RN Circulator

Description:Summary:

While upholding the Star Valley Health mission, vision and values this key position whose function it is to monitor the procedures in operating rooms during surgery. The circulator collaborates with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes. This position is at will.




Job Duties:

· Identifies, assesses and diagnoses problems through patient assessment and interactions; and evaluates actual or potential patient health problems.

· Assesses, plans and implements interventions for solving patient care problems.

· Formulates care plans for specific patients and documents the nursing process in patient's record.

· Evaluates patient response to interventions and modifies plan of care as needed to achieve health care goals.

· Develops and participates in educating patients, their families, or significant others about post discharge care programs.

· Initiates patient care meetings with the health care team to revise the plan of care as the patient's condition warrants.

· Maintains a safe and therapeutic patient care environment.

· Provides guidance and direction to members of the health care team to ensure quality patient care.

· Keeps current on advances in nursing care by participating in educational programs.

· Orients and educates new staff in nursing techniques and departmental procedures.

· Provides and oversees direct patient care in accordance with established nursing protocol and physicians' orders.

· Utilizes knowledge of medications, procedures, infection control, and safety precaution; and initiates appropriate interventions in crisis situations.

· Participates in total quality management to positively affect patient and system outcomes to improve care.

Requirements:Abilities & Skills:

Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, prioritizes work to meet the changing needs of the department.
Proficient oral and written communication skills
Aptitude to apply and modify the principles, methods and techniques of professional nursing to provide on-going patient care
Sound analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to recommend solutions
Skill to develop and maintain department quality assurance
Knowledge of modern clinical equipment
Talent to establish and maintain effective working relationships with physicians, leadership and peers
Capable of making decision concerning problems that might arise
Ability to react calmly and effectively in busy or emergency situations
Hearing: Adequate to perform job duties in person and over the telephone. Able to use stethoscope and respond to verbal questions
Speaking: Must be able to communicate clearly to patients in person and over the telephone
Vision: Visual acuity adequate to perform job duties, including visual examination of patient and reading information printed sources and computer screen
Other: Requires frequent lifting and carrying items weighing up to 50 pounds unassisted, including assisting patients when required.
Adequate physical ability including sufficient manual dexterity to perform the requisite healthcare service, including injections.
Requires frequent bending, reaching, repetitive hand movements, standing, walking, squatting and sitting, with some heavy lifting, pushing and pulling exerted regularly throughout a regular work shift.
Requires exposure to communicable diseases and/or bodily fluids




Experience & Education

High school diploma or equivalent
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
Maintains current State of Wyoming Registered Nurse licensure
Maintains CPR certificate for Health Care Providers
ACLS and PALS certifications, preferred
Knowledge of professional nursing theory and practice to give and evaluate patient care
Two years acute or surgical nursing experience, preferred
Computer literate, experience with EMR



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