Experienced RN - Registered Nurse - Pediatrics Procedural Operating Room - Nights (oumedicine)
Job posting number: #161045 (Ref:R0046305)
Job Description
Position Title:
Experienced RN - Registered Nurse - Pediatrics Procedural Operating Room - NightsDepartment:
Pediatric ORJob Description:
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Location: Oklahoma Children's Hospital
Shift Available: Full-Time (40 hours/week) Monday -Wednesday 7p-7A one week and Monday – Thursday 7p-7A. No call
Oklahoma Children’s Hospital Operating Room has 11 OR rooms and 2 procedural rooms. We conduct an array of surgeries, including Urology, Cardiac, General, ENT, OMFS, Dental, Plastics, Neurology, Orthopedics, Robotics, and Gastroenterology. On average, we perform 700 cases a month. We stagger our teams throughout the day and are open from 0700 to 1900 and decrease to a limited crew from 1900 to 0700. We have limited on call times after 1900. We have an inhouse team (nurse and ST) every weekend Saturday and Sunday. Our in unit nurse educator organizes and develops pediatric operating room education designed to prepare, grow, and expand your skills and knowledge with the longest orientation in the hospital. Come join a collaborative and innovative team dedicated to caring for the pediatric population in Oklahoma!
One (1) year of RN experience is preferred for this position. If you have less than one (1) year of RN experience, please search for positions titled “RN Resident” to start the application process.
The Perioperative Circulator is a RN who plans, coordinates, delivers, and evaluates nursing care for patients whose protective reflexes or self-care abilities are potentially compromised during operative or other invasive procedures. Using clinical knowledge, judgment, and clinical-reasoning skills based on scientific principles, the perioperative nurse plans and implements nursing care to address the physical, psychological, and spiritual responses of the patient having an operative or other invasive procedure.
Essential Responsibilities:
Responsibilities listed in this section are core to the position. Inability to perform these responsibilities with or without an accommodation may result in disqualification from the position.
- The Perioperative Circulator will be responsible for the direct and indirect provision of professional nursing care of the patients in the operating room.
- The nurse will be accountable for ongoing evaluation and documentation of all components of care delivered to patients within the perioperative environment utilizing the nursing process.
- The Perioperative Circulator individualizes patient care according to patient’s health status, age level, and surgery/procedure being performed.
General Responsibilities:
- Performs other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Graduate from an accredited school school of nursing required. Bachelor of Science (or higher) in Nursing Board Approved Program preferred.
Experience: Minimum of one (1) year experience in an acute operating room environment or employees with less than one (1) year of acute operating room experience may substitute experience with the completion of department orientation or completion of RN residency program.
License(s)/Certification(s)/Registration(s) Required: Current RN License issued by the Oklahoma State Board of Nursing, or a current multistate compact RN License (eNLC). CNOR preferred. Current Basic Life Support issued by the American Heart Association required upon hire.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of professional nursing theory, practices, techniques and procedures.
- Excellent understanding of AORN Standards.
- Ability to organize, plan, coordinate and evaluate nursing services and apply nursing techniques.
- Ability to maintain good working relationships with other employees.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Some computer skills.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team providing excellent specialized care.
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