Travel Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room
Hermiston, OR
Wellspring Nurse Source
5x8 hrs, Days

The Registered Nurse specializing in perioperative nursing practice plays a critical role during the intraoperative surgical experience. Responsibilities include delivering safe, effective, and quality patient-centered care in the operating room and other areas of perioperative services for diverse patient populations.

Essential Job Functions:

• Accept responsibility for the direction and planning of nursing activities.
• Make evaluations and decisions based on measurable or verifiable criteria.
• Work independently and implement the patient care plan by:
• Protecting patients from injury caused by external hazards.
• Performing accounting procedures to prevent unintended retained surgical items.
• Ensuring procedures are performed on the correct site and side.
• Managing patient specimens according to organizational policies.
• Communicating patient status to relevant parties throughout care continuity.
• Administering medications safely and accurately.
• Maintaining wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels.
• Maintaining the status of the patient's various bodily systems and balances.
• Performing interventions to prevent surgical site infections.
• Upholding patient rights, dignity, and privacy.
• Providing age-specific, culturally competent, and ethical care within legal standards.
• Ensuring consistent and comparable care across various settings.
• Document nursing care accurately and comprehensively.
• Collaborate effectively with other healthcare disciplines as appropriate.
• Utilize problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to foster teamwork.
• Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
• Act as a patient advocate and ensure privacy and confidentiality of health information.
• Support the hospital's mission, vision, values, policies, and procedures.
• Participate in required educational programs related to position responsibilities.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education

• Required: Associate of Science in Nursing.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.

Licenses/Certifications/Registrations

• Required: Current RN license in the State of Oregon, BLS, ACLS, PALS Certifications, TNCC.
• Preferred: CNOR, Peri-op 101, CRASE training (required if travel assignment exceeds six months).

Experience

• Required: None.
• Preferred: Previous RN circulator experience, completion of Peri-op 101 course, and scrub experience.

Other Qualifications

• Ability to perform a variety of tasks without loss of efficiency.
• Recognize the rights and responsibilities related to patient confidentiality.
• Convey empathy and compassion to patients experiencing pain or trauma.
• Foster a sense of teamwork and cooperation in interactions with others.
• Communicate effectively with individuals from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Incorporate service excellence in customer relations in daily activities.