RN Circulator, Marshall Medical Centers South, OR, 1st shift w/ call

Huntsville Hospital Health System • Boaz, AL

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Perioperative Registered Nurses/Circulators are clinically competent, registered, professional nurses who have demonstrated expertise in the perioperative field. They effectively deliver perioperative care to the surgical patient through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited program of professional nursing
• Must possess a current license as a registered nurse in the state of Alabama
• Must have current BCLS certification

Nice To Haves

• Recommended ACLS and PALS certification

Responsibilities

• Adherence to hospital/department policy
• Maintains good attendance record.
• Arrives to work punctually
• Follows dress code
• Observes confidentiality
• Adheres to safety policies
• Participates in continuing education
• Follows department of nursing and hospital policy and procedures
• Complies with surgery department policy and procedures
• Complies with call and staffing assignments
• Uses the nursing process to plan and provide comprehensive safe patient care
• Assesses the patient
• Plans patient care
• Documents patient care.
• Collaborates with other members of the health care team in planning care
• Educates and Instructs patient and family
• Conscientiously and continuously applies nursing principles in patient care
• Participates in performance improvement activities.
• Administers medications, blood and blood products according to policy and procedure in collaboration with anesthesia
• Administers treatments, ensuring proper positioning, prepping, and safety of patient before, during, and after procedure.
• Ensures sterile technique is mantained at all times, communicating with team and surgeons for patient safety.
• Performs patient care, scrub or circulating duties as assigned. Adhering to ARON standards and recommendations.
• Maintains unit
• Maintains equipment
• Communicates patient information
• Documents information
• Charges for equipment and supplies
• Uses computer system efficiently
• Communicates effectively
• Maintains flexibility and adaptability
• Supports unit teams
• Resolves problems
• Consistently meets the hospital’s Journey to Service Excellence standards
• Supports Customer Service

What This Job Offers

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