Registered Nurse - Mount Sinai Brooklyn - Operating Room - Full-time - Day

Responsible for the care activities and goal achievements of assigned patients by assessing, diagnosing, planning and intervening in actual or potential health problems and evaluating patient's response to care. Responsible health teaching and discharge planning

Acts as a member of a designated care team and collaborates, coordinates and guides team members in planning patient care activities. Demonstrates behaviors, which reflect the scientific knowledge, judgment and teaching skills of a professional nurse

Roles & Responsibilities: 

• Registered Professional Nurse who provides safe, competent, quality care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients.
• Circulate and Scrub in the Operating Room (ortho, neuro, gyn, general surgery, laparoscopic procedures)
• Provide professional nursing care to Operating Room patients, including documentation, assist MD’s and Surgeons. Assist in quality improvement process program.
• Utilize the nursing process in all aspects of care delivery.  Ability to intervene in cardiac arrest, pain management, management of all categories of diseases and surgical procedures.
• Ability to work well in a stressful and pressured environment. 
• Holding room desk responsibilities.

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science preferred, CNOR certification preferred. Current NYS RN license.
• Minimum 2-3 years of recent experience as a Scrub Nurse in the Operating Room Required.
• BLS and ACLS required (American Heart Association)
• Documented previous experience or educational preparation to support credentials. Relevant clinical competence in area of nursing practice. Special skills/experience may be required in specialized areas.

Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSB-RN