<p>Job Summary:</p> <p>Provides quality patient care in accordance with nursing philosophy, approved standards, and applicable regulatory laws. Functions as a scrub or circulating nurse in all areas of surgical specialties.</p> <p>Essential Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Utilizes the standard of care in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the surgical patient in the delivery of perioperative nursing care during the surgical process. </li><li>Directs the coordination of efforts of the OR team members in rendering perioperative nursing care while in the roll of the circulating, scrub, pre-op or recovery nurse. </li><li>Develops a perioperative nursing care plan on each surgical patient. </li><li>Ensures a safe supportive environment for staff, physicians and patients. </li><li>Assembles and communicates appropriate information in verbal or written reports in order to maintain continuity of care in the perioperative nursing process. </li><li>Maintains current skill and knowledge of surgical procedures and principles of sterile techniques. </li><li>Executes proper use, care, handling and processing of equipment, supplies and instrumentation used in the area of surgical specialty. </li><li>Participates in operating room Quality Assurance program. </li><li>Promotes personal and professional growth by actively participating in continuing education programs. </li><li>Participates in the professionalism of the operating room by showing courtesy, compassion, respect and adherence to the standards. </li><li>Performs other related duties as directed. </li></ul>