RN

Title

Operating Room Registered Nurse

Main function

Supervises and directs patient care in a single operating room.

Employment Status

Non-exempt

Duties and

responsibilities

1. Philosophy

1. Supports the facility’s ideology, mission, goals, and objectives
2. Performs in accordance with the facility’s policies and procedures
3. Follows the facility’s standards for ethical business conduct
4. Conducts self in a professional manner, and as a positive role model and team member
5. Recognizes patients’ rights and responsibilities and supports them in performance of job duties
6. Respects patient rights to privacy, dignity, and confidentiality
7. Participates in facility committees, meetings, in-services, inventory and activities
8. Maintains professional relationships with management and medical staff

2. Communication

1. Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, visitors, physicians, and coworkers
2. Interacts with others in a positive, respectful, and considerate manner

3. Financial practices

1. Uses facility resources appropriately and avoids wasteful practices
2. Reports wasteful practices
3. Analyzes work area and makes recommendations for potential cost-effective improvements

4. Compliance program

1. Contributes to the progress and development of the organization’s adopted compliance program
2. Performs according to established compliance policies and procedures

5. Performance-improvement program

1. Contributes to the progress and development of the organization's adopted performance-improvement program
2. Performs according to established performance-improvement policies and procedures
3. Objectively evaluates suggestions, grievances, and processes to identify opportunities to improve performance and quality of care
4. Participates in data collection activities to support the performance-improvement program

6. Safety/risk-management program

1. Adheres to safety policies and procedures in performing job duties and responsibilities
2. Reports observed or suspected safety violations, hazards, and policy/procedure noncompliance to the safety officer or other designated person

7. Professional competence

1. Participates in continuing education and other learning experiences
2. Shares knowledge gained in continuing education with staff
3. Maintains membership in relevant professional organizations
4. Seeks new learning experiences by accepting challenging opportunities and responsibilities
5. Participates in teaching programs in the facility for employees and physicians on topics of special interest and topics pertinent to outpatient surgery
6. Researches and submits pertinent articles for review at staff meetings
7. Assists with orientation and training of new personnel and acts as a resource person for problems related to patient care
8. Welcomes suggestions and recommendations

8. Duties

1. Participates as a team member in support of the total peri-operative process
2. Organizes time, equipment, supplies, and personnel to provide effective and efficient case management
3. Supervises and directs patient care in a single operating room
4. Organizes nursing activities efficiently and effectively
5. Delegates activities appropriate to the abilities of available staff members
6. Considers cost containment by using supplies economically and in effective turnover time
7. Assists with supply, drug, and equipment inventories to maintain stock level and availability
8. Addresses patient needs during admission to the operating room, with attention to requirements specific to the ASC setting
9. Transports patients to the operating room observing policies/procedures, safety requirements, and patient needs
10. Identifies the patient and correct surgical intervention according to policy/procedure and communicates such information to all members of the surgical team
11. Reviews patients’ medical records/needs to plan care with other healthcare team members
12. Provides comfort and reassurance to patient
13. Maintains patients’ privacy and dignity
14. Explains intra-operative phase of routine procedures and care to the patient
15. Performs the circulating nurse’s role and functions following approved operating room procedures to meet the requirements of scheduled procedures
16. Prepares operating room according to requirements of patient/procedure to be performed
17. Assembles and provides properly functioning equipment, supplies, and instruments before start of procedure and positions and adjusts equipment as required during the procedure
18. Anticipates needs of surgical team and assists anesthesia personnel by supporting patient during administration of anesthesia
19. Assists with the proper and safe positioning of the patient and prepares operative site as directed by established procedures
20. Monitors compliance with principles of aseptic technique according to accepted standards
21. Assists with identification and confirmation of operative site
22. Provides for comfort in the physical environment by monitoring designated parameters
23. Provides continuity of patient care by communicating with other peri-operative care personnel and documenting records accordingly
24. Responds in a timely manner to meet the needs of the patient and physician
25. Accurately comprehends and interprets verbal orders/directions
26. Documents patient care records and other forms accurately following policies and procedures
27. Accurately advises others responsible for care of the patient about patient’s status