CAMPBELL CLINIC PC
Location
Cookeville, Tennessee
The Tier 1 Operating Room RN provides safe and quality patient care in the operating room for various age groups. Responsibilities include circulating surgical cases, collaborating with surgical teams, and ensuring the operating room is prepared for surgery.
Candidates must be graduates of an accredited nursing school with previous OR experience. A current TN Registered Nurse License, BLS, and ACLS certifications are required, with PALS preferred.
This is a full-time position, working 40 hours per week.
Provides safe, quality patient care in the operating room for pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in accordance with the established procedures of the Ambulatory Surgical Center.
Supervisory responsibilities: N/A
A graduate of an accredited post-secondary school of nursing is required. Previous OR or Procedure Room experience is required.
Able to communicate effectively in the English language.
Basic arithmetic skills are required.
Identifies and resolves problems promptly.
Must be computer literate. Basic computer skills required.
Current TN Registered Nurse License or Multistate Nurse Licensure Compact required. BLS and ACLS certification is required. PALS certification preferred.
Ability to immediately recognize and initiate treatment in emergency situations (perform CPR). Must be able to read and interpret EKG monitor.
Must have knowledge of anesthetic agents used - inhalation, moderate sedation and injection; the usual dosages, symptoms of and toxic amounts, duration of action, contraindications, antidotes, etc.
Able to operate and troubleshoot equipment found in Pre-Op.
In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.