CVOR Registered Nurse
Louisville, KY
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Registered Nurse - Operating Room (OR)

Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Employment Type: Clinical Nursing
Shift: Day (6:30 AM – 3:00 PM) with call
Hours: 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Summary

• Accountable for the care of a group of patients in the Operating Room.
• Focus on safe, effective patient- and family-centered care, customer satisfaction, and quality outcomes.
• Responsible for supervising licensed and non-licensed staff.
• Applies the Kristin M. Swanson Model of Care to assess, develop, implement, and evaluate patient care plans.
• Emphasizes patient/family comfort, education, and satisfaction.
• Provides mentoring and precepting to staff.
• Participates in quality, safety, and service improvement efforts and complies with regulatory standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform patient assessments and reassessments, making sound independent decisions.
• Initiate, prioritize, implement, and revise plans of care in collaboration with patients, families, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Monitor and document patient responses to clinical interventions.
• Facilitate and evaluate patient and family education related to care and discharge.
• Delegate tasks appropriately and foster teamwork.
• Identify and communicate opportunities for improvement.
• Participate in Practice Governance and implement evidence-based practice changes.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in Kentucky
• Minimum 2 years of Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR) experience, including experience within the last year
• Operating Room (OR) experience
• Acute Care nursing experience
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification

Preferred Qualifications

• No additional preferred skills or certifications specified.

Additional Information

• Shift includes call responsibilities.
• Emphasis on acute care nursing, patient assessment, care plan development/implementation/evaluation, patient education, mentoring, precepting, teamwork, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance.