ASC OPERATING ROOM NURSE

Operating Room Nurse

The Operating Room Nurse will provide quality care to surgical patients via monitoring, assessment, intervention, and medication administration in the Ambulatory Surgery Center in Flowood. The Operating Room Nurse will collaborate with coworkers to achieve departmental goals and objectives in accordance with established policies.

Job Description

• Checks all equipment for proper functioning such as cautery machine, suction machine, OR light, and OR table
• Help scrub nurse with setting up the theater
• Assist Anesthesia
• Preparing surgical instruments/tools and materials for the surgical team needed during the operation
• Assist surgeons during surgery if needed
• Knowledge of asepsis, infection control, anesthesia
• Excellent communication skills

Requirements

• Active Registered Nursing License - licensed to work in MS
• Must possess general clinical competency in acute patient care
• Must demonstrate aptitude for maintaining pace of abbreviated patient encounters
• Nursing experience in a surgical setting preferred
• Documentation of current BLS certification (ACLS and PALS preferred)

Education

• Preferred: Bachelor's or better in Nursing
• Preferred: Associates or better in Nursing or related field

Licenses & Certifications

• Preferred: RN Bachelor's Degree
• Preferred: RN Associate Degree

Behaviors

• Required: Team Player - Works well as a member of a group
• Required: Detail Oriented - Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Required: Dedicated - Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity