RN Specialty Circulating Nurse

Baptist Health Arkansas; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 58,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Arkansas seeks a Circulating Nurse to plan, organize, and deliver perioperative care in collaboration with surgeons and multidisciplinary teams. The RN will prepare for procedures, maintain sterile environments, and document surgeries, ensuring patient safety and optimal outcomes.

The role emphasizes teamwork, adherence to the Nurse Practice Act of Arkansas, and ongoing specialty education where applicable.

Qualifications

• New RN graduate or RN with unencumbered license in good standing to practice in Arkansas.
• CPR required; ACLS/PALS/NALS training provided in some areas.
• Specialty units require specialty education.
• Applies basic knowledge and skills to meet standard of care.
• Is able to practice as a full partner of an interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Assist surgeons and other healthcare professionals during surgical procedures.
• Maintain clean and sterile environment outside the operating room's sterile field.
• Administer medications and manage surgical counts.
• Prep for operations/procedures and document surgeries.
• Monitor perioperative staff, instruments, and equipment; deliver surgical specimens.

Skills

Registered Nurse (RN)

CPR

Team collaboration

Education

BSN preferred

Job description

The Circulating Nurse is a Registered Nurse responsible for planning, organizing, and administering care within thescope of his/her training and expertise, collaborating with other disciplines to ensure effectiveand efficient patient care delivery and achievement of desired patient outcomes is met. This isdone in conjunction with the objectives and policies of the hospital and the Nurse Practice Actof the state of Arkansas.

The Circulating Nurse assists surgeons and other healthcareprofessionals during surgical procedures. They work outside the operating room’s sterile fieldby ensuring a clean and sterile environment, administration of medications, implementing andmaintaining surgical counts, prepping for operations/procedures, documentation ofsurgery/procedure, monitoring perioperative staff, instruments, and equipment and thedelivery of surgical specimens.

Other information:

• A new RN graduate from an accredited nursing program or Registered Nurse with an unencumbered license in good standing to practice in the state of Arkansas. BSN preferred.
• Healthcare CPR required, some areas may require ACLS, PALS and/or NALS - training is provided.
• Specialty units require and will provide specific specialty education.
• Applies basic knowledge and skills to meet standard of care.
• Is able to practice as a full partner of an interdisciplinary team.

This job will be authorized0.01 hours bi-weekly.

Today, Baptist Health is Arkansas' most comprehensive healthcare organization with more than 250 points of access that include 11 hospitals, urgent care centers, a senior living community, and over 100 primary and specialty care clinics in Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.