Operating Room Nurse (RN)

Operating Room Nurse (RN)

A career at MCR Health offers exciting opportunities with one of the largest healthcare companies in the areas we serve. Now, more than ever, we are looking for exceptional people to support our passion to provide "Exceptional Care to Everyone, Every Time" and to support our mission to serve everyone. Whether you are providing direct patient care or in other areas of our company, you can find a home here. We invite you to be part of our community where you can grow your career and serve with your heart.

Sign-on bonus of $7,500

In our time of company growth, we are seeking an Operating Room Nurse (RN). Work location: Bradenton, FL.

As part of this role, you will:

• Perform comprehensive assessment of patients' clinical condition and psychosocial needs including caregiver needs during the perioperative period
• Observe behavioral and physiologic changes due to medications; take appropriate action and documents
• Demonstrates knowledge of drugs, actions, and side effects of medications administered.
• Protects patient's right to privacy
• Provides patient with explanations and verbal reassurances as appropriate
• Communicates clearly and concisely, assessment and reassessment of the patient in charting and with notification of surgeon and/or anesthesiologist as necessary; collaborates with all other health-care personnel and physicians in the delivery of coordinated patient care
• Assesses patient's physical and emotional response(s) to treatment(s); observes behavioral and physiologic changes due to medications, takes appropriate action, and documents interventions and response to interventions
• Educates patient/caregiver regarding the perioperative experience
• Coordinates and supervises teaching and education to the patient and caregiver
• Implements a plan of care safely and effectively; provides a safe environment
• Maintains clinical skill competencies appropriate to areas of specialty
• Demonstrates knowledge of anesthetic drugs, actions, and side effects
• Communicates relevant information to appropriate members of the healthcare team
• Consistently, accurately, and legibly completes documentation promptly
• Prepares unit for subsequent patients
• Counts narcotics at the beginning and end of all shifts with another RN per facility policy
• Attends all mandatory in-services and required staff meetings
• Recognizes own limitations, seeks assistance, and acquires sufficient information necessary to function effectively in the assigned setting
• Integrates cost-effective measures into practice
• Participates in unit-based CQI programs as assigned
• Provides comprehensive care according to patient's age and stage of growth and development: Infant, Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult, and/or Geriatric
• Demonstrates ability to function independently; demonstrates ability to multi-task
• Cross-trains to a minimum of two clinical areas
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Key responsibilities: Operating Room

• Ensures patient readiness for surgery including, but not limited to, NPO status, medication administration, timeout protocol, and chart completeness
• Implements the plan of care safely and effectively and provides a safe environment, including, but not limited to:
• Positioning patient safely, padding bony prominences, and ensuring respiratory and circulatory protection
• Ensuring correct prepping and draping procedures
• Ensuring asepsis during all procedures. Opens and presents sterile items to the sterile field aseptically; ensures supplies are not expired
• Accounting for all sponges, needles, and sharps during and after the procedures and documenting appropriately
• Demonstrates competence in preparing and cleaning O.R. suites before, between, and after cases
• Accurately records, labels, and handles specimens
• Can perform all duties of a circulating room nurse
• Gives thorough report of patient's intra-operative condition to PACU nurse
• Collaborates with other members of the surgical team to ensure efficient turn-around time between each procedure

Key responsibilities of the preop/PACU nurse

• Utilize advanced assessment skills to identify patient care problems, formulate patient care plans
• Perform initial preoperative assessment, develop a plan of care, and explain the subsequent phases of surgery
• Provide comfort measures and psychological support to the patient and family members
• Demonstrate proficiency in caring for patients who have received various types of anesthesia or conscious sedation
• Administer medications by direct intravenous and other routes as directed
• Provide patient education