Registered Nurse, CVOR, Baptist South (Evergreen)

About Baptist Health 
Recognized as a top place to work in health care, Baptist Health cares for more patients in Northeast Florida than any other provider, ranking as “most preferred” for more than 30 years. We’re Jacksonville's only locally governed, faith-based, not-for-profit health system and provide a full spectrum of preventive and specialty care through 200+ locations and six hospitals. Our centers of excellence include Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baptist Heart Hospital, Baptist Neurological Institute and Wolfson Children's Hospital. 

Baptist South is hiring Registered Nurses for our Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR) Team in Jacksonville, FL.

The nurse in this role will work as part of the surgical services and operating room teams that treat cardiovascular patients. The individual will assist with patient care, ensure that sterile procedures are followed during surgery, take stock of necessary equipment and medications are needed by the operating room team, and that the patient’s safety and well-being is advocated for.  

The CVOR nurse will be responsible for the care of cardiovascular patients before, during, and following surgical procedures. The CVOR nurse will participate in the sedation of patients and assist physicians during the procedure by administering medications, monitoring vital signs and applying dressings. The CVOR nurse coordinates the entire operating room with respect to sterility, cleanliness and availability of functioning equipment and supplies, as well as provides critical quality control to ensure the patient's safety.

As an RN in the CVOR Unit, you will be responsible for:

• Providing for patient needs as recognized through use of the nursing process   
• Supervision of care provided by supportive personnel and coordination of care provided by ancillary services  

• Including patients and significant others (SO)/families in developing an individualized plan of care  
• Education of patients/SO/families to their disease process and plan of care  
• Coordinating and preparing assigned operating room/case  
• Assessment of patient care needs and the anticipation of needs of the case  
• Circulating, scrubbing, assisting on Cardiothoracic and vascular procedures  

Experience Requirements:

• 1-2 years Operating Room Nursing Experience Required

Education & Credential Requirements:

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Required
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Required
• Licensed Registered Nurse Required
• Associate of Science, Nursing

If you are interested in this Registered Nurse position at Baptist Health, please apply today!

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