Our Registered Nurses in Perioperative Services, are circulating nurses. The OR Nurse is an important part of the surgical team in our highly-technical, cutting edge environment. In addition to preparing the operating room, the registered nurse checks the stock of supplies and instruments. Problem-solving is a regular duty of a circulating nurse. Equipment must be checked and double-checked. If something is missing or not in working order, the circulating nurse finds a solution. As a patient advocate, the circulating nurse interacts with the patient before surgery and serves as a patient protector during surgery. Assessing the patient right before surgery is critical to making sure that all required prep was completed. Serving as a patient advocate and safety monitor, the circulating nurse observes the surgery and ensures that no aspect of patient care is missed. They also study data and respond quickly if any concerns arise. Our circulating nurses are highly-skilled and provide exceptional, high-quality care.

• Cardio/Thoracic
• Neurosurgery
• Trauma/Renal/ Hepatobiliary
• Robotics
• Orthopedics
• Otolaryngology/Head and Neck

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• Day and Night Shift available. Multiple shift hours available based on specialty and volume.

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Occasional: Crouching/Squatting: Bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.

• Occasional: Reaching above shoulders: Extending arms in any direction above shoulders.

• Occasional: Fingering: Picking, pinching, gripping, working primarily with fingers requiring fine manipulation.

• Frequent: Sitting: Remaining in seated position

• Frequent: Standing: Remaining on one's feet without moving.

• Frequent: Lifting under 35 lbs: Raising and lowering objects under 35 lbs from one level to another

• Frequent: Push/Pull: Exerting force to move objects away from or toward.

• Frequent: Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching or maneuvering self, patient and equipment simultaneously while working in large and small spaces

• Frequent: Reaching below shoulders: Extending arms in any direction below shoulders.

• Frequent: Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with hand or hands.

• Frequent: Bimanual Dexterity: Requiring the use of both hands.

• Continuous: Walking: Moving about on foot.

• Frequent: Communication: Expressing or exchanging written/verbal/electronic information.

• Continuous: Auditory: Perceiving the variances of sounds, tones and pitches and able to focus on single source of auditory information

• Continuous: Vision: Clarity of near vision at 20 inches or less and far vision at 20 feet or more with depth perception, peripheral vision, color vision.

• Continuous: Smell: Ability to detect and identify odors.

• Continuous: Feeling: Ability to perceive size, shape, temperature, texture by touch with fingertips.

• Occasional: Chemicals and Gasses: Medications, cleaning chemicals, oxygen, other medical gases used in work area.

• Frequent: Pathogens: Risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other contagious illnesses.

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