REGISTERED NURSE OPERATING ROOM Union: NYSNA FULL TIME
3:00PM-11:30pm
MONDAY TO FRIDAYRotating weekends and holidays & ON CALL hours STARTING BASE SALARY $116,922 PLUS Education and Experience Differential when appropriate Job Description:- Clinical Care: Assess patients pre-operatively (e.g., NPO status), monitor vital signs intraoperatively, and provide immediate post-operative evaluation and recovery room monitoring.
- Documentation: Maintain accurate, real-time records of the surgical procedure, medications administered, and any anomalies in patient condition within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
- Patient Advocacy & Safety: Participate in "Time Out" processes to ensure correct surgical site/procedure, advocate for patient needs under anesthesia, and ensure all informed consents are verified.
- Circulating Duties: Manage overall nursing care in the OR, monitor the sterile field, maintain tool counts before and after surgery, and act as a communication liaison between the surgical team and other hospital departments.
- Scrub Duties: Sterilize the operating room, gather and arrange necessary supplies, assist the surgical team with gowning and gloving, and pass instruments to the surgeon during the procedure.
Requirements/Qualifications:- Current licensed as a Professional Registered Nurse in New York State
- Critical Care experience required
- BCLS/ACLS required
- Bachelors preferred
- Basic Arrhythmia course preferred
Experience: Typically requires a minimum of 1-2 years of experience in an OR or acute care setting.
Physical Demands: Ability to stand for long periods (often 8-12 hours) and the stamina to move heavy equipment or assist in patient positioning.
