Clinical Nurse I - Main Operating Room - Per Diem

Join Our Team At Hospital For Special Surgery

How you move is why we're here. Now more than ever, our guiding principles are helping us in our search for exceptional talent - candidates who align with our unique workplace culture and who want to maximize the abundant opportunities for growth and success. If this describes you then let's talk! HSS is consistently among the top-ranked hospitals for orthopedics and rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report. As a recipient of the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, HSS was the first hospital in New York City to receive the distinguished designation. Whether you are early in your career or an expert in your field, you will find HSS an innovative, supportive and inclusive environment.

Working with colleagues who love what they do and are deeply committed to our Mission, you too can be part of our transformation across the enterprise.

What You Will Be Doing

Per Diem - Minimum 3 shifts per month, Monday-Friday, no weekends

As an integral member of our Magnet Nursing team, the successful RN candidate will be focused on patient advocacy and delivering the highest quality of care to our patients! Working in an evidence-based nursing environment that commands excellence every day; you will have a strong patient centered approach with emphasis on providing exemplary and world-class customer service. As a member of our nursing team, you will demonstrate the ability to assess and interpret age specific and population-specific data and provide appropriate communication levels, treatment and care. Your capacity to collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and promote the highest standards of care and safety is critical to the mission of Nursing in HSS. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary health care teams to maintain the standards of professional nursing practices in the clinical setting. You will integrate patient care standards in all clinical activities; participate in performance improvement activities to improve patient safety, quality of care and patient outcomes. The RN will maintain sensitivity and awareness of cultural and religious diversity when addressing patients, visitors, co-workers and other customers.

Responsibilities:

• Provide primary nursing care in the Operating Room
• Serve as a Circulator
• Understanding Scrub Role including passing instruments and supplies to surgeons and surgical assistants.
• Maintain a sterile environment to prevent infections.
• Ensure that the surgical team adheres to aseptic techniques.
• Anticipate the needs of the surgical team during the procedure.
• Assess and monitor the patients during their surgical procedure
• Serve as patient's advocate, ensuring safety throughout the procedure.
• Accurately completes the Intraoperative record during surgical procedure to include patient's condition; supplies used and any occurrences during surgery.

Experience Required:

• 1.5 + years of operating room experience, preferably in orthopedics
• New Graduate RNs are hired into the Residency Program
• RNS with 1+ years of RN experience outside of the OR are hired into the Fellowship

Education Required:

• BSN from an accredited school of nursing required

Certifications Required:

• NYS RN license and registration required
• NJS RN license and registration required
• AHA BLS certification required
• AHA ACLS preferred

Non-Discrimination Policy Hospital for Special Surgery is committed to providing high quality care and skilled, compassionate, reliable service to our community in a safe and healing environment. Consistent with this commitment, Hospital for Special Surgery provides care, admits, and treats patients and provides all services without regard to age, race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, national origin, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, veteran or military status, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law or by accreditation standards.