Registered Nurse, OR

About the role

The Surgical Care Center in Painesville, OH is seeking an Operating Room Registered Nurse to join their team. This is a dynamic, patient-focused environment specializing in cataract and refractive surgeries.

Responsibilities

• Ongoing assessment and nursing care to patients in the facility in accordance with Physician’s orders, policies, procedures, and processes within the scope of practice.
• Collaborates with physicians and team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
• Circulates surgical procedures for various surgeons that operate at the facility.
• Supports and maintains a safe patient care environment.
• Ensures that the Operating Rooms are maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner.
• Prepares surgery suite for surgical procedures.
• Follows established universal precautions in the use of PPE.
• Individualizes patient care according to patient’s health status and surgery/procedure being performed.
• Operates equipment and performs technical skills according to policies and standards.
• Recognizes situations (patient, staff, visitor, and physician) and significant assessment findings that require verbal or written communication and follow through to the appropriate people.
• Maintains surgery inventory and notifies appropriate individual(s) when supplies are needed.
• Participates in identifying and developing the performance improvement focus and criteria.

Requirements

• High school graduate or GED certificate recipient.
• Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
• Active RN license in the state where work will be conducted.
• BLS and ACLS certification.
• Current surgical experience (within past 3 years).

Qualifications

• Working knowledge and experience in hospital or ambulatory surgery center including direct patient care.
• Ability to adhere to work schedule and manage time appropriately.
• Ability to utilize resources in a timely, organized, and cost-effective manner.
• Knowledge of patient monitoring equipment.

Skills

• Ability to make sound nursing judgment based on nursing theory.
• Demonstrates primary nurse accountability through coordination, communication, and continuity of patient care.
• Assumes responsibility for competency of practice and takes initiative for professional development and continuing education.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with match, HSA/FSA, telemedicine, generous PTO, employee discounts and perks, employee assistance program, group life/AD&D, short term disability insurance, long term disability insurance, and free EyeSouth Partners services.

Pay

Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Flexible schedule to accommodate the needs of the position and the organization.