Experience:

OR RN Role:

BSN or MSN Degree, required.

Current State of California Nursing license, required.

Current BLS and ACLS from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross, required.

Minimum 2 years of Circulator RN experience in a Hospital or Ambulatory operating room, required.

Minimum 1 year experience as a Surgical Scrub RN, preferred.

Ability to float between Community ASC sites as needed to support staffing needs, required.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

Ability to complete a Nursing physical assessment

Skill in developing a plan of care including setting goals, monitoring and documenting progress

Ability to implement interventions that are pertinent to goals established in the plan of care

Ability to evaluate the effective of interventions toward the attainment of established goals and to recognize the need to reassess or reset goal parameters

Ability to delegate tasks in a management style that is consistent with promoting leadership and teamwork

Knowledge base to provide education to patients, families, and other staff regarding clinical and patient care issues

Skill in reading and interpreting comprehensive medical/surgical procedures and making them easily understood by patients and families with appropriate vocabulary

Skill in working independently to complete multiple complex tasks with rapid changes in priorities

Demonstrated strong organizational skills to facilitate an extremely busy and demanding office environment

Ability to work efficiently and calmly under pressure

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with tact and sensitivity at all levels

Ability to deal effectively with patients, physicians, technicians, and other staff members

Ability to serve as a key response person to patients, physicians, technicians and staff members

Demonstrated ability to create and maintain cooperative and respectful working relationships with staff members, physicians, technicians, patients and all other UCLA staff.

Skill in assessing and meeting patients’ various emotional and physical needs in a timely manner

Skill in setting and recognizing priorities; ability to react and perform effectively in medical emergencies

Skills in listening and obtaining knowledge to provide accurate reporting to the physicians

Willingness to provide individualized services to patients

Ability to arrange for referrals and consultations on short notice

Ability to work independently with minimal supervision yet function as a team

Ability to maintain patient confidentiality at all times

Ability to work overtime when necessary and provide back up support in times of absences, vacations, etc.

Current State of California Nursing license, current BLS and ACLS from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross

PC proficiency in a Windows environment and Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet, E-mail

Knowledge in the use of EMR.

Ability to travel between all perioperative areas/SPD when necessary.

Demonstrate knowledge in all areas of care specific to surgical service lines and continuum of perioperative care, including conscious sedation. 

Knowledge of cardiac monitoring and ability to identify dysrhythmias.

Ability to push, pull, and lift 50lbs.

Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time.

Ability to wear radiation protective lead apron for prolonged periods of time.