Registered Nurse (RN) - PeriOp 101- OR General Surgery
Company: Hartford HealthCare
Location: New Haven
Posted on: March 13, 2025
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Job Description:
Description Job Schedule: Full Time Standard Hours: 40 Job
Shift: Shift 1 Shift Details: PeriOp 101 Program Work where every
moment matters. Every day, almost 30,000 Hartford HealthCare
employees come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we
do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part
of Connecticut's most comprehensive healthcare network. St.
Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport has more than 3,200
employees. It includes a 473-bed community teaching hospital, a
76-bed inpatient psychiatric facility in Westport, a large
multispecialty provider group, and special needs services for
adults and children. St. Vincent's is the first hospital in
Fairfield County to be integrated into the Hartford HealthCare
network, and is the system's second-largest hospital. In our
state-of-the-art Operating Rooms we offer a comprehensive spectrum
of advanced surgical specialties to include cardiac, general, GYN,
neuro, surgical oncology, orthopedic and spine, while providing
care in a compassionate medical setting. Founded in 1903, St.
Vincent's remains steadfast in its mission to provide
compassionate, personalized care to the community. Program
Description: PLEASE READ ENTIRE POSTING BEFORE APPLYING -
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS ARE REQUIRED St. Vincent's has implemented a
comprehensive transition to practice program for novice operating
room nurses. This program aligns with Hartford Healthcare's values
of excellence, safety, caring and integrity by offering a blended
and multimodal approach to ensuring novice OR nurses master the
necessary competencies to provide high quality and safe patient
care. Candidates are hired into the OR Transition to Practice
Program in cohorts. Below are the cohort start dates for 2025 and
application deadlines: March 10 th 2025 (Application Deadline
February 7th, 2025) August 11 th , 2025 (Application Deadline June
27th, 2025) The OR Transition to Practice Program is open to new
graduate registered nurses and experienced nurses (non-OR
experience). This 12-month long program is divided into two main
phases: Introduction to Perioperative Nursing: During the first 3
months of the program, learners can expect to be immersed in a
multimodal learning experience through evidence-based learning
modules (AORN Periop 101), classroom/group learning, simulation and
clinical experiences to master the foundational perioperative nurse
competencies. Students will learn the scrub nurse role during this
time. At completion of phase one of the OR RN Transition to
Practice Program, the learner will complete their Periop 101 final
exam. Clinical Orientation: The remaining 9 months are spent
immersed in the clinical environment mastering the unit-based
nursing competencies. This focus of this portion of the program is
on the circulating nurse role in each of the surgical specialties
including general, colorectal, gynecology, plastics, bariatrics,
urology, surgical oncology, vascular, thoracic, robotics, neuro,
spine, orthopedics, and podiatry. Additional components of this
portion of the program include professional practice, professional
development and professional governance. To facilitate the ideal
learning experience, the schedule during the orientation period
will be Monday - Friday 6:30am-3:00pm. During the final weeks of
the orientation period, the orientee will have the opportunity to
be exposed to evening, night, and weekend shifts. Throughout the
entirety of the program, learners can expect to be mentored by
their unit-based preceptors, management team and members of the
Nursing Professional Development team (Unit Nurse Educators). You
will meet regularly to ensure you are supported and set up for
success in your new role. New graduate nurses will also be enrolled
in our Hartford Healthcare Graduate Nurse Residency program to
facilitate their transition to professional nursing practice. The
Role of the OR Nurse: Operating Room (OR) nurses, also known as
perioperative nurses, play a crucial role in providing care before,
during, and after surgery. They work closely with the surgical team
to deliver safe, high-quality care and are responsible for ensuring
patient safety throughout the perioperative environment. OR nurses
may take on various roles in the surgical team, depending on their
responsibilities. Scrub Nurse: Scrub nurses work directly within
the sterile field and assist the surgical team by preparing
instruments, equipment, and sterile supplies, passing instruments
to the surgeon during the procedure, maintaining a sterile
environment, and monitoring instruments and supplies used during
surgery to ensure nothing is misplaced. Circulating Nurse:
Circulating nurses manage the overall environment of the operating
room by ensuring all surgical tools, supplies, and equipment are
available and working, monitoring the patient's safety and
well-being throughout the surgery, maintaining documentation and
records of the procedure, communicating between the surgical team
and other departments (such as pathology or radiology) and
anticipating the needs of the surgical team, and providing
additional instruments, medications, or equipment as necessary.
ELIGIBLE OR UNITS: OR General Surgery: The Operating Room (OR)
General Surgery provides care to a diverse group of patients across
multiple surgical specialties. These specialties include general,
colorectal, gynecology, plastics, bariatrics, urology, surgical
oncology, vascular, thoracic, robotics, neuro, spine, orthopedics,
podiatry, and trauma. The Core OR team is also responsible for
ensuring 24/7 operating room coverage, offering staff a range of
alternative scheduling options. Additionally, there are numerous
opportunities for team members to engage in innovation and
continued learning with new equipment and procedures.
Qualifications Qualifications:
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