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Registered Nurse - OR Circulator
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Performs the circulating nurse role in the operating room, preparing the OR and equipment, assisting anesthesia, monitoring aseptic technique, and coordinating care with the surgical team.
About this role
Peninsula Surgery Center, LLC (PSC) is a free-standing surgery center with two operating rooms and one procedure room, open Monday through Friday. We are a close-knit team guided by a simple belief: every patient deserves the same safe, compassionate, high-quality care we would want for our own family members.
We're looking for experienced professionals who bring both skill and heart to their work; people who thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and take pride in supporting patients during some of their most vulnerable moments. In return, we value our team’s well-being by offering a predictable weekday schedule with no weekend, no call, and closed most holidays. At PSC, you’ll find a mission-driven culture where teamwork, respect, and genuine care for one another and our patients comes first.
Job Duties
- Performs the circulating nurse’s role and functions following approved operating room procedures to meet the requirements of scheduled procedures
- Prepare the operating room according to requirements of patient/procedure to be performed
- Assembles and provides properly functioning equipment, supplies, and instruments before start of procedure
- Anticipates needs of surgical team and assists anesthesia personnel by supporting patient during administration of anesthesia
- Reviews patients’ medical records/needs to plan care with other healthcare team members
- Assists with the proper and safe positioning of the patient and prepares operative site as directed by established procedures
- Monitors compliance with principles of aseptic technique according to accepted standards
Required Education and License/Certification
- Associates level degree from an accredited school of nursing required; Bachelor's level preferred
- Active RN California License
- Current AHA BLS/ ACLS Certification
Qualifications and Skills
- Minimum two (2) years’ experience in the operating room at an acute care facility required or two (2) years of recent experience is a fast-paced Outpatient Surgery Center setting (in the last five years); Orthopedic experience preferred.
- ASC experience preferred
- Strong ethical and moral character references
- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with patients, visitors, physicians and with their office personnel, coworkers, and other healthcare facilities in a positive, respectful, and considerate manner
- Ability to promote favorable facility image with physicians, patients, and general public
- Ability to make decisions and solve problems
- Language skills adequate for high-level written, interpersonal, and telephone communication in American English
- Electronic Medical Record experience; EPIC experience preferred
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
- Employer Sponsored Life & AD&D Insurance and Long-Term Disability Plan
- 401(k)
- Various Time Off Banks, including 7 paid holidays
- Continuing education and certification support
Skills
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