Registered Nurse – Operating Room

Company Description

International SOS delivers customized medical and security risk management and wellbeing solutions to enable our clients to operate safely and effectively in environments far from home. Founded in 1984, we operate in 92 countries providing integrated medical solutions to organizations with international operations. Our innovative technology and medical and security expertise focus on prevention, offering real-time, actionable insights and on-the-ground quality delivery. We provide clinical services to include “hands on” direct care at over 800 sites around the world, many of which include inpatient clinical care capabilities. With 12,000 staff (including 5,200 medical and behavioral health providers) our services include the design, deployment, and operation of healthcare solutions including freestanding surgical facilities in remote and austere environments, telemedicine consultation through a wide range of virtual modalities, referrals to a global network of more than 100,000 vetted providers, and global aeromedical evacuation. Within our portfolio of companies, International SOS Government Medical Services (GMS), headquartered in Houston, Texas provides contracted healthcare support to Government defence and civil agencies and government contractors, including support to military exercises and operations, diplomatic missions, natural disasters, and refugee care. To protect your workforce, we are at your fingertips: internationalsos.com

Job Description

The Operating Room (OR) Registered Nurse (RN) in this position will represent International SOS and will provide comprehensive health services to DOS, DOD, and contractor personnel stationed in Iraq.  The OR RN will use a holistic approach to care for the patients requiring acute medical or surgical interventions. Nurses will be accountable clinically for ensuring nursing care compliance within accepted standards of care and clinical practice. Nurses will use clinical judgment in assessing, planning, implementing, documenting, and evaluating patient care in the pre-operative, surgical and post-operative environments where life-threatening disease or injury requires close monitoring and at times quick intervention. The Nurse functions both dependently and independently within guidance and direction from the Nurse Manager/designee.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide OR Nurse coverage for all patients in the acute and intensive care settings, short stay unit, acute and chronic pain management services.  
• Assist with diagnostic transoesophageal echocardiogram for medical and surgical patients, and emergency airway management. 
• Prepare patient prior to surgery to alleviate concerns. 
• Gather all supplies needed for the operation. 
• Assume responsibility of keeping the operating room sterilized. 
• Position and prepare patient on operating room table. 
• Pass medical instruments or objects to the surgeon during operation. 
• Evaluate patient in post operative phases. 
• Assist surgeon at the patients’ bedside if the patient is not ambulatory, and in the clinic setting if the patient is able to report to the outpatient clinic. 
• Assist with emergency airway management and surgeon provided consultative services at the patient’s bedside or in the outpatient clinic as needed. 
• Ensure timely presence for scheduled clinics/surgeries, documented by physical presence in the clinic or operating room at the scheduled start time. 
• Maintain compliance with all project site procedures, standards, and continuing educational and mandatory training requirements.  
• Maintain compliance with all project site procedures, standards, and continuing educational and mandatory training requirements. 
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements/Certifications:  

• Current, full, active, and unrestricted Registered Nurse license in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.   
• Certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). 
• 3+ years’ experience, 6 months OR RN experience within the past year, experience abroad or in austere environment preferred. 
• Basic proficiency with Microsoft Office. 

Education Required: 

• Associates, Bachelor or Master of Science in Nursing - Candidates must be a graduate of a school of nursing that was approved and/or accredited by the appropriate State agency and accredited by either the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) at the time the program was completed. 

Physical Requirements: 

• Must meet pre-deployment physical requirements  
• Work involves sitti