Registered Nurse - Operating Room | Gardner, MA | Contract

Quick Look

  • Weekly Gross Pay: Not specified
  • Shift: 40-hour day, 4/10-hour days with call rotation, 6:30 am - 5:00 pm
  • Duration: 13 weeks
  • Number of Openings: Not specified

Join a leading acute-care hospital as a Registered Nurse in the Operating Room in Gardner, MA. This contract position offers a chance to work in a dynamic environment where you can make a significant impact on patient care. We are committed to fostering a supportive and collaborative workplace for our healthcare professionals.

Essential Functions:

  • Conduct interactions with everyone in a friendly, courteous, and respectful manner.
  • Go out of your way to offer assistance to others. If unable to assist, find someone who can.
  • Advocate to ensure privacy and confidentiality while helping others to maintain awareness.
  • Maintain a clean and safe hospital environment.
  • Respond appropriately and immediately in emergency situations.
  • Ensure compliance with regulations to maintain accreditation and licensure.
  • Complete all Hospital and Department Specific Mandatory requirements in the prior calendar year.
  • Report incidents in a timely and effective manner.
  • Engage in the practice of, monitoring, and enforcing compliance to hand hygiene.
  • Assess (and reassess), plan, implement, and evaluate nursing interventions/plans of care/patient goals.
  • Provide patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.
  • Respect each patient as an individual; provide care that fosters the patient's sense of dignity and positive self-regard.
  • Provide patient/family teaching based on identified learning needs, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.
  • Collaboratively plan and prepare patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources as necessary.
  • Appropriately delegate and supervise nursing interventions performed by others.
  • Prioritize patient care by seeking assistance as needed from appropriate resources.
  • Provide thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent data and therapeutic interventions.
  • Provide timely and thorough report on assigned patients to other healthcare team members to ensure integration of services and continuity of patient care.
  • Promote learning for colleagues and self (e.g., functions as preceptor, instructor, trainer, attends professional development programs).
  • Identify risks to patient safety and opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors.
  • Identify ethical issues in care and develop a plan to address them.
  • Safely administer medications and intravenous therapy in accordance with physician's orders, protocols, policies, and procedures.
  • Assess patient pain level upon admission and as necessary, depending upon diagnosis utilizing the numerical pain scale.
  • Reassess effectiveness of pain control and notify physicians as needed, documenting assessment and patient responses.
  • Collaborate with surgeon, anesthesiologist, clinical coordinator, and surgical technicians to assure the patient's well-being during surgical intervention.
  • Maintain sterile fields and direct the correct care, handling, and sterilization of sterile supplies and instruments.
  • Identify patients correctly by checking patient identification bands and consent forms.
  • Apply principles of aseptic practice, overseeing the selection and preparation of supplies, equipment, and instrumentation for all surgical cases.
  • Maintain sponge, needle, and instrument counts according to policies and procedures.
  • Identify, label, care for, and handle all specimens and cultures according to established policy and procedure.

Job Requirements:

  • Minimum Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
  • Minimum Work Experience: O.R. nursing experience and CNOR strongly preferred.
  • Required Licenses: Current MA RN license; ACLS upon hire OR must hold an active BLS card and obtain AHA ACLS within 60 days of hire.
  • Required Skills: Ability to function in an environment with competing priorities; excellent communication skills; ability to multitask and a can-do attitude.

GLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

If you are a dedicated RN looking to advance your career in the Operating Room, apply now to join our team and make a difference in patient care!