Operating Room Nurse -Full time nights (Georgetown)

MedStar Health • Full-time • Washington, DC, USA • 4d ago

General Summary of Position
Professional care provider who assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the nursing care of intraoperative patients. In collaboration with the patient and family, provides theory-based professional nursing care and coordinates care delivery with various members of the interdisciplinary team.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities
1. Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality standards, safety standards, and MedStar SPIRIT Values. Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations.2. Collects and analyzes significant patient's information that pertains to physical, psychological, socio-cultural, economic, spiritual, and life-style behaviors and efficiently leveraging available technology.3. Functions autonomously providing relationship-based care that promotes continuous, consistent, efficient and accountable delivery of nursing care using the nursing process with a favorable focus on patient experience.4. Identifies current and potential complex problems of specific patient populations, critically analyzes trends and changes in patient status, and plans appropriate interventions.5. Incorporates evidence-based practice and research into patient care delivery, with a focus on quality and safety.6. Serves as a patient advocate by independently communicating clinical concerns, including ethical decisions, in a timely manner to other members of the interdisciplinary team.7. Practices within legal boundaries of nurse practice act and possesses a theoretical understanding of the universal ethical principles. Recognizes ethical discourse in practice and may seek other resources in advocacy for support and counsel.8. Individualizes patients plan of care, focusing on short and long-range goals and effectively uses a variety of teaching resources to meet the learning needs of patients and families.9. Communicates patient information clearly and accurately in verbal and written format.10. Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment. Identifies actual and potential patient safety issues and acts accordingly while incorporating HRO quality and safety principles.11. Demonstrates effective leadership behaviors. Establishes priorities and delegates tasks to peers and ancillary staff as appropriate to scope of practice and unit requirements.12. Effectively uses problem identification and resolution skills, focusing on the clinical scenario to resolve the apparent concern. Follows the chain of command by consulting with other healthcare professionals and seeks assistance as needed.13. Independently communicates concerns in a timely manner and makes suggestions to members of the interdisciplinary team by seeking and using resources effectively.14. Provides Pre-operative Care, Intra-operative Care and Post-operative Care15. Independently identifies resources and strategies to enhance professional growth and development and commits to life-long learning.16. Supports and contributes to the unit, department, entity, and organizational goals inclusive of the mission, vision, and values.17. Participates in meetings and on committees and represents the department and hospital in community outreach efforts.18. Participates in multi-disciplinary quality and service improvement teams.19. Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications
Education

Associate's degree from an accredited School of Nursing required
Bachelor's degree enrollment required within 6 months of start date and completion within 3 years. required

Experience

Completion of AORN Periop 101 course within six months of hire or equivalent training and/or experience. required
Proficiency in circulating role required
Scrub experience preferred. preferred

Licenses and Certifications

RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in DC required
CPR - Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation (includes BLS and NRP) for healthcare providers from either the American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross within 90 Days required
Additional unit/specialty certifications may vary by department or business unit.
CNOR - Certified Operating Room Nurse preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Basic math skills. Verbal and written communication skills. Basic computer skills required.

This position has a hiring range of $48.51 - $86.16

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