RN OR

RN OR

Location: State College, PA

Job Type: Travel Contract

Discipline: RN

Specialty: Operating Room

Facility Setting: Short Term Acute Care (STAC)

Contract Length: 13 weeks

Shifts: Flexible

Shift Details: 8 hours

Weekly Schedule: 40 Hours

Certifications/Licences:

• Current California RN license - Required
• Current BLS (American Heart Association) - Required
• ACLS - Preferred
• AS in Nursing

Mandatory Experience:

• OR RN
• Completion of an accredited registered nurse program required; BSN preferred.
• 2 years prior Operating Room experience required
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
• Effectively functions as a team member and as a liaison between patient and staff.
• Supports and encourages harmonious communication skills.
• Job requires strong verbal, non-verbal, and written communication skills.
• Communicates in highly professional manner at all times.
• Demonstrates a high level of mental and emotional tolerance and even temperament when dealing with ill people; uses tact, sensitivity, sound judgment and a professional attitude when relating with patients, families, and co-workers at all times.
• Knowledge of peri-operative nursing practices. (AORN)
• Demonstrates mental and emotional tolerance and even temperament when dealing with patients, families, providers and other staff members.
• Must begin the in-house Operating Room course upon transfer/hire into the Operating Room.
• Accepts responsibility and accountability for maintaining knowledge, skills and competency in peri-operative nursing, remaining current on concepts, trends, scientific advance, biomedical equipment and ethics related to peri-operative nursing.