Operating Room RN

Healthcare Enterprises, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 66,124 - 90,921; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free parking onsite

Sign-on bonus of $10,000

Daytime hours

Job summary

Healthcare Enterprises, LLC is seeking a dedicated nurse to provide general nursing care while collaborating with doctors and multidisciplinary caregivers. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, implementing care plans, and ensuring patient safety. Ideal candidates will have a minimum of two years of nursing education and at least one year of relevant experience in a surgical or outpatient setting.

This position offers a pay range of $48-$66 per hour along with a sign-on bonus of $10,000. The role includes benefits and daytime hours, with no holidays or on-call shifts required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year in Ambulatory Surgery, Outpatient Surgery, or OR nursing.
• Physical capability to lift and carry various weights as specified.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Provide general nursing care and leadership to promote patient health.
• Implement nursing interventions to ensure patient safety and comfort.
• Facilitate the continuity of patient care through effective communication.

Skills

Team player

Critical thinking skills

Compassionate

Attention to details

Organizational skills

Strong communication skills

Education

Completion of a minimum of two years education at an accredited School of Nursing

Nursing license in the state of Massachusetts

Tools

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

Job description

Job Summary

The purpose of this position is to provide general nursing care and leadership while working collaboratively with physicians and multidisciplinary caregivers to promote and restore patients’ health as they provide, delegate, evaluate, and coordinate comprehensive professional nursing care for patients of all ages, genders, cultures, and backgrounds. This is demonstrated by providing direct and indirect nursing care utilizing the nursing process, determining the objectives of nursing care within the framework of the physician’s plan of surgical/medical care, the patient’s needs, standards of nursing practice, legal regulations and ambulatory surgery center policies and procedures. He/she will perform other related duties as needed to maintain department cost containment, efficiency, as well as quality of performance. This opening is 1st shift, Monday-Friday.

What You Will Do

• Actively works to promote and maintain an organizational culture that enhances our standing as the best place to work and receive care. Active engagement in staff meetings, department meetings, in‑services, educational requirements, etc.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among all caregivers by communicating information, responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem solving methods.
• Provides care to patients utilizing the nursing process to facilitate a positive peri‑operative experience.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends.
• Implements a plan to keep patients’ family/friends informed of progress if delays occur in any area of care.
• Performs a peri‑operative assessment of the surgical patient based on surgical procedure, type of anesthesia, protocols/policies/procedures and patient needs.
• Demonstrates effective communication and interpersonal skills while assessing patient understanding of the procedure and providing information and emotional support.
• Implements proper clinical protocols that ensure patient safety, comfort, and quality of care.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the Surgery Center’s current policies and procedures.
• Implements nursing interventions to assure compliance with established standards, policies, procedures and best practice.
• Anticipates potential patient problems and takes measures to prevent occurrences.
• Demonstrates willingness to cross‑train/float when/if the opportunity arises.
• Contributes to meeting the fluctuating staffing needs of the department as evidenced by flexibility in own assignments and work schedule.
• Assumes responsibility for availability of supplies and proper functioning of equipment necessary to provide patient care.
• Contributes to supply stocking and necessary housekeeping to facilitate patient care and to maintain a safe and clean working environment.
• Assists with stripping, cleaning, and setting up the OR suite for own/other’s cases with efficiency and speed.
• Validates achievement of desired outcomes as evidenced by patient record documentation.
• Ensures the information relating to the care of the patient is documented according to established procedures.
• Communicates, both verbally and in writing, to effectively develop and disseminate the patient’s plan of care to all necessary caregivers.
• Facilitates the continuity of patient care through verbal reports on patient’s status to the appropriate caregiver receiving the patient.
• Protects patients and co‑workers by adhering to infection control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Delegates patient care activities to support personnel according to their level of knowledge and expertise.
• Demonstrates initiative and collaborates professionally with caregivers in/out of the OR suite.
• Promotes teamwork by assisting with the precepting of new caregivers.
• Identifies areas of conflict, intervenes effectively, or seeks assistance in conflict resolution.

Required Qualifications

• Completion of a minimum of two (2) years education at an accredited School of Nursing in order to be eligible for licensure as a Registered Nurse is required.
• Minimum of one (1) year in Ambulatory Surgery, Outpatient Surgery, or OR nursing.
• Currently holds American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider (BLS) or AHA approved equivalent.
• American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is required within one (1) year of hire.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification preferred or obtains within six (6) months of request.
• Currently holds a nursing license in the state of Massachusetts, free of sanctions and disciplinary actions.
• Physical capability: Lift 10 lbs. box overhead; lift and carry 15 lbs.; push/pull 20 lbs. cart; lift and carry 25‑35 lbs.; push/pull 50‑100 lbs. (e.g., empty bed, stretcher); lift and carry 40‑50 lbs.; push/pull ±150‑200 lbs. (patients on bed, stretcher); lateral transfer 150‑200 lbs. (e.g., patient); lift over 50 lbs.; carry 80 lbs. a distance of 30 feet; push/pull >200 lbs. (patients on bed, stretcher).
• Great team player; critical thinking skills; compassionate; attention to details; organizational skills; ability to remain calm under pressure; strong communication skills; inherent desire to go above and beyond.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS Nursing preferred.
• MS preferred.

Benefits

• Pay range $48‑$66/hr + benefits.
• Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.
• Sign‑on bonus $10,000.
• 1st shift, Monday‑Friday; no holidays, nights, or on‑call.
• Day‑time hours.
• Free parking onsite.

Shields Health is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

The incumbent will perform work of a lower or equivalent classification as required or directed, and work of higher classification for training and development purposes or as situationally warranted.