Title: Clinical Nurse- Operating Room
Job Responsibilities:
- Greet patient and assess patient pre-operatively
- Assure all documentation, including consent, H&P, and allergy status is present in chart
- Draw up medication, spike bags, as per policy and procedures
- EMR Charting functions during procedures
- Ensure adherence to sterile process and maintenance of the sterile field
- Perform instrument counts prior to each procedure
- Perform scrub functions (if appropriately trained, and comfortable with this duty)
- Collect and label specimens taken during surgical procedure
- Room turnovers as part of a Team
- Duties may additionally include functioning as a unit support technician and in the OR core.
- Follow all facility Policies and Procedures related to position and role in the O.R.
- Follow all federal, state and departmental safety procedures
Requirements:
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
- Assessment skills, logical thinking skills, computer operations, facsimile machines and copy machine ability.
- Basic aseptic principles and patient care technique. Competency in post-operative care skills and assessments.
- Assesses the patient's recovering for sedation and/or anaesthesia and makes appropriate judgments for nursing intervention.
- Recognizes life threatening arrhythmias and initiates appropriate therapy and/or assures assistance.
- Monitors the patient's level of consciousness through communication and appropriate observation of blood pressure, 02 saturation, cardiac and respiratory status
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:
- CPR certification
- One year OR nursing experience preferred