On-Call OR RN: Perioperative Care Expert

HCA Healthcare Summerville Hospital; Bluffton (SC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical coverage

401(k) with company match

Education assistance

Employee stock purchase plan

Life and disability coverage

Job summary

Summerville Medical Center is seeking an Operating Room Registered Nurse for PRN on-call work, including weeknights and weekend nights. In this role you will deliver professional perioperative nursing care, collaborate with surgeons and the health care team, and ensure patient safety throughout the surgical experience.

Responsibilities include assisting in emergency and scheduled procedures, preparing and organizing supplies, maintaining a sterile environment, and involving patients and families

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of Nursing: Associate's Degree in Nursing or higher is required.
• Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state which you practice and/or hold an active Compact/Multi-State RN license.
• Current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Care Provider is required.
• Minimum of 1-year previous experience of Perioperative Nursing is required.

Responsibilities

• You will provide professional surgical nursing care to patients utilizing the nursing process, collaborating with other members of the health care delivery team, including physicians, to assure quality health care.
• The Operating Room Nurse assumes the responsibility for ensuring effective communication with the surgical technologists, the other Registered Nurses, the surgeons, the patients and their families, as well as the other members of the surgical team.
• You will provide assistance in emergency procedures as well as elective and scheduled cases.
• You will work alongside surgical teams to ensure that patients receive the best possible care.
• You will serve as a liaison between the surgical team and the patients' families.
• You will be responsible for organizing supplies needed for patients.
• You will assess patients before, during, and after surgery and maintain a sterile operating room.
• You will perform count procedures to protect patient from unintended retained foreign objects as well as perform interventions necessary to ensure the patient’s procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level.
• You will perform interventions throughout the surgical procedure to maintain the status of the patient’s genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems, and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels.
• You will administer medications in accordance with physician orders.
• You will actively involve patient or designated support person in decisions affecting their post perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process.

Skills

RN license

BLS certification

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing or higher

Job description

Summerville Medical Center is seeking an Operating Room Registered Nurse for PRN on-call work, including weeknights and weekend nights. In this role you will deliver professional perioperative nursing care, collaborate with surgeons and the health care team, and ensure patient safety throughout the surgical experience.

Responsibilities include assisting in emergency and scheduled procedures, preparing and organizing supplies, maintaining a sterile environment, and involving patients and families