RN Operating Room/Circulating Nurse, Women's Surgery Unit
About The Position
The Registered Nurse administers patient care in the Surgery Unit at Winnie Palmer Hospital where patients have an advanced illness or injury that routinely requires timely, intense, and complex care to stabilize and support the patient’s medical condition. These areas require a lower caregiver-to-patient ratio and highly trained team members with advanced skills. The WPH Peri-Operative Department includes the Operating Room Suite, the Pre-Anesthesia Care Area, and Post Anesthesia Care Unit. The WPH Peri-Operative Department, in conjunction with Anesthesia Services, offers peri-operative care to in and outpatient females who meet the anesthesia ASA Class I, II, III or IV physical status criteria of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. The major services include elective surgical procedures and GYN Oncology Procedures for women. Patients having local, general, monitored anesthesia care, or regional anesthesia are treated. The surgical service staffs are scheduled to provide flexible nursing care and services for elective scheduled, urgent and emergency cases around the clock. WPH Surgery Department provides coverage for urgent and emergent cases 24/7.
Requirements
- Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
- Meets all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Orlando Health and unit/department
- Maintains current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Florida or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
- Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification
- Minimum of one (1) year of Operating Room Circulating Nurse experience required.
Nice To Haves
- ACLS, NRP, PALS, TNCC are required for certain areas.
Responsibilities
- Assesses patient’s needs and develops/revises an individualized plan of care based on patient needs and responses.
- Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attaining expected outcomes.
- Functions as a patient and family advocate.
- Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays, such as intracranial pressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc.
- Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol.
- Observes, monitors, and assesses patients’ condition, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations and calls Physician or takes preplanned emergency measures when Physician is not immediately available.
- Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance.
- Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions.
- Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient focused action.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vison
- 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Paid Time Off (Up to 5 weeks to start)
- Life Insurance
- Extended Leave Plan (ELP)
- Family Care (child care, elder care, pet care)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Pet Insurance
- Car Insurance
- 100% PAID Tuition as well as tuition reimbursement & monthly payments to help pay down any graduated school debt
- ALL Benefits Start Day One
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
