staff - Registered Nurse (RN) - Perioperative - $36-54 per hour at Inova Health System

Inova Health System is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Perioperative for a nursing job in Alexandria, Virginia.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Perioperative
• Discipline: RN
• Start Date: ASAP
• Duration: Ongoing
• Shift: days
• Employment Type: Staff

The Perioperative Support Specialist 2 assists with patient care while retrieving and delivering requested supplies, instruments and equipment to the operating rooms as directed by the surgical team. This role demonstrates professional and advanced knowledge of aseptic surgical technique and surgical procedures. To help achieve our mission, this role communicates effectively and works cooperatively with others while maintaining respect for and an understanding of other clinical disciplines. Demonstrates responsibility for self-development. Provides equipment support for operating room staff and surgeons before and/or during the operative procedures to avoid procedure and turnover delays.
Inova Benefits and Perks:
- Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage
- Paid Parental Leave
- Retirement matching: dollar for dollar the first 5% of your eligible pay that you contribute
- Competitive salary
- Paid Time Off: Accrue PTO hours on your very first day of work.
Shift: Day Shift
Hours: Full-Time Hours Per Week 7:00AM to 3:30PM with Weekends and Holidays
Location: Inova Alexandria Hospital
Responsibilities
- Prepares the operating room for cases by opening sterile supplies/instruments and maintaining awareness of aseptic technique.
- Reads and understands the OR schedule and preference cards to prepare for the next surgical encounter.
- Retrieves and delivers requested supplies and instruments to Operating Rooms to minimize the circulating nurse's time out of the room.
- Gathers and packs instruments and sterile supplies for scheduled and added cases to provide efficient procedure set up of surgical cases.
- Checks and validates case carts.
- Sets up rooms for the next day with standard equipment.
- Changes/Replaces tanks.

Requirements
- High School or GED
- 2 Years of Healthcare/Hospitality experience or previous surgical services experience

Inova Job ID #659016. Posted job title: perioperative support specialist 2