Operating Room Nurse, On Call, Caton Hill MOB

Kaiser Permanente; Potomac Mills (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is seeking an experienced perioperative RN to provide quality patient care across scrub and circulating roles in the OR. You will collaborate with the surgical team to plan, implement, and evaluate perioperative care plans across multiple specialties.

Responsibilities include coordinating the OR team, maintaining sterile technique, ensuring patient safety, and participating in quality assurance programs.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of accredited RN program.
• Active RN license in the required jurisdictions or compact license.
• Current BLS/CPR certification.

Responsibilities

• Provides quality patient care in accordance with nursing philosophy, standards and laws.
• Functions as scrub or circulating nurse in surgical specialties.
• Directs coordination of OR team in perioperative care.
• Develops perioperative nursing care plans for each patient.
• Maintains safe environment for staff, physicians and patients.
• Communicates information to maintain continuity of care.
• Keeps current knowledge of surgical procedures and sterile techniques.
• Handles and processes equipment and instrumentation used in surgery.
• Participates in OR Quality Assurance program.
• Pursues continuing education and professional growth.
• Demonstrates professionalism and respectful conduct in the OR.
• Performs other related duties as directed.

Skills

Perioperative nursing

Operating room teamwork

Safety compliance

Education

RN program graduate

Job description

Job Summary:

Provides quality patient care in accordance with nursing philosophy, approved standards, and applicable regulatory laws. Functions as a scrub or circulating nurse in all areas of surgical specialties.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Utilizes the standard of care in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the surgical patient in the delivery of perioperative nursing care during the surgical process.
• Directs the coordination of efforts of the OR team members in rendering perioperative nursing care while in the roll of the circulating, scrub, pre-op or recovery nurse.
• Develops a perioperative nursing care plan on each surgical patient.
• Ensures a safe supportive environment for staff, physicians and patients.
• Assembles and communicates appropriate information in verbal or written reports in order to maintain continuity of care in the perioperative nursing process.
• Maintains current skill and knowledge of surgical procedures and principles of sterile techniques.
• Executes proper use, care, handling and processing of equipment, supplies and instrumentation used in the area of surgical specialty.
• Participates in operating room Quality Assurance program.
• Promotes personal and professional growth by actively participating in continuing education programs.
• Participates in the professionalism of the Operating Room by showing courtesy, compassion, respect and adherence to the standards.
• Performs other related duties as directed.

Rotating shifts: 7-330pm, 9-530 pm or 11-730 pm

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• N/A

Education

• Successful completion of accredited RN program.

License, Certification, Registration

• This job requires credentials from multiple states. Credentials from the primary work state are required at hire. Additional Credentials from the secondary work state(s) are required post hire.

• Registered Nurse License (Virginia) within 6 months of hire AND Registered Nurse License (Maryland) within 6 months of hire

OR

• Compact License: Registered Nurse within 6 months of hire

• Registered Nurse License (District of Columbia) within 6 months of hire

• Basic Life Support

Additional Requirements:

• Experience in scrub and circulating roles in major surgical specialties required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum two (2) years experience preferred in RN, Surgical Assistant or Surgical Tech Role preferred.
• Recent Ambulatory Surgery experience preferred.
• Certification in IV insertion and therapy preferred.
• CNOR preferred.