Job Description
Position Summary:
Boston Children’s Hospital is seeking a dedicated Per Diem Registered Nurse to join the Waltham Operating Room team. The Operating Room RN is responsible for delivering safe, high-quality patient care throughout the intra-operative period in both the circulating and scrub roles. This position requires strong clinical skill, attention to detail, and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, family-centered setting. Scheduling flexibility is essential to meet the needs of the department.
Key Responsibilities:
Education:
Boston Children’s Hospital is seeking a dedicated Per Diem Registered Nurse to join the Waltham Operating Room team. The Operating Room RN is responsible for delivering safe, high-quality patient care throughout the intra-operative period in both the circulating and scrub roles. This position requires strong clinical skill, attention to detail, and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, family-centered setting. Scheduling flexibility is essential to meet the needs of the department.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assess, plan, and provide intraoperative nursing care based on the physiological and emotional needs of patients and families, in accordance with perioperative standards.
- Function as a liaison among patients, families, surgeons, anesthesia providers, and the interdisciplinary care team.
- Prepare the operating room for surgical procedures and ensure readiness of equipment, supplies, and instrumentation.
- Perform circulating and scrub responsibilities while maintaining compliance with clinical standards, regulatory requirements, and hospital policies.
- Document patient care accurately in the electronic medical record.
- Provide patient- and family-centered care, anticipating individualized education and support needs.
- Manage resources efficiently to support safe patient care and smooth workflow within the surgical suite.
- Participate in quality improvement initiatives, communicate safety concerns, and use information technology to support clinical decision-making and coordination of care.
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues to provide high-quality, culturally sensitive, and developmentally appropriate care.
- Work 8- and 10-hour shifts, with rotation, short call requirements as needed.
Education:
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing required
- Minimum of 2 years of Operating Room experience
- Pediatric experience required
- Orthopedic experience preferred
- EPIC experience preferred
- Current Massachusetts Registered Nurse license required
- PALS preferred
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Boston, MA |
Skills
- Anesthesiologyunmatched
- Clinical Practices/Protocolsunmatched
- Clinical Supportunmatched
- Decision Supportunmatched
- Detail Orientedunmatched
- Electronic Medical Recordsunmatched
- Hospitalunmatched
- Instrumentationunmatched
- Maintain Complianceunmatched
- Nursingunmatched
- Operating Room Nursingunmatched
- Orthopedicsunmatched
- Patient Careunmatched
- Pediatricsunmatched
- Quality Assuranceunmatched
- Quality Managementunmatched
- Registered Nurse (RN)unmatched
- Regulatory Requirementsunmatched
- Resource Managementunmatched
- Surgical Proceduresunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Technical Supportunmatched
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