Registered Nurse Operating Room Circulator

American Fork Hospital is seeking a dedicated Operating Room RN Circulator to join our surgical team. The OR RN Circulator plays a crucial role in ensuring patient safety and efficiency during surgical procedures. This position requires strong clinical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and surgical staff.

Perks of Working at American Fork Hospital:

American Fork Hospital, part of Intermountain Healthcare, offers a range of benefits to support employees' well-being and career growth:

• Competitive Compensation: Salaries are structured to reflect experience and expertise, with opportunities for raises and performance-based incentives.

• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Includes health, dental, and vision insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

• Work-Life Balance: Flexible scheduling options to accommodate personal needs and family commitments.

• Professional Development: Access to continuing education programs, tuition reimbursement, and career advancement opportunities.

• Supportive Work Environment: Employees praise the team-oriented culture and collaborative leadership.

• State-of-the-Art Facilities: The hospital is equipped with advanced medical technology to enhance patient care and streamline workflow

American Fork is a vibrant city with a mix of outdoor adventures, cultural experiences, and entertainment options:

• Timpanogos Cave National Monument: A stunning limestone cave system with guided tours showcasing breathtaking formations.

• American Fork Canyon: Offers hiking, biking, and scenic drives with incredible mountain views.

• Tibble Fork Reservoir: A popular spot for kayaking, paddleboarding, and fishing, surrounded by picturesque landscapes.

• Hutchings Museum: A natural history and cultural museum featuring fossils, minerals, and live animals.

• Strangling Brothers Utah Haunted Circus: A thrilling walk-through haunted house experience.

• Haunted Forest: Utah's largest outdoor haunted attraction, perfect for adrenaline seekers.

• Rotary Park & Hindley Park: Great for picnics, sports, and family outings

• Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple: A beautiful architectural landmark and peaceful retreat

Essential Functions:

• Assess: Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate). Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing disciplines, support staff, others.

• Plan: Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care. Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to develop plan of care including needed education. Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i. e. , teaching, referrals, and follow-up).

• Implement: Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate. Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions. Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources.

• Evaluate: Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction. Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate.

• Professionalism: Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others.
  Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice, complies with regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications of care delivery.

Skills:

• Patient Care Delivery

• Nursing Fundamentals

• Interdisciplinary Teams

• Documentations

• Professional Etiquette

• Accountability

• Patient Care Coordination

• Communication

• Patient Evaluation

• Critical Thinking

Physical Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice. Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.

• RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four (4) years of their hire date.

• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required as of the job description's last update on 4/27/2025. Employees hired or promoted prior to this date will be held to the minimum requirements that were in place at the time of their promotion or hire.

Physical Requirements:

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.

• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.

• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.

• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.

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