Registered Nurse (RN), Operating Room Full Time (Days)

Ottumwa Regional Health Center - Ottumwa, IA

Full-time - Entry Level

Ottumwa, IA

Hospitals

About the position

The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Operating Room at Ottumwa Regional Health Center is responsible for delivering safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the operating room and other areas of perioperative services. This role involves maintaining surgical standards of nursing practice, acting as a patient advocate, and supporting the organization's mission and values. The RN will manage time, equipment, and personnel effectively while ensuring patient safety and comfort during surgical procedures.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the operating room.
• Maintain surgical standards of nursing practice.
• Organize time, equipment, supplies, and personnel for effective case management.
• Delegate activities appropriate to available staff members for patient care.
• Explain intra-operative procedures and care to patients.
• Perform the circulating/scrub nurse's role following approved operating room procedures.
• Assemble and provide properly functioning equipment, supplies, and instruments before procedures.
• Assist with the proper and safe positioning of patients and prepare operative sites as directed.
• Provide continuity of patient care by communicating with other perioperative care personnel.
• Respond in a timely manner to meet the needs of patients and physicians.
• Evaluate and complete patient's medical records for appropriate consents and data pertinent to their care.
• Support anesthesia personnel and assist during all methods of anesthesia.
• Prepare the surgical site according to established procedures.
• Verify identity, operative site, surgical procedure, and patient allergies prior to incision.
• Maintain a safe environment in the operating room for patients and staff.
• Monitor sterile technique of team members and implement aseptic technique.
• Anticipate needs of the surgical team to facilitate case progression.
• Demonstrate thorough, concise, and timely documentation.
• Monitor physical status of patients and administer drugs and solutions as prescribed.
• Maintain correct count of sponges, needles, and instrumentation with the scrub staff.
• Manage culture/specimen collection according to hospital policy.
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to changes in nursing practice.
• Perform interventions to ensure patients return to normothermia postoperatively.
• Accompany patients to ODS/PACU and give post-operative reports to unit staff.
• Assist with QI projects and special projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Active Iowa Registered Nurse Licensure.
• ACLS/BLS required, PALS preferred but not required.
• In-depth knowledge and skill related to surgical patients and patient care requirements.
• Ability to work within established guidelines and contribute to committees and projects.
• Prefer prior experience in perioperative nursing, CNOR preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to function in stressful situations.
• Willingness to cross train and float between OR, PACU, ODS, and Endo units.

Benefits

• Health (Medical, Dental, Vision) benefits for full-time employees.
• 401K benefits for full-time employees.
• Competitive Paid Time Off / Extended Illness Bank package for full-time employees.
• Employee Assistance Program for mental, physical, and financial wellness assistance.
• Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance for qualified applicants.