Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room
Location: Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Duration: 3 months+ (contract on W2 with high possibility of extension based on performance)

Schedule Notes:

• We would like higher scores in Neuro, ENT, and general surgery.
• Also experience in vascular surgery or transplants would be helpful.

 
Process Level Department Description:

• Client Medical Center — Operating Room — Main OR has 32 bed suite offering all surgical specialties and is open 24-7 due to surgical trauma center.

 
Process Level Department Compliance:

• RN — Client Medical Center — Operating Room — Required: RN License, BLS.

Job Summary:

• Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards.
• Reporting and accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director, the Clinical Nurse is responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a hospital setting.

 
Essential Duties:

• Education: Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self.
• Attends education programs based on identified learning needs.
• With assistance, uses patient education materials relevant to patient population.
• Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers.
• Assesses developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.
• Evaluation of Care: Identifies expected patient outcomes.
• Seeks guidance as needed in revision of plan of care.
• Participates in discussion with members of the interdisciplinary team in evaluation of patient care.
• Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care.
• Implementation: Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems, including population-appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational and safety aspects of care.
• Performs bedside point of care testing as required for patient care plan.
• Utilizes healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures in delivery of care.
• Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient/family needs.
• Consults with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs and/or those at high risk for discharge planning.
• Leadership: With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations.
• Achieves goals and objectives within identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor.
• Is knowledgeable about activities which facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration.
• Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities.
• Effectively uses communication systems.
• Participates in promoting cost-effective care.
• Gives feedback to co-workers.
• Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment.
• Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all.
• Patient Assessment: Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care.
• Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs.
• Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication to others.
• Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families.
• Develops relationships with families that promote their ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs.
• Planning: Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care.
• Makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care.
• Begins to use full range of communication as a means to convey planning.
• Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care.
• Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
• Research: Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice.
• Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability.

Required Skills & Experience:

• One (1) year of nursing experience.

 
Preferred Skills & Experience: N/A
 
Education:
Required Education:

• Nursing Diploma.
  OR
• ADN or ASN from an accredited school of Nursing.

 
Preferred Education:

• BSN or MSN from an accredited school of Nursing.

 
Required Certifications & Licensure:

• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification (AHA or ARC).

 
Preferred Certifications & Licensure: N/A

Hours Per Week: 36.00
Hours Per Day: 12.00
Days Per Week: 3.00
 
Department of Nursing?: Yes
Shift: Days
Shift Details: 7 am – 7 pm
FTE: 0.9
On-Call Required?: 1-2 shifts of night call M-F (7p-7a)
Weekends Required?: 1-2 weekend call shift per 6-week schedule (7a-7p)
Holidays Required?: Must be able to work Labor Day if needed.
 
Interview Type: Client Offer