room. The Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing, planning, and implementing direct clinical care for assigned patients on a per-shift and unit-level basis, and for supervising staff to whom appropriate care is delegated. The role supports the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) in ensuring high-quality, safe, and appropriate nursing care, clinical staff competency, and appropriate resource management related to patient care. The RN coordinates and integrates patient care using the nursing process, follows established safety, risk management, quality improvement, and infection control standards, and coordinates care within the prescribed medical regime. The goal is to discharge patients after providing an optimum level of care. The RN also administers medications safely and promptly according to hospital policy, and carries out assigned Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) responsibilities during emergencies or disasters. The role requires knowledge of hospital emergency codes, their purposes and appropriate responses, and adherence to related hospital policies and procedures.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice the profession as required by law, regulation in the state of practice, or policy.
- AHA BLS certification.
- AHA ACLS and/or PALS and/or NRP certification if applicable under corporate policy for the unit of hire.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Nursing.
- Recent acute care experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality, safe, cost-effective, total nursing care to all patients.
- Coordinate and integrate patient care based on the nursing process.
- Direct care according to established safety, risk management, quality improvement, and infection control standards, with the goal of discharging patients after an optimum level of care.
- Coordinate and plan patient care within the prescribed medical regime.
- Administer medications safely and in a timely manner according to hospital policy.
- Fulfill HICS responsibilities, assignments, tasks, and roles as directed during emergencies or disasters.
- Know the hospital emergency codes, their purposes, and the appropriate actions for each, and follow hospital policies and procedures for each code.
- Supervise staff to whom appropriate care is delegated.
- Support the CNO in ensuring high-quality, safe, and appropriate nursing care, clinical staff competency, and appropriate patient-care resource management.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
