Registered Nurse (Operating Rooms)
On-siteNorth Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Job Summary
Provide nursing services in an operating room environment as a member of an integrated surgical team performing varied and complex surgical interventions. Consult, confers, and collaborates with other members of the surgical team while continuously assessing patient condition during surgery and responding appropriately to emergency situations. Maintain and advance own clinical competence by participating on designated hospital committees, teams, and approved research projects as assigned. Practice within a patient and family centred care model and BCCNM standards of practice, ensuring aseptic technique and effective communication with patients, families, co-workers, physicians, and other health care personnel.
Required Qualifications
- Current practicing registration as a Registered Nurse with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM)
- Completion of a recognized advanced nursing specialty program in operating room nursing, or two years' recent, related experience in an acute care operating room environment
- Broad knowledge of nursing theory and practice within a patient/family centred model of care
- Broad knowledge of BCCNM standards for nursing practice
- Comprehensive knowledge of perioperative nursing techniques, standards, instrumentation, supply and equipment requirements for a wide variety of surgical procedures
- Broad knowledge of anatomy and physiology
- Broad knowledge of pharmacology, and patient physiological responses related to anesthesia
- Demonstrated ability to practice nursing in an operating room environment of an acute care teaching hospital
- Comprehensive knowledge of and demonstrated ability in applying aseptic technique
- Demonstrated ability to respond immediately and appropriately to emergency situations
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as an integral member of an operating room team
- Demonstrated ability to continually assess patient condition during surgery and to respond appropriately
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively verbally and non-verbally
- Demonstrated ability deal effectively with, patients and their families, co-workers, physicians, and other health care personnel
- Demonstrated skill in CPR techniques
- Demonstrated skill in the assembly and operation of operating room equipment
- Basic computer literacy and knowledge of operating room computerized patient care information system
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position
- Commit to remain in the appointment for the entire duration of this position
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