Perm Placement : CVOR RN OOJ - 35576

Job Description

A Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR) Registered Nurse (RN) in a permanent placement provides specialized nursing care for patients undergoing cardiac surgery, including open-heart procedures.

Perm Placement : CVOR RN

A Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR) Registered Nurse is the nurse advocate for patients undergoing cardiac

surgery. Responsibilities including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, evaluation, documentation

and time management.

• Assists in positioning, responding to comfort / safety of patient during all phases of surgery.
• Provides for accurate care and handling of specimens.
• Observes and enforces strict standards of asepsis.
• Responsible to demonstrate ongoing competency in the use of surgical equipment, including but not limited to surgical

beds, electrocautery generators, suction devices, video equipment, point-of-care testing, positioning devices, and other

specialized equipment.

Scrub Nurse role adds the following additional duties :

them to surgeon and assistant as needed.

The CVOR RN will be expected to float into non-cardiac specialties when not functioning in cardiac cases.

A Registered Nurse III (RN III) is responsible for the care of the population they are assigned. A RN III is required to

complete yearly mandatory competencies, any unit specific competencies that are identified by the Director / Designee as

it relates to the patient population of their unit as well as completion of the Professional Practice Ladder requirements

which include : Assuming responsibility as Charge Nurse, PI Activity and department initiatives, communicates and shares

information to Director / Designee and co-workers from unit or hospital committee, a Facilitator paid Education,

Seminar / Conference, workshop or Nursing Article. Portfolio is current and submitted to Director / Designee annually by

March 1st. Must be on a committee and provide validation of participation. Routinely solicits and validates patient / family

satisfaction, participates in peer review for unit and develops bulletin board or poster that provides educational

information to staff / patients / family members.

Work Function / Activity : Light to heavy physical demand (20 to 100 lbs)

sitting.

stretching, reaching, climbing.

medical equipment and materials.

(within a few feet of the observer), to match or detect differences between colors, shades of color, brightness and to judge

which of several objects is closer or farther away, and to judge the distance between an object and the observer.

speak clearly so that it is understandable to a listener.

Able to focus on a single source of auditory (hearing) information in the presence of other distracting sounds and to detect

or tell the difference between sounds that vary over broad ranges of pitch and loudness.

include a high level of cognitive functioning with nursing, observation, evaluation, assessment, communication,

interpersonal, organizational, problem solving and decision-making capabilities.

temperatures.

Qualifications

Education

Degree / Diploma Program of Study Additional Information

Bachelors Nursing (BSN) required

Masters Nursing (MSN) preferred

Additional Educational Requirements

Experience

Advancement to this level requires a minimum of 5616 hours of RN experience

Certification & Licensures

Certification / License & State (if applicable) Additional Information

RN License required

BLS Certification (Basic Life Support) - American Heart ‘Healthcare

Provider’ (HCP) - AHA approved

required

Relevant Specialty Certification preferred

Additional Certification / Licensure Requirements

licensed or eligible to practice pending licensure as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia with either a :

Multi-state license, under the Nurse Licensure Compact OR Single-state license, valid in Virginia only

Qualifications

development

Criminal Background Checks

VA State Police

3rd Party Background Check

Physical Demands

20 A Nursing, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA), Patient Care Tech.

Why is This a Great Opportunity

Great benefits. Relo offered!

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