Travel Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room
Hermiston, OR
Wellspring Nurse Source
3x12 hrs, Days

The Registered Nurse specializing in perioperative nursing practice is responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care during intraoperative surgical experiences and within other areas of perioperative services for diverse patient populations. This role involves acting as a patient advocate and supervising assigned personnel.

Essential Job Functions

• Accept responsibility for direction, control, and planning of activities.
• Make evaluations and decisions based on measurable or verifiable criteria.
• Work independently to implement the plan of care by:
• Protecting patients from injury caused by various hazards.
• Performing accounting procedures to prevent unintended retention of surgical items.
• Ensuring procedures are performed at the correct site, side, and level.
• Managing patient specimens according to policy and procedures.
• Communicating patient status effectively throughout the continuum of care.
• Administering medications safely and accurately.
• Maintaining wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels.
• Maintaining the stability of various bodily systems and balances.
• Implementing infection prevention measures.
• Upholding patient rights, dignity, and privacy.
• Providing age-specific, culturally competent, and ethical care within legal standards.
• Delivering consistent and comparable care across different settings.
• Documenting nursing care accurately, completely, and legibly.
• Collaborating effectively with other disciplines as needed.
• Utilizing problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster teamwork.
• Maintaining required competencies and pursuing professional growth.
• Acting as a patient advocate while ensuring confidentiality of health information.
• Supporting organizational mission, vision, and values through compliant practices.
• Participating in mandatory education for relevant accreditation programs.
• Floating to other departments as qualified to provide patient care as needed.
• Performing other related 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 Oregon, BLS, ACLS, PALS Certification, TNCC.
• Preferred: CNOR, Peri-op 101, CRASE training (if assignment exceeds six months).

Experience

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

Additional Requirements

• Ability to perform a variety of duties, transitioning between tasks efficiently.
• Understanding patient confidentiality rights and responsibilities.
• Empathy and compassion for individuals experiencing pain, grief, or trauma.
• Effective communication with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Incorporation of service excellence in customer relations throughout daily activities.