Local Contract Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room
Stamford, CT
Phaxis
5x8 hrs, Days

Local Travel OR RN Responsibilities/Duties:

• Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans.
• Assesses and monitors patients' vital signs.
• Assists in positioning the patient and assures safety.
• Provides accurate care and handling of specimens.
• Observes checks and monitors all equipment used during surgery to confirm they are operating smoothly.
• Handles patient documentation.
• Inventories all items pre- and post-surgery.
• Ensures that operating on correct patient and the correct procedure is being performed through a well-executed Time Out procedure.
• Provides basic bedside care.
• Reports on life-saving situations based upon nursing standards and protocols.
• Records all care information concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format in the center's electronic medical record (EMR) software system.
• Preps operating room for patient/procedure.
• Preps patients' operative area using aseptic technique with approved antiseptic to prepare the patient for the planned surgical procedure.
• Monitors patients' physical well-being throughout the care continuum.
• Sometimes the Registered OR Nurse may be asked to scrub in on procedure. Therefore, the following additional duties may apply:
• Familiar with surgical hand scrubbing technique in accordance with the AORN standards.
• Selects and handles instruments and supplies used for the operating procedure and passing these items to the surgeon.

Qualifications:

• 1 year OR RN experience required
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with an Associate degree or Bachelor of Science degree.
• RN in the State of Connecticut.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) is required.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) is preferred but not required
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) is preferred but not required
• CNOR is preferred but not required
• Complies with the facility's time and attendance policy.
• Promotes teamwork between people, departments and services.
• Uses excellent verbal and written communication skills to create a culture of collaboration and respect.
• Accepts suggestions and feedback from others.
• Adheres to the professional standards set forth in the Employee Handbook.
• May be exposure to infectious diseases. Standing/walking for more than half of the day.
• Frequently bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, twisting and lifting.
• Must be able to assist pushing/pulling/lifting patients ranging from five (5) to three hundred (300) pounds.