Job Description
Job Title: RN Operating Room
Profession: RN Surgery
Specialty: RN Surgery
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 07:00 AM – 05:30 PM
Hours per Shift: 10 hours
Experience: Minimum 2 years of related RN experience required
License: Current license to practice registered nursing in the state
Certifications: Basic Life Support certification; Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification required within six weeks of hire for certain positions
Must-Have:
– CVOR experience required
– Heart and Vascular experience required
– Endoscopy experience recommended
– NIH Certification
Description:
Guided by knowledge of the basic principles of nursing based on biological, physical, and psycho-social sciences.
Utilizes judgment supported by evidence and nursing theory in the delivery of nursing care.
Provides, coordinates, and/or delegates nursing care and manages resources in the delivery of care for patients and their families.
Aims to attain, maintain, and restore optimum health.
Requires a full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients.
Requires manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
Requires standing and walking for extended periods of time.
Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
Requires working under stressful conditions or irregular hours.
Requires exposure to communicable diseases, body fluids, toxic substances, and other potentially hazardous conditions common to a clinical environment.
Maintains current Basic Life Support certification.
All nurses new to critical care, telemetry, PACU, and ED must successfully complete Advanced Cardiac Life Support within the first six months and maintain current certification.
The physical demands require exerting 50-100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25-50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10-20 pounds of force continuously to move objects.
Ability to effectively interact with diverse patient populations with an understanding of their needs for self-respect and dignity.