Role: OR Registered Nurse providing safe, evidence-based perioperative care in the operating room.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assess patients pre-operatively and post-operatively, ensuring appropriate perioperative readiness and recovery support.
- Perform circulating and/or scrub duties in the OR to support surgical procedures.
- Administer medications and monitor hemodynamic status during perioperative care.
- Maintain strict adherence to infection control, safety protocols, and best practices.
- Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and allied healthcare staff to coordinate care.
- Educate patients and families regarding perioperative processes and post-care needs.
- Participate in quality improvement activities to enhance patient outcomes.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Current RN licensure with demonstrated perioperative/OR nursing competency.
- Strong patient assessment, monitoring, and medication administration skills.
- Knowledge of sterile technique, infection prevention, and OR safety standards.
- Effective communication and teamwork with multidisciplinary perioperative teams.
- Ability to provide patient and family education with clarity and compassion.