RN Operating Room (Full Time 40 Hours), West Penn Hospital

highmarkhealth; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegheny Health Network is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for full-time roles in the Operating Room at West Penn Hospital. The nurse will scrub and circulate, support multiple surgical specialties, and participate in on-call coverage with a 30-minute response time.

Orientation includes Periop 101 training for those new to perioperative care. West Penn Hospital provides Magnet recognition, private rooms, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Current RN license is required.
• Ability to work 40 hours per week with rotating shifts.
• Willingness to participate in on-call rotation and respond within 30 minutes when scheduled.

Responsibilities

• Provide transformational leadership in a professional practice setting.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to evaluate clinical care.
• Scrub and circulate and provide coverage across all surgical services.
• Promote patient safety initiatives and evidence-based practice.
• Supervise delegated tasks and maintain safe patient environments.

Skills

Leadership

Teamwork

Communication

Adaptability

Education

RN license

Job description

Company

Allegheny Health Network Job Description :

This is a full-time position working 40 hours per week . Available shifts include 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM, and 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM.

This role requires participation in the on-call rotation , with a 30-minute call response time requirement when scheduled for call.

OPERATING ROOM

West Penn Hospital's OR Department has 17 rooms and a wide variety of specialties from robotics, general surgery, bariatrics, women's health and oncology.

The orientation period is approximately six months to ensure a successful transition into the role. Nurses without prior procedural or Operating Room experience will be enrolled in AHN's Periop 101 program , a comprehensive training course designed to build foundational perioperative nursing knowledge and skills.

In this role, nurses are trained to both scrub and circulate and provide coverage across all surgical services . Unlike departments that utilize dedicated service-line assignments, OR nurses function as a comprehensive perioperative team, supporting a broad range of specialties and procedures throughout the department.

WEST PENN HOSPITAL

West Penn Hospital has four-time Magnet® recognition, private patient rooms, free employee parking and a generous benefit package (for full-time and part-time status employees). They are nationally recognized for their burn care, and the only pediatric burn center in western Pennsylvania to be verified by the American Burn Association and the American College of Surgeons. They are also ranked in the nation's top-50 hospitals for OB-GYN care by the US News and World Report.

ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK

At AHN, employees trust working together and place patients at the center of all they do. This 9 Hospital system, a part of Highmark Health, is transforming the future of healthcare by providing highly effective services to customers, patients and communities. AHN has commitment and dedication to being inclusive, valuing fresh perspectives, and offering the best growth and educational opportunities to employees.

GENERAL OVERVIEW

The Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families for whom the nurse is responsible. The Registered Nurse is fully responsible for all actions as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• The registered nurse provides transformational leadership in a professional practice setting by striving to create and participate in the future of healthcare.
• Team player who contributes to building the team by helping others succeed through role modeling and mentoring.
• Assigns or delegates tasks based on the needs of the patient and skill level of the RN, LPN or support staff.
• Assigns duties and lunches for staff when performing charge role.
• Considers maintenance of a safe environment, patient condition, complexity of the intervention and predictability of the outcome.
• Provides peers with both verbal and written feedback regarding clinical practice and role performance.
• Shares knowledge and skills with peers and colleagues and cultivates a work environment that promotes positive employees attitudes, effective communications, trust, and collaboration.
• Willingly accepts mistakes of self and others, creating a culture in which risk taking is not only safe but expected and creativity, flexibility, resiliency, and adaptability are key.
• Collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to evaluate clinical care or health services.
• Promotes patient safety initiatives (ex: National Patient Safety Goals).
• Participates in department specific quality initiatives ( ex: EBP population specific). Assures appropriate order sets are used.
• Supervises delegates and evaluates assigned LPN scope of practice as appropriate.
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, evaluate and implement a patient plan of care according to the individual needs of the patient as prescribed by physician, nurse and hospital policy including patient and family.
• Derives culturally and age appropriate expected outcomes involving the patient, family and other health care providers.
• Analyzes the health status of the individuals and families comparing the data with the norm, when possible, to determine patient care needs.
• Assesses patient reports/records change of condition and notifies physician and/or supervisor and intervenes appropriately and documents accordingly.
• Accepts assignments in areas other than primary unit, and performs duties within individualized competency.
• Demonstrates a commitment to continuous lifelong learning and professional development for self and others.
• Promotes advancement of the profession through participation in professional organizations.
• Seeks both formal and independent learning activities using current research findings and other evidence to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and knowledge.