Operating Room RN
State College, PA
Patterns Hiring
5x8 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education:
1. Completion of an accredited registered nurse program required; BSN preferred.
Experience:
1. 2 years prior Operating Room experience required
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
1. Effectively functions as a team member and as a liaison between patient and staff.
2. Supports and encourages harmonious communication skills.
3. Job requires strong verbal, non-verbal, and written communication skills.
4. Communicates in highly professional manner at all times.
5. Demonstrates a high level of mental and emotional tolerance and even temperament when dealing with ill people; uses tact, sensitivity, sound judgment and a professional attitude when relating with patients, families, and co-workers at all times.
6. Knowledge of peri-operative nursing practices. (AORN)
7. Demonstrates mental and emotional tolerance and even temperament when dealing with patients, families, providers and other staff members.
8. If there are no candidates who possess the preferred qualifications for the positions, the candidate will be considered and education/training will be provided. Mount Nittany Health will provide an in-house 6 month Operating Room course.
9. Must begin the in-house Operating Room course upon transfer/hire into the Operating Room.
10. Accepts responsibility and accountability for maintaining knowledge, skills and competency in peri-operative nursing, remaining current on concepts, trends, scientific advance, biomedical equipment and ethics related to peri-operative nursing.
License/Certification/Registration:
1. Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Pennsylvania.
2. Meets the American Heart Association’s standards for Healthcare Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) and renews BLS every two years.
3. Meets the American Heart Association's standards for Healthcare Provider Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and renews ACLS every two years.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Develops a plan of care based on an ongoing assessment of the patient in the holding area, operative suite and post-operative setting.
The Plan of Care:
a. Identifies strengths and weaknesses and methods of adapting to current surgical interventions.
b. Updates plan constantly to meet existing or potential problems of the patient.
c. States goals and nursing interventions based on the assessment of the patient experiencing surgical intervention.
d. Ensures supplies and equipment for the care of the surgical patient are readily available and functional.
e. Ensures the creation and maintenance of a sterile field through the procedure based on principles of asepsis.
Implements perioperative nursing techniques and responds appropriately to natural physiological changes during the operative procedure per Mount Nittany Medical Center policies and procedures and AORN standards by:
a. Recognizing changes in health care status and directs appropriate care to provide for patient safety.
b. Applying principles of aseptic technique, surgical technique, electrical, chemical and laser safety, positioning, and patient care management.
c. Utilizing knowledge in clinical performance by applying technical, interpersonal, educational, leadership and communication concepts.
d. Demonstrating care and disposition of surgical specimens, cultures, foreign bodies.
e. Documenting individualized changes in plan of care.
Implements health education by:
a. Providing information to the patient and family relating to specific surgical nursing functions and physical aspects of the operating room through effective preoperative teaching.
b. Documenting patient interactions appropriately.
Accepts responsibility and accountability for maintaining knowledge, skills and competency in perioperative nursing by:
a. Maintaining an awareness of professional issues.
b. Remaining current on concepts, trends, scientific advances, biomedical equipment and ethics related to perioperative nursing.