OR Circulator Registered Nurse FT

Job Title

OR Circulator Registered Nurse (Full-Time)

Essential Functions

• The delivery of patient care through the framework of the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis
• and patient outcome) in the preoperative, interoperative and postoperative phase of the surgical
• patient.

Supervision Received: Supervisor of Clinical Services

Education/ Experience

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Registered Nurse License
• Current American Heart Assn. BLS and ACLS certifications

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account with an employer contribution

Life Insurance

PTO

• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match
• And more!

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Demonstrates current, comprehensive professional knowledge and skills in conformance

• with recognized nursing standards and department policies including the Patient Bill of
• Rights and JCAHO regulations, Standards for Nursing Care and the Nurse Practice Act.

• Assesses physiological and psychosocial health status of patient.
• Assesses pain per policy.
• Completes patient history.
• Verbally reports pertinent information to appropriate staff to provide continuity of care.
• Legibly documents information in patient record and signs record using appropriate

professional title.

• Assesses level of understanding and expectations of care.
• Identifies desired patient outcomes.
• Establishes nursing diagnosis.
• Establishes patient/family goals that are mutually acceptable.
• Formulates Plan of Care for the patient.
• Implements nursing care plans tailored to patient/family needs
• Demonstrates ability to assess and problem solve.
• Responds to emergencies.
• Practices within legal and ethical guidelines (Nurse Practice Act, legal statutes, ANA

code for Nurses, PRMC Policy and Procedures.

• Performs nursing actions that demonstrate accountability (demonstrates flexibility,

exercises safe judgment).

• Continually adjusts care plan based on patient/family data.
• Demonstrates proper preoperative process – communication/report.
• Demonstrates proper procedure and documentation for surgical case counting.
• Demonstrates proper aseptic technique
• Demonstrates efficient turnover time.
• Demonstrates proper technique for obtaining blood products.
• Demonstrates proper patient identification verification per policy.
• Demonstrates proper surgical site identification and marking per policy.
• Anticipates surgeon’s needs during surgical procedure.
• Participates in a Profession Nursing Organization

Physical Demands

• Standing: 66-100%
• Sitting: 0-33%
• Walking: 66-100%
• Lifting: 0-50lbs. as needed
• Carrying: 0-25lbs. as needed
• Pushing: 0-400lbs. on wheels with assistance as needed
• Climbing: 1-5 flights of stairs as necessary
• Pulling: As necessary while providing patient care
• Bending: Proper bending necessary to pick things off the floor
• Squatting: As necessary while providing care
• Rotating: Shoulders as necessary
• Kneeling: If necessary while providing patient care
• Reaching: overhead while providing patient care
• General comments: Visual and hearing senses must be adequate to provide patient care.

Environmental Conditions

• Inside 95-100%
• Outside 0-5%
• Temperature 30F-115F
• Fumes: Occasional
• Dust: Occasional
• Gases: None
• Odors: Occasional
• Mist: Occasional
• Radiation: Occasional
• Noise or Vibrations: Biomedical equipment, needles, sharps, copy machine, phones,

latex, disinfectants, etc.

• Hazards: Occasional contact with communicable disease, electrical equipment, etc.
• Personal Protective Equipment: Provided (gowns, gloves, masks, head cover).