Surgical Services Resource RN

Saint Joseph Hospital - Lexington; Lexington (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Joseph Hospital - Lexington is seeking an experienced Surgical Services RN to provide expert perioperative nursing care across the continuum, preparing patients, assisting surgeons, and maintaining a sterile, efficient operating room. You will assess patients pre-operatively, circulate or scrub, manage medications, monitor vitals, educate patients, and document care while upholding safety protocols and patient advocacy.

Strong critical thinking, communication, and teamwork are essential.

Qualifications

• Requires RN licensure in Kentucky and active CPR/ACLS certifications.
• Experience as an RN in an acute care setting is required upon hire.
• Strong clinical assessment, critical thinking, and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Pre-operative assessments and care planning.
• Circulate or scrub during procedures and manage medications.
• Post-operative care and vital monitoring; ensure documentation and patient education.
• Maintain sterile technique and contribute to a safe operating room environment.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Critical thinking

Communication

Patient education

Education

Registered Nurse license (KY)

BLS CPR

ACLS

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Surgical Services RN, you will provide expert, patient-centered nursing care throughout the perioperative continuum, ensuring optimal outcomes and safety for patients undergoing surgical procedures. Your specialized clinical skills and critical thinking are essential in preparing patients, assisting surgeons, and facilitating a sterile, efficient surgical environment.

Every day you will meticulously assess patients pre-operatively, develop care plans, circulate or scrub during procedures, and provide comprehensive post-operative care, expertly managing medications and monitoring vitals. You'll educate patients, ensure strict adherence to safety protocols, and collaborate inter-disciplinarily while meticulously documenting and advocating for patient well-being.

To succeed, you'll need exceptional clinical assessment skills, strong critical thinking for high-pressure situations, and excellent communication for team collaboration and patient education. A profound commitment to patient safety, sterile technique, and advancing perioperative nursing, along with self-motivation and adaptability, are essential in this dynamic role.

• Conducts care assessments and interprets assessment data to determine care needs and constraints in meeting these needs.
• Successfully completes system-based and hospital specific competencies.
• Maintains accurate documentation of observations, treatments, teaching, medications, care given, patient response, and integrates into plan of care.
• In collaboration with patients and families (as defined by the patient) the Registered Nurse is responsible for evaluating, planning, directing and administering care to the patient. Implements a plan of care based upon established standards of care/practice, policies, and procedures, incorporating cultural, religious, psychosocial, physical, and age-related issues.
• Possesses knowledge of medications, and administers safely and accurately.
• Appropriately delegates and supervises routine technical functions to non-licensed and licensed personnel.

Job Requirements

Required

• Other Graduation from an accredited/approved school of nursing and Minimum one year of experience as an RN in an acute care facility, upon hire
• Registered Nurse: KY, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 90 Days

Where You'll Work

Welcome to Saint Joseph Hospital, a 433-bed hospital founded in 1877 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth as the first hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Led by Sister Euphrasia Stafford, the mission to provide compassionate care to the underserved is still carried out today. Saint Joseph Hospital holds over two dozen national ranks and recognitions and is recognized as a 2024 Best Place to Work in Kentucky.

Saint Joseph is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non‑profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.