Registered Nurse, CVOR, Baptist South
About The Position
Baptist South is hiring a Registered Nurse for its Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR) team in Jacksonville, Florida. The nurse works with the surgical services and operating room teams caring for cardiovascular patients before, during, and after surgical procedures. The role includes assisting with patient care, maintaining sterile procedures, ensuring the operating room team has necessary equipment and medications, and advocating for patient safety and well-being. The CVOR nurse participates in patient sedation and assists physicians during procedures by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and applying dressings. The nurse coordinates operating room sterility and cleanliness and ensures functioning equipment and supplies are available, while providing quality control to support patient safety.
Requirements
- 1–2 years of operating room nursing experience.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
- Licensed Registered Nurse.
- Associate of Science in Nursing.
Responsibilities
- Provide for patient needs using the nursing process.
- Supervise care provided by supportive personnel and coordinate care provided by ancillary services.
- Include patients and significant others or families in developing individualized plans of care.
- Educate patients and their significant others or families about disease processes and plans of care.
- Coordinate and prepare the assigned operating room and surgical case.
- Assess patient care needs and anticipate the needs of the case.
- Circulate, scrub, and assist during cardiothoracic and vascular procedures.
- Participate in patient sedation and assist physicians by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and applying dressings.
- Coordinate operating room sterility, cleanliness, and availability of functioning equipment and supplies.
- Advocate for patient safety and well-being and provide quality control.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
