Registered Nurse-Operating Room

Up to $20,000 sign-on bonus. Medical, dental, and vision benefits paid by employer.

About the role

The Registered Nurse specializing in perioperative nursing practice during intraoperative surgical experience. Responsible for the delivery of safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the operating room and other areas of perioperative services for all patient populations. The perioperative nurse acts as the patient advocate and is responsible for the direction and supervision of any personnel assigned to him/her. He/she will be on call for the Surgery Unit on a regular scheduled rotation.

Responsibilities

• Accept responsibility for the direction, control, and planning of an activity.
• Make evaluations and decisions based on measurable or verifiable criteria.
• Work independently.
• Implement the plan of care by:
  • Protecting the patient from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources.
  • Performing accounting procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained surgical items.
  • Performing interventions necessary to ensure that the patient’s procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level.
  • Managing the patient’s specimens according to organizational policy and procedures.
  • Communicating the patient’s status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care.
  • Administering medications safely and correctly.
  • Performing interventions to maintain the patient’s wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels.
  • Performing interventions to maintain the status of the patient’s genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels.
  • Performing interventions to protect the patient from surgical site infection.
  • Protecting the patient’s rights, dignity, and privacy.
  • Providing age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards of practice.
  • Providing consistent and comparable care regardless of the setting.
  • Documenting nursing care accurately, completely, and legibly.
• Collaborate effectively with other disciplines as applicable.
• Use problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster effective work relationships with team members.
• Maintain required competencies.
• Pursue professional growth and participate in a professional organization.
• Act as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health information.
• Support the hospital mission, vision, values, policies, and procedures.
• Participate in required education for DNV programs as applicable to position.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Current RN license in the State of Oregon.
• BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications.
• TNCC certification.
• Perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Recognize the rights and responsibilities of patient confidentiality.
• Convey empathy and compassion to those experiencing pain, grief, or trauma.
• Relate to others in a manner that creates a sense of teamwork and cooperation.
• Communicate effectively and therapeutically with people from every socioeconomic background.
• Incorporate service excellence in customer relations in daily activities.

Qualifications

• Education:
  • Required: Associate of Science in Nursing.
  • Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• Certifications:
  • Preferred: CNOR, Peri-op 101.
• Experience:
  • Required: None.
  • Preferred: Previous RN circulator experience, Peri-op 101 course, scrub experience.

Skills

Physical Requirements

• Sufficient auditory ability to detect and respond to various sounds, including patient alarms and verbal communication.
• Clear and effective communication for interacting with patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Visual acuity for observing patient conditions, reading documentation and monitors, and distinguishing colors for clinical purposes.
• Tactile perception for assessing physical characteristics such as temperature, size, shape, or texture during patient care.
• Motor coordination for reaching, grasping, handling, and performing fine motor tasks necessary for medical equipment and procedures.
• Occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling when assisting patients or accessing equipment.
• Continuous walking and standing throughout the shift.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds independently.
• Frequent pushing, pulling, carrying, or repositioning of objects or patients weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Occasional lifting or transferring of individuals weighing over 100 pounds with appropriate lifting techniques, mechanical aids, or team assistance.
• Ability to sit for long periods of time.

Working Conditions

• Primarily performed in an indoor healthcare environment, such as a hospital, clinic, or long-term care facility.
• Exposure to variable indoor temperatures.
• Frequent exposure to infectious and contagious diseases, hazardous materials, and medical equipment.
• Fast-paced and unpredictable environment requiring quick response to changing circumstances, including high-pressure or emergency situations.
• Multiple simultaneous demands and varying levels of noise due to medical equipment, staff activity, and patient needs.

Pay

Wage range: $48.18 - $81.97 per hour.

Schedule

• Full-time, 36 hours per week.
• Day shift: 6:30 AM - 7:00 PM.
• Holiday rotation required.