Registered Nurse RN Circulating Nurse Operating Room FT Days

This Registered Nurse (Circulating Nurse) Operating Room position at Wellstar involves delivering individualised, high-quality patient care in a dynamic clinical environment. The role requires at least five years of direct patient care experience, current RN licensure (Georgia or multi-state), and certifications in BLS, ACLS, and PALS. Responsibilities include performing the nursing process, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, ensuring patient-centred care, and supporting evidence-based practice. The position operates Monday to Friday, 6:45am–7:15pm, with call duties. The ideal candidate is proactive, skilled in teamwork, and committed to professional development, including mentoring and participation in shared governance. An associate degree in nursing is required, with a bachelor’s degree preferred. The Registered Nurse (RN) Circulating Nurse Operating Room at Wellstar plays a vital role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within a collaborative, interdisciplinary team. This position is responsible for ensuring safe, evidence-based practices and upholding the standards set by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and the American Nurses Association. The RN is expected to proactively participate in professional development, support performance improvement initiatives, and maintain a respectful, inclusive clinical environment. The role requires strong clinical skills, critical thinking, and a commitment to service excellence, contributing to the well-being of patients, families, and colleagues. Compensation and benefits are not specified in the job description.

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

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Job Summary:

Must have BLS, ACLS, and PALSThis job is Mon-Fri from 6:45am-7:15pm with call

The RN Clinical Periop Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who ensure that patients, families and significant others receive individualized high quality, safe patient care. They practice in a clinical environment that is administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and is supported through the Well Star Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the Well Star Professional Practice Model, 5-Star Nursing and evidence based practice and research. RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the Well Star Core Competencies.
It is expected that all RN Clinical Nurses are licensed, knowledgeable and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, it is expected that the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

• Exemplary Practice and Outcomes
• Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence base practice, uses analytical/critical thinking and ensuring that care is individualized; coordinating care through effective partnerships recognizing that caring is central to achieve optimal patient care outcomes
• Provides relationship-based patient centered care that is consistent with population specific characteristics (e.g. age, gender, disease, etc) in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity
• Always partners with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using such appropriate method for setting and purpose (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds; just in time and planned patient teaching; keeping the patient and significant others updated and making the patients goals the focus of the plan of care.
• Practices using current clinical practice standards.
• Teamwork and Collaboration
• Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model. This includes, but is not limited to diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods (interdisciplinary rounds, case review, etc); completion of timely documentation and promotion of a respectful, inclusive clinical environment
• Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members.
• Participates and supports performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders, research and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care including initiating and/or leading such activities as well as, promoting an inter/intra-disciplinary process and actively supports/participates in shared governance at all levels in the system.
• Professional Development and Initiative
• Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, population specific education.
• Serves as a preceptor and/or or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure that there is a current and future qualified workforce; modeling the professional practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment
• Evidence Based Practice and Research
• Promotes Evidence based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing. Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision-making process in evaluating patient care products.
• Upholds all health care system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies put forth by this job description and professional association including legal, regulatory and accreditation requirements and standards ensuring by way of example, such goals as TJC Patient Safety Goals and Wellstar Health Systems safety absolutes
• Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence-based practice. Consults appropriate experts and uses appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.
• Resources and Support
• Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum in the course of giving direct patient care.
• Participates in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or through self-initiation in collaboration with care managers and other members of the health care team to achieve best practice outcomes (i.e., decrease in re-admission rates; avoidable days; adverse events; etc).
• Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources.
  Performs other duties as assigned
  Complies with all Well Star Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education:

• Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing or Bachelors Nursing-Preferred

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
• BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support
• Instructor

Additional License(s) and Certification(s):

Required Minimum Experience:

Minimum 5 years direct patient care nursing experience Required

Required Minimum Skills:

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• How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is s Responsibilities
• Responsible for performing the Nursing Process in clinical care, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation using evidence-based practice.
• Play a key role in shaping patient-centred care by adapting service delivery to cultural diversity and population-specific characteristics.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to coordinate care and ensure effective interdisciplinary communication and patient education.
• Take ownership of maintaining timely documentation and promoting a respectful, inclusive clinical environment.
• Lead efforts to participate in performance improvement, research, and shared governance activities to promote safe, quality patient care.
• Deliver high-quality professional development by completing competency assessments and serving as a preceptor or mentor for other nurses.
• Help drive innovation in evidence-based practice, research, and performance improvement within the nursing team.
• Uphold all health care system policies, organisational standards, and regulatory requirements, including TJC Patient Safety Goals and Wellstar Health Systems safety absolutes. Skills
• Demonstrated ability to provide direct patient care with a minimum of 5 years of direct patient care nursing experience.
• Proficiency in utilising evidence-based practice, research, and performance improvement activities.
• Strong teamwork, collaboration, and interdisciplinary communication skills.
• Ability to complete and maintain professional competency assessments and serve as a mentor or preceptor.
• Experience in documentation, data collection, and protocol development within a clinical environment. Education
• An Associate’s degree in Nursing, Diploma (Nurse), or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing is required.
• All certifications are required upon hire, including BLS, ACLS, and PALS.
• RN – Registered Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT – Registered Nurse (Multi-state Compact) licence is required.
• ARC-BLS or BLS-I certification is required.