Registered Nurse (RN) - Outpatient Surgery Center Operating Room (OPSC - OR)

Capable clinician, focused on expanding knowledge and skills. Consistently provides effective direct care, as part of the interdisciplinary team, to a variety of complex patients. Seeks as well as provides feedback for improved clinical practice. Assumes a beginning leadership role but seeks mentoring in this process.

Operating Room Nurse Skills and Expertise:

• Responsible for maintaining sterility and safety standards in the operating room

• Able to multi-task while assessing patients quickly, prioritize, and assist in procedures

• Anticipate needs of the surgeon and patient

• Demonstration of sound decision-making in emergency scenarios based on patient conditions such as vital signs, patient presentation, and assessments

• Observe, check and monitor all equipment used during surgery

• Conducts patient education regarding surgical procedure

• Serves as the communication liaison to family and members of the operating team

• Responds to life-saving situations based upon nursing standards and protocol

• Records all care information concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms

• Prepares operating room for patient/procedure

• Monitors patient's physical and emotional well-being throughout the care continuum

• Responsible for positioning, responding to comfort/safety of patient

• Provides for accurate care and handling of specimens

• Inventories all items both pre- and post-surgery

• Selects and handles surgical instrumentation by safely passing instruments to surgeon during the case

• Scrubbed in nursing staff is responsible for maintaining the sterile field throughout procedure

• Works with the team to ensure all instruments and supplies are available for each case.

• Inventories all items both pre- and post-surgery

This job description integrates the ANA 2015 Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, Third Edition and the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements (ANA, 2015), and the UVA Nursing Professional Practice Model.

• Relationship Based Care - Self and Colleagues: reflects the influence of the nurse's relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience.

• Relationship Based Care - Patients and Families: reflects the influence of the nurse's relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience.

• Expert Caring: encompasses clinical assessment, planning, prioritizing, coordinating and implementation of care.

• Empowered Leaders: demonstrate knowledge of and actively participate in shared governance.

• Lifelong Learners: encompasses professional development through formal education, professional certification, internal and external learning opportunities and recognizes the value of external professional organizations. Supports onboarding of new team members and precepts as applicable.

• Quality Achievement: includes adherence to clinical documentation guidelines, comprehension of outcomes data, engagement in performance improvement activities and commitment to standard work.

• Innovation: is demonstrated by application of technologies that support patient care, actively seeking to implement evidence based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research.

• In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

Position Compensation Range: $39.90 - $53.00 Hourly

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: Graduate of accredited nursing program, Bachelor of Science in Nursing required within 5 years of hire.

Experience: 1 year of nursing experience. Previous OR experience desired. Will train dedicated candidates willing to learn new skills. Orientation for those with no experience lasts 5 to 6 months.

Licensure: Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia. American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Job requires standing for prolonged periods, frequently bending/stooping, reaching (overhead, extensive, and repetitive); Repetitive motion: computer keyboard. Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills; Attention to detail and ability to write legibly; Ability to lift/push/pull 50 - 100lbs. May be exposed to noise, radiation, radioactive materials, blood/body fluids and infectious disease.

The University of Virginia, i ncluding the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician's Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.