The Center for Advanced Spine and Joint Surgery is offering an excellent opportunity for an experienced Operating Room Nurse. This position will be scheduled Monday-Friday with shifts starting at 6:30am. Salary will depend on experience.
Summary:
- Provides nursing care in the assigned clinical operative areas of the surgery center.
- Ensures patient needs are met in accordance with instructions of physician and facility administrative procedures.
- Participates in various quality improvement initiatives as assigned by the Director of Nursing.
- The Operating Room nurse must set priorities in planning cases, and making clinical decisions. They are a resource for complex decision making and establishing individualized plan of care for the peri-operative patient.
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Maintains surgical services as assigned, in accordance with written policies and in compliance with various regulatory and accrediting agencies and is responsible for quality patient care.
- Assists with the development and monitoring of the standards of assigned areas pertaining to the operating room, sterilization and decontamination, and corresponding ancillary areas.
- Responsible for efficient and effective patient care and quality improvement.
- Helps in determining goals for assigned area and effectively manages resources to achieve the goals.
- Maintains a collegial relationship with physicians to ensure quality patient care.
- Assists with staffing of assigned area and performing daily operational processes.
- Adheres to Surgery Center policies, procedures, and safety programs.
- Participates in Quality Improvement Committee(s), and other Committees, as assigned.
- Proactively seeks to continuously improve patient care and operations.
- Exhibits competency in performing all functions of assigned area or duties.
- Responsible for other functions as assigned by the Director of Nursing
Qualifications:
- High School graduate or GED certificate recipient.
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing with an Associate's degree or higher.
- Current licensure in the State as a Registered Nurse
- Must be current in BCLS
- ACLS certification
- Minimum 1 year operating room experience required
- ASC Experience preferred