Registered Nurse - Operating Room

SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Sitka, AK, US

$41.66 - $58.69 / hour

Pay Range:

Pay Range:$41.66 - $58.69 *****************************************************************************

$25K Sign On and $10K Relocation for qualified hire!

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Responsible for the delivery of safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the OR and other areas of perioperative services for all patient populations.

SEARHC is a non-profit health consortium which serves the health interests of the residents of Southeast Alaska. We see our employees as our strongest assets. It is our priority to further their development and our organization by aiding in their professional advancement.

Working at SEARHC is more than a job, it’s a fulfilling career. We offer generous benefits, including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health insurance, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short-term disability, and more.

Key Essential Functions and Accountabilities of the Job

50% charge nurse role, 50% primary circulator with on call/call back expectations.
Initiates treatments, medications, emergency, and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of physicians' pre- and post-op orders, standing orders and post anesthesia protocol.
Observes interviews and assesses surgery patients during perioperative phase.
Administers therapeutic measures as prescribed by the anesthesiologist, anesthetist, or surgeon.
Records observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, and other data relevant to surgical patients in an accurate, efficient, and timely manner.
Collaborates with members of the surgical and multidisciplinary teams in assessing, planning, and implementing surgical intervention in management of patient’s peri-operative health care.
Initiates action to reduce, correct, or prevent immediate, ongoing, or potential risks to the patient.
Seeks out resources when beyond the scope of skill, knowledge, or experience.
Explains test, procedures, and disease process to patient/significant others; communicates and interacts with patient/significant others in a positive and supportive way; takes steps to decrease stress and/or increase effectiveness of coping mechanisms of patient/significant others.
Operates and monitors specialized perioperative equipment.
Monitors patients having surgical procedure under local anesthesia by assessing cardiopulmonary, respiratory, and hemodynamic status and pain levels. Responsible for independent management of patients undergoing local anesthesia.
Monitors supplies and instruments to assure sterility of materials used furthering Quality Assurance of patient care

Other Functions

Assists in the orientation of new staff, travelers, and students by sharing knowledge, experience, and verbal encouragement; guides others in choosing nursing intervention, developing skills, and applying knowledge; follows and directs others to follow corporate, hospital, and departmental policies, procedures, and patient care standards.
Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Oversees day to day operations for Pre-Op, OR, PACU under the direction of the Surgery Director.
Facilitates lunch breaks and helps with room turnover when not acting as a primary circulator.
Acts as float staff to all perioperative areas when not acting as primary circulator.
Completes daily staff assignments.
Organizes the daily surgery schedule.
Assures that all supplies are put away and cases are pulled for the following day.
Assures that ORs are set up and ready for the next day’s cases.
Consistently communicates with the Surgery Director regarding the day to day operations: staffing, daily schedule, department flow, operational concerns, quality concerns, patient care concerns, staff/physician concerns.
Performs daily pre-op chart reviews and calls, or delegates them as needed.
Compiles monthly call schedule through collaboration with perioperative staff.
Provides leadership to staff and/or escalates appropriately up the chain of command any safety/quality breach in the absence of the Surgery Director.
Assists Surgery Director with projects/activities such as quality, policy review, compliance, infection prevention, chart audits.
May attend meetings with or in absence of the Surgery Director as requested.
Maintains a professional demeanor and leads by example in the charge nurse role.
Respects the confidentiality of this role and may from time to time be involved with privileged information.

Education, Certifications, and Licenses Required

Education required to obtain a valid, current, unrestricted Registered Nurse license in the State of Alaska– required
Current full, unrestricted Registered Nursing license in Alaska or other U.S. state required. Direct Hire must have applied for an Alaska nursing license before start date. Agency staff must have an active Alaska license.
Commission Corp Officers meet billet description requirements for a 0 – 2 to 0 – 3
BLS (Basic Life Support) until ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support).
PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) upon hire, if not, must be obtained within 6 months of hire date - required.
High school diploma or GED.
Clinical Competency required within 3 months of hire and every three years
High Risk Competency required within 3 months of hire and every year

Experience Required

Previous supervision or lead experience preferred.
Two years of experience as an OR circulator.

Knowledge of

Knowledge of nursing care principles, practices, diagnosis, and processes (including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation) to provide professional nursing care to patients.
Knowledge of pharmaceuticals, their desired effects, side effects, and complications in their use.

Skills in

Skills to apply scientific principles in operating and monitoring of basic and specialized medical equipment
Skills in nursing procedures and basic nursing care.
Oral and written communication skills, can enter and retrieve patient data accurately, can verbally communicate findings with healthcare team.
Excellent critical thinking and organizational skills

Ability to

Ability to recognize adverse signs and symptoms and to act promptly in emergency situations
Ability to provide guidance, leadership, and work cooperatively with others by establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships with patients, visitors, and other healthcare team members.
Ability to implement appropriate nursing therapeutic interventions based on the knowledge of a wide variety of nursing diagnosis, medical and psychosocial disorders, and the normal course of disease and anticipated complications.
Make strong sound decisions, use critical thinking skills, engage in long range planning and goal setting and ability to provide both support and a vision for the department.

Required Certifications:

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association, Basic Life Support (BLS) - American Heart Association, Clinical Competency Assessment - SEARHC, High Risk Competency - SEARHC, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association

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Accurately interprets and implements treatment regimen as prescribed by the Physician; assists the Physician during treatments and/or diagnostic procedures; keeps the Patient Care Manager/designee and/or physician, abreast of changes in patient’s condition and/or treatments, as appropriate; uses clinical judgment in delegating assignments in providing patient care, and ensures that assignments are completed in a timely fashion; performs grade I-IV Decubitus Care; performs preventive skin care measures; applies simple dressings, maintaining principles of aseptic technique. Applies warm and cold compresses, consistent with facility procedure; performs irrigations, consistent with Facility procedure; performs other procedures related to skin care, as necessary; administers medications correctly and safely; correctly identifies medication in terms of action, dosage, side effects, and implications for the patient; meets standard on medication administration examination; demonstrates preparation of local solutions. Administers and documents medication correctly; educates patients and significant others related to drug and food interactions; educates patients and significant others related to drug and food interactions; participates in patient and family education; provides patient with an explanation of his/her condition as indicated; communicates assessment data in an orderly fashion by recording, updating and verbalizing pertinent information to care team members and to appropriate agencies; recognizes and utilizes health teaching opportunities and resources /materials available for this teaching; provides for early discharge planning and appropriate referrals for post-hospital care; evaluates the effectiveness of teaching by feedback from patient/ family and documents same. Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions. Job Qualification Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing. Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, preferred. Must be enrolled in an accredited BSN program within two (2) years and obtain a BSN Degree within five (5) years of job entry date. Current License to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed. Minimum 1-2 years of Operating Room experience highly preferred Additional Salary Detail The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).