Perm Placement: CVOR RN OOJ - 33533

Job Description

A CVOR RN, or Cardiovascular Operating Room Registered Nurse, is a specialized nurse who provides direct patient care during cardiovascular surgical procedures, assisting the surgical team by monitoring vital signs, handing instruments, managing surgical specimens, and ensuring a sterile environment throughout the operation, while also playing a crucial role in patient preparation and post-operative care in the recovery room.

Perm Placement: CVOR RN

A Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR) Registered Nurse is the nurse advocate for patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Responsibilities including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation
and time management.

Assists in positioning, responding to comfort/safety of patient during all phases of surgery.

Provides for accurate care and handling of specimens.

Observes and enforces strict standards of asepsis.

Responsible to demonstrate ongoing competency in the use of surgical equipment, including but not limited to surgical beds, electrocautery generators, suction devices, video equipment, point-of-care testing, positioning devices, and other
specialized equipment.

Observes, checks, and monitors all pieces of equipment used during surgery to confirm they are running smoothly.

Completes patient documentation in electronic medical record.
Inventories all countable items both pre- and post-surgery to ensure none remain in the patient post-operatively.

Nurse role adds the following additional duties:

Maintains the integrity of the sterile field; selects and handles instruments and supplies used for the operation, passing
them to surgeon and assistant as needed.

The CVOR RN will be expected to float into non-cardiac specialties when not functioning in cardiac cases.

A Registered Nurse III (RN III) is responsible for the care of the population they are assigned. A RN III is required to complete yearly mandatory competencies, any unit specific competencies that are identified by the Director/Designee as
it relates to the patient population of their unit as well as completion of the Professional

Practice Ladder requirements which include:

• Assuming responsibility as Charge Nurse, PI Activity and department initiatives, communicates and shares information to Director/Designee and co-workers from unit or hospital committee, a Facilitator paid Education, Seminar/Conference, workshop or Nursing Article.
• Portfolio is current and submitted to Director/Designee annually by

March 1st. Must be on a committee and provide validation of participation.

• Routinely solicits and validates patient/family satisfaction, participates in peer review for unit and develops bulletin board or poster that provides educational information to staff/patients/family members.

Work Function/Activity : Light to heavy physical demand (20 to 100 lbs)

• Frequent hand washing required.
• Occasional sitting.
• Frequent standing, walking, bending, squatting, crouching, kneeling, lifting, pulling, pushing, carrying, holding, stretching, reaching, climbing.
• Frequent repetitive arm, hand and finger movements.
• Frequent use of surgical and medical equipment and materials.
• Visual ability to see details at a distance (corrected to 20/40) and at a close range

(within a few feet of the observer), to match or detect differences between colors, shades of color, brightness and to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away, and to judge the distance between an object and the observer.

• Able to speak clearly so that it is understandable to a listener.
• Able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Able to focus on a single source of auditory (hearing) information in the presence of other distracting sounds and to detect or tell the difference between sounds that vary over broad ranges of pitch and loudness.
• Mental activities necessary include a high level of cognitive functioning with nursing, observation, evaluation, assessment, communication, interpersonal, organizational, problem solving and decision-making capabilities.
• May be exposed to fluctuating temperatures.

Qualifications

Education
Degree/Diploma Program of Study Additional Information
Bachelors Nursing (BSN) required
Masters Nursing (MSN) preferred
Additional Educational Requirements
Experience
Advancement to this level requires a minimum of 5616 hours of RN experience
Certification & Licensures
Certification / License & State (if applicable) Additional Information
RN License required
BLS Certification (Basic Life Support) - American Heart ‘Healthcare
Provider’ (HCP) - AHA approved
required
Relevant Specialty Certification preferred

Additional Certification/Licensure Requirements
Based on primary state of residency and in accordance with current Virginia Board of Nursing Regulations, must be licensed or eligible to practice pending licensure as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia with either a:

• Multi-state license, under the Nurse Licensure Compact OR Single-state license, valid in Virginia only

New hires must have American Heart Association (AHA) appropriate certification prior to completion of orientation.

Criminal Background Checks
VA State Police
3rd Party Background Check

Physical Demands
20 A Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA), Patient Care Tech.

Why is This a Great Opportunity

Great benefits. Relo offered!

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