Registered Nurse- OR- Day Shift

Description

Job Title: Registered Nurse-Surgery
Employment Type: Full-time
Shift: Day (10 hours)
Location: Germantown

Position Purpose

Using the Quality Caring Model, demonstrates acceptable performance and applies the nursing process to plan and manage the care of routine patients, including patient and family education and continuum of care planning. Effectively communicates fundamental patient/family information to health care team. Identifies and communicates variances from patient goals. Responsible for providing and coordinating interdisciplinary patient care utilizing the nursing process.

Responsibilities

• Uses the Quality Caring Model, the Operating Room Nurse (OR RN) demonstrates expertise in performance and application of the nursing process to plan and manage the care of patients in the operating room setting to patients undergoing surgical or other invasive procedures.
• As an innovator in minimally invasive surgery, Holy Cross Hospital was first in Montgomery County to offer robotic surgery with the da Vinci® surgical system.
• Plans and delivers patient care
• Collaborates with the surgical team to develop and implement individualized care plans for patients
• Pre-operative assessments, including reviewing patient histories and conducting physical examinations
• Scrub functions including selection and handling of instruments and supplies during procedures
• Circulating functions including monitoring, recording and communication of patient condition
• Maintains patient's safety and comfort throughout the surgical process
• Assists with specimen collection, processing, and documentation
• Edits patients and family
• Plans continuum of care

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited nursing program; basic professional nursing degree (with requirement to obtain a BSN/MSN within a specific time frame)
• Current licensure by the Maryland State Board of Nursing or Compact State as a Registered Nurse
• BLS certification (American Heart Association)

Preferred

• BSN or MSN preferred

Pay and Benefits

Pay Range: $41.70 – $55.68 Pay is based on experience, skills, and education. Exempt positions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will be paid within the base salary equivalent of the stated hourly rates. The pay range may also vary within the stated range based on location.

[FT/PT Benefit eligible Roles]: 0.5 FTE (20 hours weekly) up to 1.0 FTE (40 hours weekly)

Comprehensive benefit packages, including medical, dental, vision, mental health, paid time off, 403B, education assistance and voluntary benefits (pet insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity and others) available from the first day of employment.