Registered Nurse - Operating Room - Waterbury Hospital

At Waterbury Hospital we offer our RN’s with scheduled hours:

• Employer paid pension plan
• Sign on bonuses for experienced RN's up to $20,000
• Employee Referrals
• Opportunity for training in specialty areas
• Generous student loan forgiveness
• Education reimbursement
• Shift incentives
• Clinical Ladders
• Pay range $39.83 - $61.70

SCOPE OF POSITION:

The Registered Nurse in the Surgical Services Section utilizes the nursing process, diagnoses to treat human responses to actual or potential problems and is accountable to the patient, family and peers for the totality of work performed in order that the organization can fulfill its primary mission of providing quality health care within the community. Population serviced includes adult, geriatric patients and upon occasion, adolescents. Reports to the Director of Surgical Services.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and implement a plan of care and demonstrate leadership to ensure all patient/family needs are met. Monitor patients before, during and after surgery to provide safe, efficient procedures. Evaluate the plan of care and the patient's responses: reassess and revise the plan based upon changing needs and priorities.
• Set up and use all equipment needed to do procedures.
• Act as resource for Surgical Technicians for all procedures in the unit and on call.
• Demonstrate the skill and judgment necessary to implement Physician's orders, nursing interventions and procedures as necessary for the care of the patient.
• Maintain up to date and accurate documentation of nursing care provided to insure the integration of information for use by the health care team and to insure the totality of quality care.
• Promote effective working relationships and work cooperatively as part of the department team to facilitate the department's ability to meet its goal and objectives. Contributes to Quality Improvement activities and participates in the departmental Quality Improvement Program.
• Responsible for own professional development to insure appropriate knowledge of advances in practice to provide state of the art treatment for patient population serviced.
• Perform other related duties as required.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of 1 year experience (preferred) in a perioperative setting as a circulating nurse/
• Minimum 2 year degree ASN. BSN preferred.
• CPR BLS
• Current CT RN license in good standing
• Requires a person who is highly motivated, energetic and organized, must be able to multitask.

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