Circulator/Scrub RN

Grundy County Memorial Hospital

Part Time; 24 Hours per week; M-F day shift

The Circulator/Scrub Registered Nurse is responsible for the direct and indirect provision of professional nursing care of the patients in the operating room. The nurse is accountable for ongoing evaluation and documentation of all components of care delivered to customers within the perioperative and outpatient environment utilizing the nursing process.

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.  

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.  Here are just a few:      

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program.   

• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.  

• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family.   

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.   

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience. 

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Patient Care

• Scrubbing and circulating for surgical procedures for various surgeons that operate at GCMH.
• Creating and maintaining an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the department.
• Gathering supplies and equipment for surgical cases.
• Preparing surgery suite for surgical procedures.
• Restocking supplies in surgery suite when procedures have ended for the day.
• Monitoring of surgery inventory and notifying appropriate individual(s) when supplies are needed.
• Operates equipment and performs technical skills according to policies and standards; learns new skills and seeks assistance appropriately.
• Individualizes patient care according to patient’s health status, age level, and surgery/procedure being performed.
• Looks beyond patients’ physical needs in every aspect of practice; includes physical, psychosocial, spiritual, emotional, educational, sexual, and age related needs.
• Synthesizes patient data and implements action plan appropriate to situation (good judgment, critical thinking).
• Documentation is complete, clear, concise, and according to policy.
• Collaborates with appropriate disciplines in developing coordinated outcomes and interventions; interacts with team members regarding patient progress.
• Recognizes situations (patient, staff, visitor, and physician) and significant assessment findings that require verbal or written communication and follow through to the appropriate people.
• Purposefully conducts all aspects of job in an ethical manner in support of the organization’s/hospital’s commitment to ethical behavior in all areas of personal and professional activity.
• Record all information correctly and accurately on patient’s chart.
• Follow established universal precautions in the use of gloves, gowns, and/or masks.
• Ensure that daily and weekly tasks are completed.
• Maintain confidentiality according to established policy.

Surgery Department Support

• Assumes accountability and responsibility for attendance and timely completion of competencies, mandatory programs, unit specific requirement (i.e. ACLS), and unit meetings.
• Writes goals annually in collaboration with manager; goals demonstrate initiative, reflect unit or performance needs, and are specific and measurable.
• Participates in identifying and developing the performance improvement focus and criteria.
• Ensure that the Surgery Department and Operating Rooms are maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner.

Required:

• Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Minimum 2 years of Operating Room experience required.
• Must possess a current Iowa license as a Registered Nurse.
• Must be certified or willing to certify in BLS, PALS, and ACLS.
• Must complete the Dependent Adult/Child Abuse Training.