Registered Nurse, Operating Room (PRN)

About the role

Townsen Memorial Hospital is looking for a PRN Registered Nurse, Operating Room to join their team. The role involves direct patient care, leadership, and maintaining patient care and safety.

Responsibilities

• Develops and updates plan of care in partnership with patient and family using the nursing process
• Follows the nursing processes, modifies care based on continuous evaluation of the patient’s condition
• Demonstrates clinical problem-solving and critical thinking
• Plans for routine events and anticipates/prevents and manages/elevates emergent situations
• Communicates in an active, positive, and effective manner to health care team members
• Prepares operating room according to requirements of patient/procedure being done
• Reviews patient medical records/needs to plan care with other health care team members
• Accurately comprehends and interprets verbal orders/directions
• Completes patient care responsibilities in a timely manner with accurate documentation
• Assists with identification and confirmation of operative site
• Maintains patient’s privacy and dignity
• Assists in ensuring supplies and equipment are available for use
• Provides leadership to staff, giving direction and guidance to staff as appropriate
• Ensures efficient room turnover
• Verifies physician and ancillary personnel credentialing when in question
• Maintains a working relationship with all staff
• Completes or delegates the unit daily check/logs per policy and protocol
• Directs, delegates, and oversees work efforts as appropriate to insure the best possible delivery of service
• Works in cooperation with the Medical Staff to ensure regulations and accreditation standards are maintained
• Follows all safety rules on the job and reports accidents promptly and corrects minor safety hazards
• Complies with facility policies and procedures
• Accepts responsibility and accountability for own actions
• Possesses appropriate communication skills to practice collaborative nursing
• Responds quickly, physically and mentally when priorities and/or patient’s condition changes
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
• Registered Nurse in the State of Texas; License must remain active and unencumbered while employed
• BLS certified or must be obtained within thirty (30) days of hire
• ACLS certified or must be obtained within thirty (30) days of hire
• PALS certified or must be obtained within thirty (30) days of hire
• One (1) year of previous Intra-Operative Care experience

Qualifications

• Nursing care for Intra-Operative patients
• Operation of vital sign monitors
• A basic understanding of nursing diagnosis
• Principles of Standard Precautions
• IV Therapy
• Basic computer skills

Skills

• Intra-Operative Care
• Patient Assessment
• IV Therapy
• Clinical Problem-Solving
• Critical Thinking
• Vital Sign Monitoring
• Nursing Process
• Patient Safety Goals
• Care Planning
• Leadership
• Mentoring
• Documentation
• Collaborative Nursing
• Operating Room Preparation
• Resource Management
• Patient Advocacy

Benefits

• Immediate start
• Competitive salary
• Accredited network of facilities
• Focus on emergency care, outpatient surgery, and diagnostics and imaging
• Core mission of providing compassionate, evidence-based patient care
• Commitment to diversity, dignity, and inclusiveness
• Driven towards cutting-edge healthcare

Pay

Compensation to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Schedule

PRN (Per Request)