Extended Assignment Travel RN - Operating Room Circulator
Job Summary
The Extended Assignment Travel Nurse Circulator is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed caregivers who ensure patients, families, and significant others receive individualized, high-quality, safe patient care. They practice in a clinical environment administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders, supported through the WellStar Shared Governance Model.
Core Responsibilities And Essential Functions
Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence-based practice, using analytical/critical thinking and ensuring that care is individualized; coordinating care through effective partnerships recognizing that caring is central to achieve optimal patient care outcomes.
Provides relationship-based patient-centered care that is consistent with population-specific characteristics (e.g., age, gender, disease, etc.) in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity.
Partners with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using appropriate methods for setting and purpose (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds; just-in-time and planned patient teaching; keeping the patient and significant others updated and making the patient’s goals the focus of the plan of care).
Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe, quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model. This includes, but is not limited to, diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods (interdisciplinary rounds, case review, etc.); completion of timely documentation and promotion of a respectful, inclusive clinical environment.
Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members. Participates and supports performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders, research and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care including initiating and/or leading such activities as well as, promoting an inter/intra-disciplinary process and actively supports/participates in shared governance at all levels in the system.
Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessments, required mandatory education, population-specific education. Serves as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure there is a current and future qualified workforce; modeling the professional practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment.
Promotes evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement in nursing. Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision-making process in evaluating patient care products. Upholds all health care system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies put forth by this job description and professional associations including legal, regulatory, and accreditation requirements and standards ensuring by way of example, such goals as TJC Patient Safety Goals and WellStar Health Systems safety absolutes. Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence-based practice. Consults appropriate experts and uses appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.
Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum in the course of giving direct patient care. Participates in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or through self-initiation in collaboration with care managers and other members of the healthcare team to achieve best practice outcomes (i.e., decrease in re-admission rates; avoidable days; adverse events; etc.). Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources.
Required Minimum Education
Bachelor's Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing
Required Minimum License(s) And Certification(s)
Basic Life Support or BLS - Instructor
Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN - Multi-state Compact
Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ACLS - Instructor or ACLS - Provisional
Pediatric Advanced Life Support or PALS - Instructor or PALS - Provisional
NIH Stroke Scale within 30 Days
Additional License(s) And Certification(s)
Certification in a National specialty Upon Hire
Preferred Required Minimum Experience
Minimum 1 year of experience circulating in OR required, 2+ years preferred.
Previous Travel contract experience strongly preferred.