Registered Nurse-Hourly Operating Room Circulator-PRN

Registered Nurse-Hourly Operating Room Circulator-PRN: Participates as a team member in support of the total surgical process, organizes time, equipment, and personnel, and supervises patient care in the operating/procedure room.

Requirements

• Proactively participates as a team member in support of the total surgical process
• Organizes time, equipment, supplies, and personnel to provide effective and efficient case management
• Supervises and directs patient care in the operating/procedure room
• Delegates activities appropriate to the abilities of available staff members
• Assists with supplies, drugs, and equipment inventories to maintain stock level and availability
• Transports patients to or from the operating/procedure room, as needed, observing policies, procedures, and safety requirements
• Reviews patient’s medical record and needs, to provide continuity of care collaboratively, with other members of the healthcare team
• Provides comfort and reassurance to patient
• Maintains patient’s privacy and dignity
• Verifies planned procedure(s) with patient and discusses plan of care
• Works collaboratively with the healthcare team to prepare the operating/procedure room according to requirements of patient, physician, and procedure
• Works collaboratively with the surgical/procedure team to verify sterility and/or high level of disinfection of instruments and supplies according to policy and procedure
• Handles and logs tissue specimens correctly and accurately according to policy and procedures
• Ensures the appropriate and safe positioning of the patient according to patient needs and planned procedure and monitors throughout procedure
• Administers medication(s) per order of physician, documents appropriately
• Monitors patient condition and maintains accurate documentation during procedure
• Accurately comprehends and interprets physician orders and direction, following policy and procedures
• Documents medical records and other forms accurately, legibly and in a timely manner, following policies and procedures
• Works collaboratively with the healthcare team to ensure safe continuity of patient care according to policy and procedures
• Confirms proper aseptic and sterile techniques are used according to accepted standards of practice
• Monitors and identifies breaks in sterile technique
• Verifies correct site, ensure all radiologic images are present, as applicable
• Performs time out prior to start of procedure, inflation of tourniquet, or incision
• Ensures a correct sponge, needle, sharps, and instrument count (as applicable to the procedure)
• Performs the surgical preparation