Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room

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Although we are small, Cheshire Medical Center features five up-to-date Operating Room suites with a sixth in the labor and delivery department. You could join our dedicated team of registered nurses, registered nurse first assists, certified surgical technologists, and other assistive personnel providing care within surgical services. You will experience a diverse population of both inpatients and outpatients undergoing surgical, diagnostic, invasive, and other special procedures, including patients of all ages, infant to geriatric.

As a Registered Nurse in this OR, you will provide nursing care to patients from adolescent through the adult life cycle, utilizing knowledge of age related growth and development to individualize the nursing process and functioning in accordance with the nursing philosophy, and objectives, the standards of care, and the standards of practice. Cheshires OR provides the opportunity for you to work in a highly technical environment, with a nurse to patient ration of one-to-one. They rely heavily on teamwork and cooperation among an interdisciplinary team, and you will find that all members of the OR team work together to ensure the safety of our patients and the quality of care delivery. Expect to work full time in 8- or 10- hour shifts, Monday through Friday, with a call requirement evenings, holidays, and weekends.

Qualifications: Graduate of an accredited nursing program, current NH RN license, BLS certification, and 1-year of nursing experience are required. Previous surgical nursing experience preferred. Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to adapt to stressful situations quickly and effectively.

There are many opportunities for professional development in the OR, including on-the-job training to gain competency for all procedures, the AORN Perioperative 101 Course, and in-house BLS and ACLS classes and certification. Cheshires OR leadership is highly supportive of specialty nursing certification (CNOR) to further OR nursing knowledge and skill, and the hospital is also a clinical training site Dartmouth Hitchcocks Surgical Technology Training Program. The OR can lead to exciting career paths in nursing leadership, nursing education, or as a nurse anesthetist or nurse practitioner with a surgical focus, among others.

Please view our benefits offerings at cheshiremed.org/careers/benefits.

• Area of Interest: Nursing;
• Work Status: Per Diem ;
• Employment Type: Per Diem;
• Job ID: 17021

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