Registered Nurse - Operating Room - Full Time, 0.9 FTE - Days

Responsibilities

Supports the organizational values: Compassion and respect for Human Dignity, Commitment to Professional Competence, Commitment to a spirit of service, Honesty, Confidentiality, and Good Stewardship.

Applies critical thinking knowledge, integration skills and considers alternatives in a multitask workload.

Collects integrates data from multiple sources, seeks assistance information appropriately.

Integrates various aspects of specific knowledge for the patient populations served within unit area of hire: applies knowledge of expected norms in planning interventions.

Demonstrates integration of knowledge, skills, and abilities for the patient populations served in unit of care.

Incorporates teaching in delivery of care and demonstrates competence in health promotion & disease prevention.

Provides information to patient family appropriately, assesses for barriers to learning, uses colleagues as a learning resource.

Applies leadership skills appropriately.

Captures care within the multi-disciplinary team, interacts in a professional manner, communicates directly, verbalizes scope of practice for self and others.

Incorporates appropriate assessment and intervention skills in all interactions and delivery of nursing care: medical asepsis, physical assessment, monitoring, pain management, reports, therapeutic interventions, medication administration, IV lines management, evaluation & revisions of plan of care, procedures, & medical technology.

Manages self and resources effectively.

Organizes multitask workload, accepts changes in assignment, utilizes supplies appropriately, requests assistance appropriately.

Demonstrates the unit specific skills requisite for assigned service area; including the age specific patient populations.

Develops and maintains human care relationships & integrates the influence of the human experience of health, illness &/or healing.

Adapts care for diverse populations, assists colleagues with care delivery, refers all concerns/issues to appropriate resource.

Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Nursing, required.
• Minimum of one year OR experience, preferred.
• Current Vermont RN licensure and BLS.