RN-Operating Room Job Description
Rn-operating room
provides instruction on a variety of technical surgical tasks (for example proper aseptic technique, patient prep) to students and surgical team members.
RN-Operating Room Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Perform circulating functions including monitoring, recording and communicating patient condition and managing overall nursing care of patient before, during and after procedure
Performs circulating functions during surgery, including monitoring and communicating patient condition, documenting interventions and activities, monitoring the sterile field and controlling traffic into, out of and around the room
Consults and collaborates with other providers to meet the medical, social, and financial needs of patients
Facilitate the patients in a 5 suite OR department
Set up, circulate and organize O.R
Observe, interview, and assess patients to identify care needs
Monitor or evaluate medical conditions of patients in collaboration with other health care professionals
Develop, implement, or evaluate standards of nursing practice in specialty areas
Plan, evaluate, or modify treatment programs based on information gathered by observing and interviewing patients, or by analyzing patient records
Documents nursing interventions, therapeutic measure administered, patient's reactions, patient teaching and understanding
RN-Operating Room Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for RN-Operating Room
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, ACLS, CNOR, PALS, AORN, AHA
Education for RN-Operating Room
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the rn-operating room job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Nursing, Science, Education, Associate Degrees, Graduate, Nursing Program, School of Nursing, Associates, Department of Education, Nursing Education
Skills for RN-Operating Room
Desired skills for rn-operating room include:
Patient care equipment
Surgical aseptic technique
AORN Standards and Recommended Practices
Growth and Development over life span for all ages
Patient and the family
Condition
Computer system
DNV
Principles of growth and development to identify patient and family requirements
HIPAA
Desired experience for rn-operating room includes:
Candidate must have excellent written and verbal communication and computer skills
Must be able to work a variety of shifts
Operating Room nursing experience required
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or other related discipline, graduation from an accredited school of nursing, and three years of related professional nursing work experience in the clinical focus area that demonstrates the attainment of the requisite job knowledge, skills and abilities
Current OR licensure required
CPR/ACLS/PALS certification preferred
RN-Operating Room Examples
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RN-Operating Room Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of rn-operating room. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for rn-operating room
- Plan of care is developed and updated as patient condition changes to include learning barriers and multidisciplinary team input with discharge being addressed from admission
- Communicates changes in patient condition to physicians, necessary staff, family, and patient in a timely professional manner
- Performs scrub functions, including the preparation, selection, and handling of instruments and supplies used during the surgical procedure and performs surgical counts with the circulating nurse
- Provides nursing care to a complex, high acuity surgical patient population in a technically complex environment
- Exercises independent judgement and decision making to control the OR environment and maintain sterile field, privacy, body temp, and manage potential for discomfort, injury, or risks of infection
- Empathizes with patient, expresses compassion and understanding for the situation and demonstrates care which is appropriate for the age, and cultural, religious, or ethnic background
- Collaborates with members of the healthcare team, physicians, and surgeons ensuring the coordination of care between other disciplines and support staff through different levels of care
- Develops and implements a plan of care for patients that considers patient age, cultural and religious preferences
- Assess the physiological health status of the patient
- Establish realistic and attainable goals based on nursing diagnosis and develop a plan of care based on nursing actions to achieve patient goals
Qualifications for rn-operating room
- Patient assessment- includes both objective and subjective data collection
- Sterile Processing and the Operating Room are both under Nursing Patient Care Services
- Current Maine RN license or eligible to obtain licensure
- Minimum of 1 year Operating Room experience required, 2 years preferred
- Circulating and scrub experience, required
- At least two (2) years previous Critical Care or Emergency Center experience required if no previous circulating experience
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RN-Operating Room Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of rn-operating room. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for rn-operating room
- Actively involved in solving problems on the unit
- Organizes and utilizes time efficiently
- Helps foster success of new staff
- Effectively supervises team members and maintains accountability for standard of care provided
- Acts as a clinical resource to other staff
- Provide direction to others that is clear, concise and promotes efficiency in the Operating Room
- Demonstrates ability to direct and provide for patient care in emergency situations.Assesses learning needs according to patient’s level of understanding and readiness to learn
- Participates in the monitoring and evaluation of nursing care provided.Demonstrates ability to coordinate the nursing care provided in the facility
- Participates in the orientation of nursing staff.Participates in developing standardized patient education programs, as requested
- Appropriately modifies approach to the patient based upon patient age utilizing a developmental perspective.Provides appropriate age-specific interventions related to safety issues
Qualifications for rn-operating room
- Previous circulating experience preferred, if no previous circulating experience, at least two (2) years previous Critical Care or Emergency Center experience required
- Associate Degree RN or BSN with OR RN experience
- BSN RN preferred with 2 years of OR RN experience
- RN with current hospital experience and successful completion of Peri-op 101 course
- New Grad RN with 3 years of Clinical OR experience
- Minnesota R.N
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Our company is looking to fill the role of rn-operating room. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for rn-operating room
- Demonstrates knowledge of anesthesia agents and adjuncts (central nerve blocks/conductive blocks, and regional anesthesia/local blocks)
- Takes measures to provide thermoregulation and intervenes appropriately when identifying malignant hyperthermia
- Demonstrates knowledge and skill in hemodynamic monitoring of patient
- Performs pre-op assessments
- Provides care for patient requiring intubations and mechanical ventilation
- Uses Meditech appropriately and accurately
- Accountable for coordinating all daily operating activities of the Operating Room (See reference guide at Center Core.) in conjunction with Nurse Manager and the Department of Anesthesia
- Assists in the supervision of personnel and department to provide quality patient care and a safe environment for all
- Assists in staff development and education and in identification of unit needs
- Assists in additional duties as directed by Nurse Managers
Qualifications for rn-operating room
- Physical dexterity and perceptive acuity (e.g., visual, hearing) to satisfactorily perform all required duties
- Successful completion of the Maxim Staffing Solutions testing process
- One-year experience of OR experience preferred
- BLS, ACLS and PALS preferred or successful completion with 90 days of hire
- Current New Jersey license as a Registered Nurse* Current in BLS, and ACLS preferred
- Possesses the ability to work independently and prioritize responsibilities
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a rn-operating room. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for rn-operating room
- Gather all supplies needed for the operation
- Assume responsibility of keeping the operating room sterilized
- Position and prepare patient on operating table
- Pass medical instruments or other objects to the surgeon during operation
- Monitor patient’s vital signs to detect anomalies
- Evaluate patient in postoperative phases
- Adhere to safety standards and precautions
- Assume duties within or out of the sterile field as assigned
Qualifications for rn-operating room
- Excellent customer service skills, ability to work effectively in a team environment are a must
- Twelve (12) months acute care experience working with the patient population similar to department of hire or completion of the specialty residency located at that facility (OR nursing experience in a level III trauma center or higher required)
- Orthopedic OR experience, including total joint replacements
- Candidate must have a track record of circulating in the OR
- Previous experience in an ASC preferred
- BLS upon hire, ACLS preferred, PALS preferred
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RN-Operating Room Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a rn-operating room. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for rn-operating room
- Notifies appropriate staff member to order supplies
- Control of Contamination
- Successful completion of Basic Life Support (BLS)/Basice Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) within 90 days of employment or documentation of current BLS/BCLS certification
- Minimun of 1 year OR experience, or completion of an approved Periop 101 program, or 2 years' experience as a Surgical Technologist
- Extensive scrubbing experience required
- 1 year current operating room experience or recent successful completion of an external perioperative program will be considered in lieu of experience
Qualifications for rn-operating room
- Applies electrosurgical return electrodes, tourniquets, , according to physician preference, policies and procedures
- Provides necessary supportive equipment for patient comfort (i.e., pillows, blankets, protective paddings, etc…)
- Maintains adequate room supplies
- Assists in stocking, replenishing, outdating and preparation of supplies
- Reviews and updates physician preference cards
- Has working knowledge of sterilizers and recorders