UHCO Surgery Center is looking for an enthusiastic Operating Room nurse to join our surgical family.
UHCO Surgery Center is an ophthalmic facility with 2 operating rooms and 3 laser rooms. We are located at the University of Houston main campus and are committed to providing the highest level of ophthalmic care that serves the community, as well as referring physicians.
The operating room nurse will be responsible for supervising and directing patient care in the individual operating or procedure rooms, performing all circulating duties with efficiency and speed while ensuring that proper techniques and practices are used according to AORN standards of practice, ensuring patient’s emotional, physical and psychological needs are met, supervising and assisting scrub technician as necessary, ensuring care of patient through proper identification, checking of chart, and reporting of changes in condition to allied health professionals, ensuring safe care to patients, adhering to policies, procedures, and standards within budgetary specifications, including time management, supply management, productivity, and accuracy of practice, assists in control and maintenance of supplies and equipment, assisting the physician, scrub technician and anesthesiologist/CRNA as necessary, documenting all nursing care delivered concisely, precisely, and accurately on all records or documents as indicated by policy, maintaining established policies and procedures for the department and facility, maintaining confidentiality of patient and Center related business, developing and maintaining an effective working relationship with patients, families, visitors and other Center employees, participating in Quality Assessment activities as directed for the continuous improvement of patient care and Center business, performing other duties as required, and applying the nursing care plan for each patient and will work in collaboration with external providers.
The opportunity to cross train to other clinical departments are available if so desired.
Ophthalmology experience is preferred.
2 years + Perioperative care experience is required.
Bilingual is desired.
Active RN license in the state of Texas is required
BLS and ACLS certification is required (or must be obtained within 45 days of employment)
Job Types: Part-time, PRN
Pay: $75,000.00 - $94,000.00 per year
Medical specialties:
Physical setting:
- Ambulatory surgery center
- Outpatient
Standard shift:
Supplemental schedule:
Weekly schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Experience:
- operating room circulating: 2 years (Required)
Language:
- additional languages? (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- ACLS and BLS Certification (Required)
- RN (Required)
Work Location: In person