Operating Room RN
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Prosperity Workforce Solutions is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) with perioperative training and previous operating room scrubbing experience for a contract opportunity at in Vancouver, British Columbia.
This role is ideal for a qualified perioperative nurse who is confident working in a fast-paced surgical environment and is committed to delivering safe, high-quality patient care. The successful candidate will support surgical services within a 24-hour hospital operation, with availability required for day, evening, and night shifts.
Position Details
Location: Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6
Position Type: Contract
Contract Length: 3 months or longer preferred
Shift Availability: Days, evenings, and nights
Operating Hours: 24 hours per day
Key Responsibilities
- Provide safe, evidence-informed nursing care to patients throughout the perioperative process.
- Support surgical procedures in the operating room, including performing circulating and/or scrubbing duties within the candidate's training and scope of practice.
- Maintain a sterile field and adhere to established infection prevention, control, and aseptic techniques.
- Prepare and organize surgical instruments, equipment, and supplies required for procedures.
- Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and other members of the interdisciplinary surgical team.
- Monitor patient safety and respond appropriately to changing clinical needs throughout surgical procedures.
- Ensure accurate documentation and compliance with hospital policies, clinical standards, and professional nursing requirements.
- Support a safe, organized, and efficient operating room environment.
Required Qualifications
- Current registration in good standing with the **British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM)** as a Registered Nurse (RN).
- Formal perioperative training.
- Previous operating room experience, including hands-on scrubbing experience.**
- Current CPR and First Aid certification.
- Ability to work day, evening, and night shifts in a 24-hour hospital environment.
- Strong clinical judgment, attention to detail, and commitment to patient safety.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills within a multidisciplinary surgical team.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The operating room RN at Prosperity Workforce Solutions will care for patients through surgery, support procedures by circulating or scrubbing, and keep the sterile field and instruments ready. They will work with surgeons, anesthesiologists and the surgical team, and document care to hospital and nursing standards.
Requirements
Candidates need current BCCNM registration as an RN, formal perioperative training and prior operating room scrubbing experience. They also need current CPR and First Aid, and must be available for day, evening and night shifts.
Skills
- Perioperative nursing
- Scrubbing
- Circulating
- Sterile technique
- Aseptic technique
- Infection prevention and control
- Patient safety monitoring
- Clinical judgment
- Surgical team collaboration
- Clinical documentation
- CPR
- First Aid
Categories
- Healthcare
- Consulting
Keywords
- Operating Room RN
- perioperative nurse
- scrub nurse
- circulating nurse
- OR nurse
- surgical nurse
- sterile technique
- infection prevention
- BCCNM
- Registered Nurse
- surgical services
- hospital contract
- Vancouver
- shift work
- CPR
- First Aid
Tools
- surgical instruments
- sterile equipment
Licenses
- BCCNM Registered Nurse registration
- CPR
- First Aid
Seniority
Mid level