- Professional
- Optionales Büro in York
QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION:
· Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
· Currently licensed to practice professional nursing in the state of Pennsylvania and familiar with the Pennsylvania State Nurse Practice Act.
· RNFA education required.
· BLS certification.
· ACLS certification or ability to achieve within one year.
· PALS certification or ability to achieve within one year.
· Must have at least (2) years’ experience as an RN. Previous experience in the OR arena required.
· Able to effectively and efficiently make use of time and resources.
· Must be able to plan and organize work.
· Physically and emotionally capable of performing position responsibilities. Manual dexterity is a must.
· Computer literacy a must
· Have professional and effective communication skills and be able to promote effective communication at all levels.
· Assumes responsibility for own personal continuing education and developmental needs.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Take on the most difficult of tasks.
· May help to train newly hired staff.
· Supervises and directs patient care in an individual operating room.
o Ensures that proper techniques and practices are used according to accepted standards of practice.
o Supervises other personnel in the room and directs or assists as necessary.
· Performs scrub duties as necessary and/or to keep current with skills.
o Sets up and maintains the surgical field
o Assists the surgeon by passing instruments during operations.
o Performs all indicated surgical counts.
o Anticipates needs of operative team and delivers necessary instruments and supplies quickly and efficiently.
o Demonstrates knowledge of accurate methods of sterilization and maintains an aseptic controlled environment.
o Transports patients and assists with transferring patients from stretcher to table and vice versa.
o Assists with lifting and positioning patient.
· Performs all circulating duties with efficiency and speed.
o Supervises and assists scrub nurse as necessary.
o Positions patient, prepares operative area, and adjusts table to proper position according to standard policies.
o Has all supplies and equipment in room and provides to team as necessary.
o Opens all sterile packs and supplies according to aseptic technique.
o Assists surgeons, anesthesiologists, and other personnel as needed to ensure good patient care.
o Maintains count on sponges, needles and instruments to ensure no loss of items according to current policy.
o Observes patient for changes in condition.
o Reviews surgeon’s preference cards for desired medications and verifies same with surgeon.
o Ensuring all medications are administered and charted according to established policies and procedures.
o Identifies and records patient’s response to medication when necessary.
o Cares for specimens and cultures as directed by policy and procedure.
o Provides orderly progression of schedule by sending for following patients at proper times and notifying charge personnel of any changes.
o Accompany patients to post-op and reports to nurse on patients, procedures, and special happenings to ensure continuity of care.
· Assists in control and maintenance of supplies and equipment.
· Will participate in staying late when surgeries run beyond scheduled day.
· Reports unusual occurrences to the manager or designee.
· Contributes to the efficient and productive operations of the Operating Room.
· Performs such assisting duties as deemed appropriate by the physician and under his/her direct supervision
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