Description:
Job Purpose:
The OR Circulating Registered Nurse monitors the procedures in the operating room during surgery and assists as an intermediary between the physicians and operating room staff members.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prepares patients for surgical procedures and handles the preparation for the operating room before the surgery
- Works side by side with scrub nurses and directly with the surgeon to help maintain the sterile field in the operating room
- Assesses the patient’s condition and address their needs before and during surgery
- Works with physicians and anesthesiologists to develop a care plan for the patient during surgery
- Ensures all sterile fields are not compromised during the procedure by keeping the surgical area clean and organized
- Removes instruments and sponges as they are used during the procedure
- Ensures patient safety during the procedure
- Keeps precise documentation throughout the procedure
- Dispenses supplies and medication as needed
- Handles specimens and special apparatus
- Adheres to all Round Rock Surgery Center policies and procedures
- Performs all other duties as assigned by supervisor
- Demonstrates regular and predictable attendance
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge and experience in PACU nursing or critical care
- Knowledge and experience in ASC, operating room or ASC nursing care
- Competence in assessing, treating and caring for patients based on age-specific needs
- Ability to set priorities and provide direction to others that promotes efficiency on the unit
- Ability to correlate clinical data with patient’s medical and nursing care
- Effective communication and positive interpersonal skills
- Ability to maintain patient confidentiality
- Ability to transcribe physicians orders accurately and read labels and instructions completely
Supervision:
Reports directly to the Director of Nursing and Administrator
Requirements:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing
- Current licensure to practice in the State of Texas, successful completion of Basic Cardiac Life Support Course; ALCS required and PALS preferred
- Two years’ experience in perioperative nursing preferred
Environmental Conditions:
Medical Office environment, Ambulatory Surgery Center
Physical Conditions:
Must be able to work as scheduled. Good visual acuity and accurate color vision. Ability to lift/transfer patients in excess of 100 pounds, which may require pushing, pulling and essentially utilizing a full range of body movement. Ability to push a gurney with a 150-pound patient on it. Ability to stand, walk, stop, kneel, crouch and/or crawl. Ability to reach, grasp, use fine finger movement and feel fine sensation to discern temperature, texture, size and shape. Ability to lift 25-pound instrument trays. Ability to push heavy equipment on wheels within the OR suite. Ability to wear lead apron.
