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Full-Time Days Rotating Weekends - 12-Hour Shifts
On-Call Requirement:
8-10 Call Shifts Every 4 Weeks
Mon-Fri Are 12 Hour Shifts, Weekends Are 24 Hour Shifts
Job Summary and Qualifications
The CVOR Registered Nurse will provide professional surgical nursing care to patients utilizing the nursing process, collaborating with other members of the heart team, including physicians, to ensure quality health care. The Operating Room Nurse assumes the responsibility for ensuring effective communication with the surgical technologists, the other Registered Nurses, the surgeons, the patients, and their families, as well as the other members of the surgical team.
What you will do in this role:
You will provide assistance in emergency procedures as well as elective and scheduled cases
You will work alongside surgical teams to ensure that patients receive the best possible care
You will serve as a liaison between the surgical team and the patient's families
You will be responsible for organizing supplies needed for patients
You will assess patients before, during, and after surgery and maintain a sterile operating room
You will perform count procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained foreign objects as well as perform interventions necessary to ensure the patients procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level
You will perform interventions throughout the surgical procedure to maintain the status of the patients genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems, and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels
You will administer medications in accordance with physician orders
You will actively involve the patient or designated support person in decisions affecting their post-perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process
What qualifications you will need:
Must be a graduate from an accredited school of Nursing: Associate's Degree in Nursing or higher is required
Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state in which you practice and/or hold an active
Compact/Multi-State RN license
Current American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS)
Health Care Provider is required
A minimum of 1-year experience in CVOR nursing is required
Salary Compensation: $32.00 - $47.00
Shift Differential: Nights $3.50, On-Call $3.50, Weekends $3.50