DEPARTMENT: OPERATING ROOM
POSITION LOCATION: OWEN SOUND
UNION AFFILIATION: ONA
STATUS: PART-TIME
REASON TO POST: DIRECT REPLACEMENT
WAGE RATE: $41.15 – $58.98
The Registered Nurse (RN) – Operating Room is responsible for providing safe, competent, and ethical perioperative nursing care in accordance with the standards established by the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) and the Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC), as well as relevant organizational policies. The RN functions as a scrub nurse and/or circulating nurse within the Operating Room (OR) environment and collaborates with the interdisciplinary surgical team to ensure optimal patient outcomes across all phases of perioperative care.
Skills/Abilities/Qualifications
Required:
- Current registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO)
- Registered Nurse (RN) designation
- Minimum one (1) year recent Operating Room nursing experience within the past two (2) years and/or successful completion of a recognized Perioperative Nursing Certificate Program for Registered Nurses
- Demonstrated knowledge of Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada standards and perioperative best practices
- Recent satisfactory performance and attendance record
- Adherence to Brightshores ‘CARE’ Behaviours (Collaboration, Accountability, Respect, Excellence) and ‘LEAD’ Competencies (Lead by example, Empower, Achieve results, Develop others) and a commitment to a safe workplace free of violence and harassment
- Advocates and supports a culture of patient safety and demonstrates an understanding of how the department service and assigned responsibilities contribute to overall patient safety at Brightshores through patient safety knowledge, skills and attitudes
Preferred
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Certification in Perioperative Nursing through the Canadian Nurses Association.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)
- Experience in multiple surgical specialties (e.g., general surgery, orthopedics, endoscopy, obstetrics, etc.)
- Experience with Oracle Cerner surgical documentation systems and electronic health records.
