Registered Nurse OPERATING ROOM 37.5

Registered Nurse Operating Room

Union: NYSNA FULL TIME

3:00PM-11:30pm

MONDAY TO FRIDAY

Rotating weekends and holidays & ON CALL hours

STARTING BASE SALARY $116,922 PLUS Education and Experience Differential when appropriate

Job Description:

• Clinical Care: Assess patients pre-operatively (e.g., NPO status), monitor vital signs intraoperatively, and provide immediate post-operative evaluation and recovery room monitoring.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate, real-time records of the surgical procedure, medications administered, and any anomalies in patient condition within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
• Patient Advocacy & Safety: Participate in "Time Out" processes to ensure correct surgical site/procedure, advocate for patient needs under anesthesia, and ensure all informed consents are verified.
• Circulating Duties: Manage overall nursing care in the OR, monitor the sterile field, maintain tool counts before and after surgery, and act as a communication liaison between the surgical team and other hospital departments.
• Scrub Duties: Sterilize the operating room, gather and arrange necessary supplies, assist the surgical team with gowning and gloving, and pass instruments to the surgeon during the procedure.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Current licensed as a Professional Registered Nurse in New York State
• Critical Care experience required
• BCLS/ACLS required
• Bachelors preferred
• Basic Arrhythmia course preferred

Experience: Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of experience in an OR or acute care setting.

Physical Demands: Ability to stand for long periods (often 812 hours) and the stamina to move heavy equipment or assist in patient positioning.