Registered Nurse- Per Diem Operating Room, Morristown Medical Center

Registered Nurse
- Per Diem, Days 7a-8p, Operating Room, Morristown Medical Center

Morristown, NJ, United States

JOB PURPOSE:

• Responsible for general nursing activities in the operating room. The perioperative nurse designs, coordinates and delivers care to meet the identified needs of patients whose protective reflexes or self-care abilities are potentially compromised because they are having operative or other invasive procedures.

• Promote and restore patient health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; supervising assigned team members.
• Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.
• Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; and calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols; medication administration and storage procedures; and controlled substance regulations.
• Maintain continuity among nursing teams by documenting as per policy and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs utilizing SBAR while maintaining patient confidentiality.
• Ensure proper function and operation of equipment following manufacturer’s instructions; troubleshoot equipment malfunctions; call appropriate personnel for repairs; and evaluate new equipment as necessary.
• Ensure case readiness by confirming supplies, equipment, instruments, and implants are available as per surgical procedure and doctor preferences. Ensure fiscal responsibility of the organization by accurately documenting/charging for supplies.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge through continuing education and organization and unit mandates. Achieve and maintain professional certification as required.
• Contribute to team efforts and high quality, safe patient outcomes through collaboration with peers, supervisors, surgeons, and anesthesiologists. Promote all PRIDE values.

• Departmental and Organizational Mandatories, LMS/Corporate Compliance, Unit Based Shared Governance, CEUs, Peer Review, Certification, BSN preferred, Involvement, UBSG, Hand hygiene.
• Ensure strict adherence to the universal protocol, prevention of retained surgical items and specimen management policy.
• Maintain AORN standards of practice, return of medication and supplies to appropriate storage location.
• Assist anesthesia with induction and extubation, positioning, comfort and safety of patient.
• Observe and enforce strict standards of asepsis, monitor all equipment used during surgery.
• Handle patient documentation including documentation of implants and accurately charging for supplies.

Required:

• Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program.
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse.
• BLS certification.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• 1+ year of experience in OR nursing.

At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is that anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. The leading non‑profit health care system headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, offers more than 20,000 team members and a network of community‑based providers and affiliates.

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