RN, OR Circulator-PRN
Company: Omega Hospital LLC
Location: Metairie
Posted on: February 14, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Are you passionate about
healthcare and looking to start the next chapter in your career?
Are you interested in a rare opportunity to reopen an established
and well-respected hospital in a brand-new facility and provide the
service and care to the community that larger institutions don’t?
Do you want to work for an employer that values you and offers an
award-winning company culture, work-life balance, and opportunities
for advancement? If you answered “yes” to the above, we want to
hear from you! We are New Orleans’ premier boutique surgical
hospital, and we are looking for talented and experienced
candidates to immediately join our team ahead of our upcoming
reopening. Summary The Registered Operating Room Nurse will be
clinically competent while delivering care to patients utilizing
the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention,
implementation and evaluation. RNs will effectively interact with
patients, significant others and other health team members while
maintaining all standards of professional nursing. Essential
Functions Using the nursing process, the RN Circulator manages all
the necessary care inside the surgery room, assisting the team in
maintaining and creating a comfortable, safe environment for the
patient and observing the team from a wide perspective. Assess the
patient: collect and document on Perioperative Record per policy.
Plan/implement: set priorities for nursing action in a logical
sequence according to patient's needs and formulate a plan of care
by the appropriate selection of Nurse Practice Standards. The plan
of care is initiated on patient admission based on all aspects of
the initial assessment. Plan includes physiological, psychosocial
and environmental factors: patient/significant other education and
patient discharge planning. Evaluate: perform ongoing assessment
and revise plan of care based on new data and patient's condition.
Document patient care, including nursing intervention, Uses
established techniques in preparing for and assisting with surgical
procedures; provides and sets up necessary instruments, supplies
and equipment for different types of operations, according to
established routines and instructions of the surgeon. Maintains
thorough technical and working knowledge of the various steps
involved in different types of operations in order to anticipate
surgeon’s needs and the importance of maintaining an aseptic field.
As scrub or sterile nurse, sets up operating room with instruments
as specifically required for type of operation to be performed;
arranges instruments and other articles in specified order on
portable table immediately accessible to the surgeon; anticipates
surgeon’s needs for instruments, sponges, sutures, suction tubes
and other items and hands them to the surgeon in a most expeditious
manner; maintains aseptic field. When the patient arrives, the
circulating nurse verifies the patient's identity and necessary
consent forms and then reviews the site and nature of the procedure
with the surgeon. Assists the anesthetist or anesthesiologist with
intubation. Places patient in prescribed position to assure access
to operative field; adjusts operating table and accessory equipment
as may be required; prepares operative area and drapes patient or
assists surgeon with draping. Observes patient during surgical
procedure to detect possible complications and/or breaks in sterile
technique; furnishes emergency equipment and supplies to prevent
fatality. Manages contaminated instruments and supplies during
operation procedures to prevent spread of infection. During
operative procedure, preserves and labels operative specimens for
laboratory analysis. Provides special equipment and assures proper
working order; manipulates such equipment to aid in the efficiency
of the surgeon and to avoid hazards to patient. Observes progress
of surgery; provides additional instruments, supplies or other
items as needed. Maintains big-picture oversight of the patient's
condition. Delegates, supervises, and evaluates the activities of
other team members while simultaneously executing immediate
directives and interventions in urgent or emergent situations.
After operation, may apply or assist in applying dressings, and
transferring patient, from operating room to recovery room. Cleans
or directs cleaning and sterilization of contaminated instruments,
equipment and supplies; cares for and stores delicate surgical
instruments; cleans or assists in cleaning operating room areas and
caring for and disposing of infectious and soiled linen after
conclusion of each operation. Participate in economical utilization
of supplies and ensure that equipment is maintained in a clean and
safe manner. Adheres to administrative system/nursing service
policies. Complies with specific system/division/unit policy and
procedure concerning safety. Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Education and Experience Graduate of an accredited school
of nursing. 1-year previous experience in an Operating Room.
Required Skills and Certifications Current BLS certification.
Current ACLS certification. Current Louisiana Registered Nurse
Licensure.
Keywords: Omega Hospital LLC, Kenner , RN, OR Circulator-PRN, Healthcare , Metairie, Louisiana
