RN Operating Room
Lexington, Kentucky
- Eligibility
- Surgical Services Nursing
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Posted Sep 12
Staffing and support
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
Pay and benefits
- Medical, prescription drug, dental and vision plans
- Life insurance
- Paid time off (minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Retirement plan benefits including 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefit offerings
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About this role
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery. Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.
To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement. Maintain a safe surgical environment, which includes sterile technique.
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Assisting anesthesia and/or the surgeon before, during or after cases. Preparing the operating room i.e.: equipment setup. Preparing Lab specimens.
Ensuring instruments, implants, supplies are ready based on the type of surgery. Be able to circulate and or scrub a case based on the day's assignment. Provide Conscious Sedation to Endoscopy patients.
Continuously and systematically assesses the health care status of the patient, prioritizing and reprioritizing patient care based on assessment. Initiates and maintains an individual plan of care to meet identified patient problems or needs, based on analysis of assessment data, standards of nursing care and practice. Collaborates with patient, primary care providers, family, internal and community resources to coordinate patient discharge/transfer needs.
Prioritizes, performs and delegates direct and/or indirect patient interventions necessary for the stabilization of the trauma patient. Participates in patient and family teaching.
Sourced from CommonSpirit Health’s careers page.
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Operating Room is a specialty you move into. Periop programs often train from the ground up.
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- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?