ASC OPERATING ROOM NURSE

The Operating Room Nurse will provide quality care to surgical patients via monitoring, assessment, intervention, and medication administration in the Ambulatory Surgery Center in Flowood. The Operating Room Nurse will collaborate with coworkers to achieve departmental goals and objectives in accordance with established policies.

Responsibilities:

• Checks all equipment for proper functioning such as cautery machine, suction machine, OR light and OR table
• Help scrub nurse with setting up the theater
• Assist Anesthesia
• Preparing surgical instruments/tools and materials for the surgical team needed during the operation
• Assist surgeons during surgery if needed
• Knowledge of asepsis, infection control, anesthesia
• Excellent communication skills

Qualifications:

• Active Registered Nursing License – licensed to work in MS
• Must possess general clinical competency in acute patient care
• Must demonstrate aptitude for maintaining pace of abbreviated patient encounters
• Nursing experience in a surgical setting preferred
• Documentation of current BLS certification (ACLS and PALS preferred)