REGISTERED NURSE, Operating Room, Full Time

Job Description

Responsibilities

Northern Nevada Sierra Medical Center is part of Northern Nevada Health System, a regional multi-facility system that has excelled at offering quality care to residents of the greater Truckee Meadows.

Sierra Medical Center is a -bed acute care hospital offering services including / 7 ER care, cardiology, oncology, labor and delivery, level II NICU, surgical and orthopedic services, and much more.

Learn more at northernnevadahealth.com

What we at Northern Nevada SierraMedical Center value :

• Compassion : We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.
• Empathy : We put ourselves in our patient’s shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.
• Teamwork : We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient’s lives.
• Quality : We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.
• Ethics : We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.
• Respect : We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.
• Service Excellence : We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.
• Innovation : We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care.

This OR Registered Nurse opportunity is full time at hours per week, offers full benefits and a convenient day shift position.

This dynamic individual will Provide direct patient care to infant through geriatric patient populations. Addresses the psychosocial, physical and general aspects of care related to the surgical environment.

Communicates with surgeon and anesthesiologist continuously and as needed about patient condition. Assists with the maintenance of surgical equipment and pain management inventory.

Participates in performance improvement activities. Assesses operating room / procedure room for equipment functioning and readiness, obtains supplies for individual cases and ensures all appropriate needs of surgical operating team are met.

Monitors, positions and assists patient during procedure.

Job Duties / Responsibilities :

• takes appropriate actions and documents in response to manifested anxiety or distress. Requests Social Services / Pastoral Care, as appropriate
• Gives patient explanations and verbal reassurances consistently
• ability to formulate an individualized plan of care, as indicated, and evaluates for effectiveness
• Identifies physical symptoms and changes and takes appropriate actions in a timely manner

Benefits for full and part time employees :

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans

K) with company match and discounted stock plan

• Career development opportunities within UHS and its + Subsidiaries!
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website : benefits.uhsguest.com

Universal Health Services :

Qualifications

Current NV RN license

At least one year experience in the Operating Room

Current ACLS & BLS certification