What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN Operating Room position at M Health Fairview?
Overview
Fairview Health Services is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Operating Room team as a Circulator at our Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville, MN!
Our Operating Room nursing staff provides quality and compassionate care for patients. Our team of nurses and techs/nursing assistants work closely with multiple disciplines to provide a patient and family centered experience. With our strategic location just south of the Minnesota River, Ridges Hospital promotes the health of our surrounding communities and continues to experience growth!
About Fairview Ridges:
- At Ridges Hospital we perform approximately 8,000 surgical cases per year in our 12 OR rooms using the latest in technology.
- Perianesthesia supports 12 PACU bays and 18 Pre/post op Bays.
- OR specialty areas including: Spine, Ortho, OB-GYN, General, ENT, and Urology.
- Proactive pre-admitting department that prepares Pediatrics-Adult patients in advance of their visit and collaborates closely with Anesthesia. Child Life is available on site to work with pediatric patient.
- Procedures range from out-patient to surgical admissions, and include pediatric to geriatric patient population
Schedule:
This Operating Room nursing position will be working 80 hours every two weeks. This is a10-hour-day/evening shift position. Hours will be 11am-9pm. No scheduled weekends but weekend call (every 6th weekend). Holiday requirement is 2 holidays per year.
Benefits:
This position is eligible for full benefits. We offer a generous benefits package including medical, dental, paid time off, retirement options, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment program, and more!
https://www.fairview.org/benefits/noncontractrn
About Fairview:
Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofit that offers an entire network of healthcare services. Fairview is one part of M Health Fairview, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, M Physicians and Fairview Health Services. Together, we combine the University’s deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview’s extensive roots in community medicine. Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies and benefit management services.
Apply today to join our 34,000 employees and 5,000 system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other.
Responsibilities/Job Description
As an Operating Room RN, you will be responsible for:
- Providing patient and family centered nursing care following established standards and practices.
- The nurse will have a meaningful role in coordinating care with physicians, care coordinators, patients, and families.
- Demonstrates knowledge about the psychologic, sociologic, and spiritual responses of patients and their families to the operative or other invasive procedure.
- Implements protective measures prior to operative or invasive procedure, including measures to prevent skin or tissue injury due to thermal, mechanical, electrical and chemical sources.
- Confirms identity before the operative or invasive procedure and verifies operative procedure, surgical site and laterality.
- Demonstrates the ability to assess, diagnose, implement and evaluate treatments and procedures that contribute to the physiological stability of the surgical patient.
- Will serve as a circulator during operative procedures.
- Applies safety devices, performs required counts, manages specimen handling and disposition.
- Applies principles of aseptic technique while establishing and maintaining sterile fields.
- Supports patients’ rights and ethics by delivering consistent, proficient, and ethical care, within legal standards of practice, while maintaining privacy and support of the patient’s value system
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- MN RN licensure in good standing
- BLS for health care providers
- RN OR experience
- Charge Nurse experience require or willing to trianing into charge wihtin your orienation period.
Preferred qualifications:
- BSN or willingness to acquire in near future
- Familiarity with EPIC
- Experience working in a team and delegating
- Experience working in a support role (if no experience as an RN) NA, PCA, NST or similar
