RN Circulator

RN Circulator 2001 ROSE Surgery Schedule: Day Shift. 40 hours. 4 10 Hour Shifts, Call and Holiday Rotation Required.

About the Position

The RN Circulator is dedicated to each patient for the duration of each surgery. The circulating nurse is responsible for managing all nursing care within the operating room, observing the surgical team from a broad perspective, and assisting the team to create and maintain a safe, comfortable environment for the patient’s surgery.

Overview of Responsibilities • Routinely demonstrates a strong commitment to Reid’s/ROSE’s behavioral standards by serving as a role model to others. • Consistently demonstrates the behavior standards identified in Reid’s/ROSE’s Mission, Vision and Values at all times. • Practices the Key Service Behaviors to support an outstanding customer and employee experience. • Adheres to Reid’s/ROSE’s confidentiality policies related to patients, family and visitors, staff, physicians, and customers. • Take pride and care in personal appearance and reports to work in attire that projects professionalism and respect. • Completes all required hospital education and employee health requirements on time. • Follows Reid’s/ROSE’s confidentiality policies related to customers, family and visitors, and employees. • Perform work in a safe manner and follow all Reid/ROSE safety requirements. • Promote the mission, vision, and values of the organization. • Assess patients at intervals as stated in policies and procedures. • Develop an individualized perioperative patient plan of care. • Implement the plan of care by o protecting the patient from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources; o performing accounting procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained surgical items; o performing interventions necessary to ensure that the patient’s procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level; o managing the patient’s specimens according to organizational policy and procedures; o communicating the patient’s current status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care; o administering medications safely and correctly; o performing interventions to maintain the patient’s wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels; o performing interventions to maintain the status of the patient’s genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems and fluid, electrolyte, and acidbase balances at or above baseline levels; o performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period; o performing interventions to protect the patient from surgical site infection; o assessing the knowledge level of the patient or designated support person; o providing education regarding the expected psychosocial response, nutritional management, medication management, pain management, wound management, and…

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