Salary range is based on skills, experience, education, and location:
Local:$48.53/hour – $60.67/hour W-2
Travel: $60.80/hour – $76.00/hour W-2.
Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, and 401K (provided minimum eligibility hours are met)
Schedule Notes: 3-months – 1.0 – Day – 8HR – Every 3rd weekend.
Location: Edina, MN 55435.
Job Title: RN – OR
Department requires experience in at least one of the following specialties: Cardiac, Neuro, ENT, and Transplant.
REQUIRED TO FLOAT IF NEEDED
Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates the ability to establish an environment of safety for the surgical patient Implements protective measures prior to operative or invasive procedure.
- Confirms identity before the operative or invasive procedure.
- Verifies operative procedure, surgical site, and laterality.
- Participates in the surgical team TIME OUT prior to the start of the procedure.
- Applies safety devices Implements protective measures to prevent skin or tissue injury due to thermal, mechanical, electrical, and chemical sources.
- Performs required counts. Manages specimen handling and disposition.
- Uses supplies and equipment within safe parameters.
- Records devices implanted during the operative or invasive procedure.
- Maintains continuous surveillance.
- Verifies allergies.
- Implements latex precautions as needed.
- Positions the patient.
- Evaluates for signs and symptoms of injury because of positioning.
- Identifies physical alterations that require additional precautions for procedure specific positioning.
- Administers prescribed medications and solutions.
- Implements protective measures to prevent injury due to laser sources.
- Provides for safe patient transfer.
- Demonstrates the ability to assess, diagnose, implement, and evaluate treatments and procedures that contribute to the physiological stability of the surgical patient.
- Applies principles of aseptic technique.
- Establishes and maintains sterile fields.
- Performs skin preparations.
- Ensures perioperative environmental sanitation.
- Adheres to standard and transmission-based precautions.
- Monitors for wound contamination
- Classifies the surgical wound Initiates traffic control.
- Administers care to wound site.
- Demonstrates knowledge of sterilization methods.
- Protects from cross contamination.
- Manages culture specimen collection Implements, monitors, and evaluates thermoregulation measures.
- Collaborates in fluid and electrolyte management.
- Identifies and reports the presence of implantable cardiac devices.
- Serves as scrub person during operative procedures.
- Demonstrates knowledge about the psychologic, sociologic, and spiritual responses of patients and their families to the operative or other invasive procedure.
- Notes sensory impairments.
- Identifies barriers to communication Identifies psychosocial status. Assesses coping mechanisms.
- Determines knowledge level Implements measures to provide psychological support.
- Explains expected sequence of events.
- Supports patients’ rights and ethics by delivering consistent, competent, and ethical care, within legal standards of practice, while maintaining privacy and support of the patient’s value system.
- Verifies consent for planned procedure.
- Identifies individual values and wishes concerning care.
- Develops individualized plan of care Ensures continuity of care.
Specialty Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Needed:
- Critical thinking skills Knowledge and ability to use effective communication strategies.
- Knowledge and skills related to aseptic technique.
- Knowledge and skills related to positioning.
- Knowledge and skills related to technology.
- Knowledge of AORN recommended practices.
- Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of surgical procedures, instrumentation, and equipment relevant to the scrub role.
- Nursing theory and practice.
- Patient assessment skills.
Specialty education/experience requirements needed beyond minimum qualifications:
- One year recent OR RN circulating experience in a multi-specialty setting.
- Current Minnesota RN License
- BLS, BSN Preferred.
- EPIC