Staff Nurse - Operating Room - 1.0 FTE - D/E - LHDCMC

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif">OR RN II</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif">&nbsp;</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif">Position Objective:</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif">The Registered Nurse in surgery provides expert, professional nursing care to patients during the perioperative course. The RN assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the care of patients throughout surgical intervention. The RN in surgery will supervise Operating Room Technicians and ancillary personnel. The primary responsibility of the RN will be to perform the duties of a circulator in the Operating Room. The RN may also be competent in the role of a scrub nurse and perform the duties of that role, as staffing requires.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif">&nbsp;</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif">Job Responsibilities:</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif">Clinical Decision-Making / Judgment</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif">The nurse applies expert clinical knowledge to ensure safe and effective perioperative care. Responsibilities include:</span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif">Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care throughout the surgical experience.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif">Performing comprehensive preoperative assessments, including verification of the procedure, operative site, allergies, and risk factors.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span style="font-