Operating Room Nurse SH-OC

Kaiser Permanente; Timonium (MD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is seeking an RN to provide quality perioperative care as a scrub or circulating nurse across surgical specialties. In this role you will follow the nursing philosophy, ensure patient safety, and support the operating room team through the surgical process.

Responsibilities include planning perioperative care, coordinating OR staff, maintaining sterile technique, and contributing to quality assurance and continuing education.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of accredited RN program.
• CNOR preferred.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Multi-state RN licensure with Maryland and other states as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes standard of care in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of perioperative nursing care.
• Directs coordination of OR team in scrub, circulating, pre-op or recovery roles.
• Develops perioperative nursing care plans for each surgical patient.
• Ensures a safe environment for staff, physicians and patients.
• Assembles and communicates information to maintain continuity of perioperative care.
• Maintains current knowledge of surgical procedures and sterile techniques.
• Executes proper use and handling of surgical equipment and supplies.
• Participates in OR Quality Assurance program.
• Promotes professional growth through continuing education.
• Maintains professionalism and adheres to OR standards.
• Performs other related duties as directed.

Skills

Scrub & circulating

Perioperative nursing

Education

RN program completion

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.

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.