RN Specialty - Circulating Nurse

Department:
Operating Room

Shift: PRN

Working Hours:

6:00 am- 2:30 pmOR call prn days and weekends

Summary:

A Registered Nurse is responsible for planning, organizing, and administering care within the
scope of his/her training and expertise, collaborating with other disciplines to ensure effective
and efficient patient care delivery and achievement of desired patient outcomes is met. This is
done in conjunction with the objectives and policies of the hospital and the Nurse Practice Act
of the state of Arkansas.

A Circulating Nurse is a Registered Nurse who assists surgeons and other healthcare
professionals during surgical procedures. They work outside the operating room's sterile field
by ensuring a clean and sterile environment, administration of medications, implementing and
maintaining surgical counts, prepping for operations/procedures, documentation of
surgery/procedure, monitoring perioperative staff, instruments, and equipment and the
delivery of surgical specimens.

Other information:

• Must have the required education needed to be a licensed Registered Nurse by the
Arkansas State Board of Nursing

• Current CPR

This job will be authorized 0.08 hours bi-weekly.