Operating Room Nurse

Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services; Franklin (TN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services in Franklin, TN, is seeking a skilled perioperative nurse to join our collaborative surgical team. You will assess and prepare patients for surgery, serve as circulating or scrub nurse, and help maintain sterile technique and safety standards.

This role emphasizes accurate documentation, patient and family education, and close collaboration with surgeons and OR staff to deliver evidence-based, high-quality perioperative care.

Qualifications

• Strong perioperative nursing knowledge and evidence-based practice.
• Proficiency in sterile technique and safety protocols.
• Excellent assessment, monitoring, and critical thinking skills.
• Clear communication and patient/family education capabilities.
• Reliable documentation and commitment to high-quality care.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with surgeons and the OR team.

Responsibilities

• Assess and prepare patients for surgery.
• Serve as circulating nurse and/or scrub nurse during procedures.
• Closely monitor patient status and respond to clinical changes.
• Maintain strict safety standards and sterile technique throughout care.
• Accurately document perioperative care and nursing interventions.
• Educate patients and families to support understanding and informed care.

Skills

Perioperative nursing knowledge

Sterile technique

Assessment and monitoring

Communication with patients/families

Documentation accuracy

Team collaboration with surgeons/OR

Job description

providing safe, evidence-based perioperative care as part of a collaborative surgical team.

Key duties

• Assess and prepare patients for surgery.


• Serve as circulating nurse and/or scrub nurse during procedures.


• Closely monitor patient status and respond to clinical changes.


• Maintain strict safety standards and sterile technique throughout care.


• Accurately document perioperative care and nursing interventions.


• Educate patients and families to support understanding and informed care.


• Promote a patient-first culture grounded in compassion, integrity, and teamwork.

Qualifications & Skills

• Strong perioperative nursing knowledge and ability to apply evidence-based practice.


• Proficiency in sterile technique, safety protocols, and risk reduction.


• Excellent assessment, monitoring, and critical thinking skills.


• Clear communication and patient/family education capabilities.


• Reliable documentation skills and commitment to high-quality care.


• Ability to collaborate effectively with surgeons and the OR team.