Registered Nurse - Operating Room / SURGICAL SERVICES

Garnet Health•Mechanicstown, NY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Garnet Health is seeking a Registered Nurse for its OR/Surgical Services team at Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown. The clinical nurse provides safe, timely, effective, equitable, patient-centered, and evidence-based care, guided by the New York State Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association standards and ethics, Garnet Health nursing quality and safety plans, and the organization’s nursing philosophy and strategic plan. The role is scheduled for days in 12.5-hour shifts, with a primary start time of 6:30 a.m. and flexible start times between 6:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The schedule runs Monday through Sunday and includes three weekend shifts per month, with Saturday and Sunday shifts. Holidays are distributed equitably. Cross-campus responsibilities and weekday, weekend, and holiday on-call work are required. The position involves providing caring, healing-focused nursing; assessing patients and integrating assessment information with clinical knowledge; applying judgment and critical thinking to diagnosis and treatment; advancing nursing knowledge; supporting safe, quality care; and advocating for patients. The nurse collaborates with others, responds to changing situations, and contributes to patient and staff safety. The position may involve exposure to infectious materials, other patient-related elements, and workplace hazards; personal protective equipment is required as appropriate. The role requires an active New York State nursing license and a nursing degree from an accredited school. Candidates must maintain current BLS training. The department lists one year of acute-care operating room experience in a hospital or accredited ambulatory surgery center, or graduation from the ORMC OR Residency Program when offered, as required experience. The compensation range is $56.58–$62.48 per hour.

Requirements

Active New York State nursing license in good standing.
Associate, bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate degree in nursing from an accredited school of nursing.
One year of acute-care operating room experience in a hospital or accredited ambulatory surgery center, and/or graduation from the ORMC OR Residency Program when offered.
Current BLS training; required training must be kept current.
Ability to foster collaborative relationships, work under pressure, organize and synthesize new information, prioritize tasks, and use critical thinking and analytical skills.
Ability to multitask, maintain detailed attention despite interruptions, and demonstrate sensitivity to customer needs and expectations.
Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including considerable standing, walking, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, and visual demands.
Ability to meet RN essential physical functioning demands as determined by Employee Health / Pre-Screening Assessment.
Ability to participate in safe patient handling initiatives and use assistive devices when required for patient transfers.
Ability to perform the essential position responsibilities, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Ability to wear required personal protective equipment and work amid patient-related exposures, emergencies, unpredictable situations, and possible chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards.
Availability for the stated day schedule, three weekend shifts per month, holidays, and weekday, weekend, and holiday on-call work.

Nice To Haves

Baccalaureate degree in nursing is preferred.
American Nurses Association-endorsed certification or Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses certification is preferred, based on certification specialty hours of work requirement.
CNOR certification is preferred.
TCAR training is recommended within one year.
ACLS and PALS are listed as mandatory training for the Operating Room department.

Responsibilities

Provide safe, timely, effective, equitable, patient-centered, and evidence-based nursing care.
Build caring relationships that facilitate patient health and healing.
Attend to patients’ experiences and responses to health and illness within their physical and social environments.
Assess patients and integrate assessment data with clinical knowledge.
Apply scientific knowledge, judgment, and critical thinking to diagnosis and treatment.
Advocate for individuals, families, communities, and populations.
Contribute to the advancement of professional nursing knowledge through scholarly inquiry.
Support safe, quality nursing practice and contribute to improving healthcare systems and social and public policy.
Recognize and follow department-specific patient and staff safety precautions; identify and report potentially dangerous situations.
Take appropriate action to minimize injury risks and report errors through the appropriate supervisory and incident-reporting processes.
Participate, when appropriate, in root cause analysis and other efforts to reduce the risk of medical error or harm.
Complete required annual and mandatory training within established time frames.
Work cross-campus and participate in weekday, weekend, and holiday on-call coverage.