$20,000 BONUS, PLUS RELOCATION ASSISTANCE!!

Facility

Cape Fear Valley Medical Center

Location

Fayetteville, North Carolina

Department

Main Operating Room

Job Family

Nursing

Work Shift

Days (United States of America)

Summary

Assumes clinical supervision for maintaining the perioperative standards of patient care for a defined patient population. Represents OR management and acts as liaison between nursing, OR staff, surgeons and other hospital departments.

Major Job Functions

The following is a summary of the major essential functions of this job.  The incumbent may perform other duties, both major and minor, that are not mentioned below.  In addition, specific functions may change from time to time:

• Evaluates adequacy and appropriateness of patient care equipment, supplies, environment and makes provision for adjustments as required for these needs on all shifts

• Suggests and supports needs for capital equipment and operational expenses

• Identifies education or training needs of team members and communicates with clinical educator of these needs

• Communicates with surgeons, particularly in the defined specialty areas of responsibility, regarding technological changes and related information

• Discusses need for disciplinary action with the Patient Care Manager for complex situations and takes actions in disciplining staff when or if an emergency occurs

• Supports patients in the practice of cultural and spiritual beliefs within limits of the medical regimen

• Adjust patient care based on the age specific physiological and psychosocial needs of patients typically served

• Completes accurate charges for patient services and participates in cost containment

• Maintains surgeon preference cards for accuracy of supplies and equipment

• When scheduled on weekends coordinator performs charge nurse role

• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

The following qualifications, or equivalents, are the minimum requirements necessary to perform the essential functions of this job:

Education and Formal Training: 

• Associate’s degree in Nursing required

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred

• Current Registered Nurse licensure in North Carolina

• Certified or seeking AORN certification preferred

Unit Description:

• Main OR is a surgical department with 8 Operating Rooms and 2 Cysto Rooms.
• Our Care team consist of a team that provides safe quality care: Registered Nurses, CRNAs, Physicians, and Surgical Technologist
• Our PCM, Resource Nurse, and Unit Educator are available to support our clinical needs with access to education, resources, guidelines, and protocols.
• Our electronic medical record is EPIC.
• We operate 24/7, 7 days a week, including weekends, and on-call services for emergency/trauma cases.

• Our patients include Pediatric, Adult and Geriatric patients.

Work Experience:

• General Surgery
• Orthopedics
• Ortho-Spine
• Neurosurgery
• Urology
• Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery
• Robotics
• Trauma and Emergency Surgery
• Must have at least 1 year of Operating Room experience or you can be considered in our yearly residency held in February and July contingent upon open vacancies. (OR)
• 1-year progressive experience in operating room required (ORTC)
• Experience in circulating duties required (ORTC)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required: 

• Knowledge base of case set-up and ability to assist surgical technologist with set-up and equipment

• Ability to organize systems and people

• Ability to read, write, and speak English

• Knowledgeable of age specific physiological/psychosocial/developmental/spiritual needs of patients typically served

• Working knowledge of OR routines, a wide variety of equipment, medication, and procedures specific to surgical areas of responsibility

Physical Requirements: 

• Long periods of standing, walking and sitting

• Occasional assistance with heavy lifting

• Verbal abilities for communication of patient needs

• Visual/auditory acuity

• Position may involve skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious material

Required Licenses and Certifications<