Operating Room RN
New York, NY
Host Healthcare
5x8 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room (OR) - Contract

Location: New York, NY
Shift: Day Shift, 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM (10 hours/day, 4 days/week)
Contract Length: 9 weeks

Job Summary

Provide safe, competent, quality nursing care in the Operating Room setting, applying nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice to a designated patient population. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement patient care plans, prioritize patient needs, and educate patients and caregivers.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Deliver nursing care based on Relationship Centered Care and nursing process.
• Assess and evaluate patient needs using critical thinking.
• Integrate assessment and intervention skills in nursing care delivery.
• Collaborate with healthcare team members on care planning and evaluation.
• Prioritize patient care activities including teaching, rounding, coaching, and discharge planning.
• Educate patients and families on care plans, health promotion, and disease prevention.
• Communicate professionally with patients, families, and care teams.
• Manage assignments within a Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model.

Patient Experience

• Facilitate patient-centered care practices such as bedside shift reports, purposeful hourly rounding, medication review, and discharge wrap-up.
• Respect patient values, preferences, cultural diversity, and expressed needs.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Use evidence-based practices to understand patient perceptions of care.
• Address patient and family concerns and escalate as needed.
• Demonstrate empathy, respect, and active listening.

Quality and Safety

• Practice safe, efficient, patient-centered care and identify barriers to quality.
• Demonstrate clinical skills essential to patient safety.
• Participate in quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and nursing research activities.
• Follow institutional protocols to identify and avoid high-risk behaviors.
• Report safety hazards or gaps through proper channels.
• Document nursing practice accurately to support quality initiatives.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate supply and inventory management for patient care.
• Escalate resource deficits appropriately.
• Apply cost-effective approaches to patient care resources.
• Facilitate patient throughput during shifts.

Professional Development

• Support clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Advance clinical competence from novice to expert.
• Maintain a professional image and communicate with respect and empathy.
• Apply ethical principles in decision-making.
• Promote lifelong learning, scholarship, and innovation.
• Participate in specialty practice councils, committees, and unit initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in New York State.
• Minimum 2 years of Operating Room (OR) experience, including scrub and circulate roles, with OR experience within the last year.
• Current certifications: BLS, ACLS, CNOR, and PALS.
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing.
• Experience in Ophthalmology, ENT Surgery, and Plastic Surgery.