Registered Nurse RN OR COORD SURGICAL NIGHTS Full Time

About the role

Facilitates patient and family education pre-, intra-, and postoperatively within AORN standards. Functions as a Patient Safety Advocate. Collaborates with staff, surgeons, anesthesia services, and ancillary clinical departments to optimize patient care using the nursing process within AORN standards. Assists Nurse Manager with departmental performance improvement, quality, and safety activities through problem identification, assessment, data gathering, change implementation, and evaluation of outcomes. Coordinates specialty equipment, oversees orders and distribution, maintains implants, equipment, and supplies, and reviews instrument sets for specialty service. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates patient and family education pre-, intra-, and postoperatively within AORN standards.
• Functions as a Patient Safety Advocate.
• Demonstrates effective positive communication skills, maintaining confidentiality and conveying patient information effectively with the healthcare team.
• Collaborates with staff, surgeons, anesthesia services, and ancillary clinical departments to optimize patient care using the nursing process within AORN standards.
• Demonstrates critical thinking and evidence-based nursing care and practice.
• Contributes to the day-to-day clinical operations management of assigned specialty, including monitoring surgical workflow.
• Works with Charge Nurse and Nurse Manager on the Operating Room annual budget and provides input related to the specialty area.
• Mentors and coaches employees to ensure competency in service-related skills and competencies.
• Coordinates specialty equipment, oversees orders and distribution, maintains implants, equipment, and supplies, and reviews instrument sets for specialty service.
• Assumes the role of staff nurse/circulator, responsible for the delivery of safe and effective care for each assigned patient and procedure within AORN standards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of policies and procedures both organizational and departmental.
• Regulatory standards (JC, OSHA, NPSG).
• Demonstration of leadership skills and empowerment principles.
• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Clear and effective verbal and written communications.
• Registered Nurse (RN).
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Cert (ACLS).
• Basic Life Support - CPR Cert (BLS).
• Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's of Nursing.
• 2+ surgery experience in multi-disciplined or in an acute care hospital setting.
• 5+ cvor (cardiovascular operating room) experience as scrub, circulator or registered nurse first assistant (rnfa) for cvor/vascular service line coordinator position.

Skills

• Knowledge of policies and procedures.
• Regulatory standards.
• Leadership skills.
• Organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Verbal and written communications.
• Specialty equipment coordination.
• Surgical workflow monitoring.
• Employee mentoring and coaching.
• Instrument set review.
• Safe and effective care delivery.

Benefits

Extensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, paid time off, 403-B retirement plan, whole person well-being resources, mental health resources and support, pet benefits, and more.

Pay

$35.04 - $65.17 per hour.

Schedule

Full time, night shift.