Job Title: Circulating Nurse - Operating Room

Job Description

We are seeking a dedicated Circulating Nurse to join our operating room team. This position requires flexibility and adaptability to assist in various aspects outside the surgery room, ensuring seamless communication and efficient operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide communication between team members in the surgical field and staff/family outside of the operating room.
• Inform the Surgical Nursing Director of case progress and report any unusual circumstances.
• Obtain needed supplies and equipment for each specific procedure.
• Ensure adequate amounts of surgical and anesthetic supplies are available in the operating room prior to scheduled cases.
• Check suctions, lights, and other needed equipment to ensure proper functioning.
• Arrange operating rooms for specific operative procedures.
• Perform scrub and needle counts with the Scrub Nurse, record counts, and report unresolved counts to the OR Director.
• Take sponge and needle counts with the Scrub Nurse at correct times during the procedure.
• Receive faulty instruments from the Scrub Nurse, mark them appropriately, and return them to the workroom.
• Demonstrate familiarity with supplies, equipment, and medications on the arrest cart and assist effectively in the event of cardiac arrest.
• Anticipate needs of the surgical team and supply needed items to the sterile field.
• Prepare for the following case by checking supplies, doctor’s preference cards, instruments, and additional equipment.
• Receive specimens from the Scrub Nurse, place them in appropriate containers, label them properly, and complete pathology slips.
• Decontaminate surgical instruments and equipment using approved detergents and disinfectant solutions.
• Sterilize instruments, equipment, and supplies using an ultrasonic cleaner, steam sterilizer, and steris.
• Report malfunctioning equipment to the Director of Surgical Nursing.
• Perform routine cleaning of ultrasonic units, sterilizers, and steris.
• Distribute supplies and stock sterile storage areas.
• Rotate sterile supplies and remove outdated items.
• Assist with receiving and storing supplies.
• Dispose of contaminated needle containers in red plastic trash bags.
• Order anesthesia supplies and drugs using stock lists.

Essential Skills

• Current licensure in the State of Kansas as a Registered Nurse.
• Minimum of three years of progressive work experience in an Operating Room, including both clinical and management skills.
• Current BLS certification.
• ACLS or ALS and PALS certifications or ability to obtain them within six months of employment.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience working in a clinical office environment.
• Ability to speak and understand other languages.

Work Environment

This role involves working four 9 1/2 hour shifts during the day from Monday to Friday with rotating days off. The position is based in one of the largest privately owned physician specialty hospitals in the area.