Registered Nurse - RN Operating Room

Registered Nurse (RN) Operating Room (OR) Part-Time
12 Hr. Weekend Shifts, Occasional Night
Ft. Belvoir, VA
Position Duties and Responsibilities:

• Formulate a plan of care for the patient based on the assessment. The plan will include appropriate nursing interventions and expected patient outcomes.
• Prior to surgery, the nurse will review the patient history and physical and ensure that it matches the surgical consent.
• Intra-operative Phase: Circulating RN is responsible for delivery of nursing care during the intra-operative phase of the surgical intervention.
• Ensure the patient is safe and the principles of asepsis are upheld.
• Postoperative Phase: conducts a brief postoperative evaluation and documents any findings on pre-op/post-op document.
• Able to walk extensively, stand for long hours at a time, lift object greater than 30 lbs, and move freely for extended periods of time.
• Ensure that the body temperature of the patient is maintained by increasing the operating room temperature to a level high enough to prevent hypothermia (72-80 deg if necessary).
• Ability to react with alertness and skill in any emergency situation.
• Operate defibrillator, EKG machine and cardiac monitor when appropriate.
• Assess patients' condition for potential or life-threatening crises.
• Utilize the nursing process to develop individualized age-specific nursing care plans.
• Obtain patient medical and psychosocial history and pertinent family history and documents on the appropriate form.
• Implement prescribed physician orders and nursing care and documents in patient medical record.
• Administer medications with the knowledge of actions and usual dosages of commonly used drugs.
• Interpret pertinent lab values, notify physician of abnormalities.
• Transcribe or verify transcription of physician orders.
• Communicate pertinent patient data to charge nurse and/or physician as appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of one (1) year operating room experience in a hospital setting or ambulatory surgery center within the last three (3) years.
• Registered nurses shall possess an associate, diploma, baccalaureate and/or masters degree in nursing and must be a graduate from an accredited school of nursing from at least one state or territory in the United States.
• Successfully graduated from a nationally accredited Associate Degree or Baccalaureate Degree program in nursing and holds current certification a Registered Nurse (RN).
• Certifications in addition to Basic Life Support.
• Certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).
• Shall have and maintain an active, valid, unrestricted, current RN license.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Potomac Healthcare Solutions offers the following benefits:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Employer Paid - Basic Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Short-Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan - Employer Match
• Paid Time Off
• 11 Federal Holidays
• Continuing Education
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Incentives and More

About Potomac Healthcare Solutions:
Potomac Healthcare Solutions is an award-winning, dynamic, and rapidly growing healthcare services company with a proven background in providing world-class health services for both government and commercial organizations. We are actively recruiting skilled, caring practitioners to support our rapidly growing program base and supported healthcare facilities. If you would like to be a part of a quality-driven organization and make a difference, we would like to talk to you!
If you do not find interest in this opportunity but know of someone who may, we kindly ask that you refer the individual to Potomac Healthcare Solutions by forwarding this job posting.
We especially welcome employment interest of US Military Veterans with honorable service.
Potomac Healthcare Solutions, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled.
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