Talent4Health is seeking a travel nurse RN OR - Operating Room for a travel nursing job in Artesia, New Mexico.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: OR - Operating Room
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: 05/19/2025
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Operating Room 1 years recent experience required
Job Description:
Job Summary:
Responsible for the delivery of care to patients utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation; and effectively interacts with patient, significant others, and other health team members while maintaining standards of professional nursing.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Utilize the nursing process by demonstrating appropriate assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the patient's care, as evidenced by client/staff observation.
- Teach patient/significant other appropriate health information in a timely manner and share written informational material.
- Perform direct patient care, utilizing established procedures, policies, and standards.
- Assist patients, family members or other clients with concern and empathy; respect their confidentiality and privacy and communicate with them in a courteous and respectful manner.
- Assist in the orientation/training of new employees.
- Assist other staff in the performance of their assignments.
- Recognize the need for variations in staffing and volunteer to fill open shifts.
- Take direction and initiate actions (cross/additional training) that will allow the assumption of cross-functional duties to ensure seamless patient care.
- Demonstrate sound judgment by taking appropriate actions regarding questionable findings or concerns.
- Self-motivated and capable to respond appropriately to rapidly changing patient care needs and environment.
- Able to anticipate needs of the patient, OR technologist, anesthetist as well as the surgeon.
- Must possess a working knowledge of sterile technique, skin preparation, positioning, procedural terminology, infection control and peri anesthesia nursing.
- Able to assist providers with various procedures, treatments, surgical techniques and/or delegate tasks to other health care team members appropriately.
- Able to demonstrate a professional attitude and excellent customer service skills when caring for patient and family members.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
KNOWLEDGE/SKILL/ABILITIES:
- Basic computer.
- Knowledgeable regarding the nursing process and its application, including the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care.
AGE-RELATED COMPETENCIES: Demonstrates the basic knowledge and skills necessary to identify age-specific patient needs appropriate for this position.
Information Management: Treats all information and data within the scope of the position with appropriate confidentiality and security.
Risk Management/Quality Management/Safety: Cooperates fully in all Risk Management, Quality Management, and Safety Activities and Investigations.
MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:
- Education - Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing - Associate Degree or Diploma required
- Training - N/A
- License - Current New Mexico License required or RN License with Multistate Compact privileges.
- Certification - BLS required. ACLS, PALS required or within 90 days of employment.TNCC and ENPC preferred.
- Work Experience - One year in nursing field, preferably in an Operating Room, PACU and/or intensive care setting.
- License/Certification - ACLS and PALS required or within one year of employment; CNOR and CPAN preferred.
ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS: Work environment consists of daily patient contact, which may include exposure to blood, or other body fluids.
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