RN Operating Room Neuro Team
About The Position
Registered Nurses on the Neuro Specialty Team at St. Anthony Hospital provide dedicated circulating support for the neurosurgery service line within a 17-suite surgical department. The department averages 900–950 cases per month and handles procedures across multiple specialties. Neuro team staff are cross-trained to support other surgical specialties and may float to the main OR depending on departmental volume. Daily operational duties include delivering sterile instruments and supplies, facilitating room turnovers, restocking for the next day’s cases, and providing break coverage. The RN serves as a consistent patient advocate throughout the perioperative experience. The RN facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team and the patient and family to address the patient’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The role promotes patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, adherence to patient-care standards and the State Nurse Practice Act, and accountable, relationship-based care. This is a PRN position with variable days and start times based on surgical volume and unit needs, to be determined with the OR manager during interviews. PRN staff must be available for at least five shifts in each six-week schedule block and two holidays per year. Call is not required. Shift and specialty-team differentials are available.
Requirements
- Associate degree in nursing, nursing diploma, or qualification by endorsement.
- RN license; current state nursing license or valid RN license from a participating state in the National Licensure Compact.
- For new graduates, graduation from an accredited School of Nursing is required; this is preferred for experienced RNs.
- PRN availability for at least five shifts in each six-week schedule block and two holidays per year.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills and the ability to apply the nursing process effectively.
Nice To Haves
- Previous operating room experience is highly preferred.
- Previous experience with neurological surgeries is highly preferred.
- One year of nursing experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, and review of medical records and clinical data.
- Evaluate patient responses and intervene to support optimal outcomes.
- Develop and implement patient plans of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
- Demonstrate competency in therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, including IVs, incision and wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
- Maintain patient charts and records thoroughly and confidentially.
- Document patient status, interventions, responses, and outcomes accurately and promptly.
- Provide circulating support for the neurosurgery service line and cross-train to support other surgical specialties as needed.
- Deliver sterile instruments and supplies, facilitate timely room turnovers, restock for the following day’s cases, and provide break coverage.
- Act as a consistent patient advocate throughout the perioperative experience.
- Collaborate and communicate with the healthcare team and patients’ families to meet patient needs.
- Promote patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process and adherence to care standards and the State Nurse Practice Act.
Benefits
- Shift differential and specialty team differential available.
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Education Level
Associate degree
