Registered Nurse - Operating Room

• Hours are flexible - choose from 8 hr, 10 hr, or 12 hr shifts.
• Multiple services which include: orthopedics, neurosurgery, general, GYN, urology, colorectal, podiatry, breasts, plastics, ENT, ophthalmology, and bariatrics.
• State‑of‑the‑art operating rooms that have recently been upgraded with the newest versions of lights, booms, equipment, and integration systems.
• Robotic surgeries for general, bariatrics, GYN, and urology utilizing our DaVinci Xi.
• Robotic procedures for total joints utilizing Stryker’s Mako or Smith & Nephew’s Cori.
• Multiple navigation systems to help with complex surgeries including the Stryker Q, BrainLab, and 7D, which all help provide safe patient care and improve patient outcomes.
• One of the very few facilities in New England that has the Stryker Airo intraoperative CT machine for neurosurgery which pairs with the Q navigation.
• Planning to add a second Q navigation system to support the neurosurgery volume, and it will include software to be utilized with ENT and orthopedics.
• Working towards building an additional OR due to high surgical volume, along with purchasing the newest robot from Intuitive, the DaVinci V.

Responsibilities:

• The Operating Room Registered Nurse (OR RN) cares for patients aged 6 months through adulthood who require surgical/invasive interventions.
• Deliver nursing care by utilizing a patient‑centered approach incorporating the Professional Practice Model.
• Provide patient‑centered care through teamwork and collaboration to achieve quality patient outcomes.
• Integrate best practices and current evidence‑based practices for delivery of optimal health care.
• Utilize data to improve quality and safety.

Qualifications:

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing program.
• Must have Operating Room experience.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to achieve the following competencies:
• Within 30 Days: Basic Life Support
• Within 90 Days: Safe Care & Handling of Surgical Equipment, Decontamination of Surgical Instrumentation, Scrubbing/Gowning/Gloving, Aseptic Technique, Circulating General Cases, Set up of OR Equipment (Microscope (surgical), Surgical light systems, Electrosurgical Units, Lasers, Orthopedic Systems, Specialty Surgery Tables)
• Within 180 Days: Circulating Specialties (ENT/Plastics/Eyes, Vascular, Orthopedics/Neurological, Gynecological/Genitourinary, Robotics Surgeries)
• Health, dental, prescription and vision coverage for full‑time & part‑time employees
• Short term disability, long term disability and life insurance coverage