Job Description
What We Offer: 
- Schedule: 6:30A-5PM, Full time, 40 hours, four 10 hour shifts. M-F with some call and weekend call requirements (will be reviewed more upon interview).
- Department: Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR)
- Location: Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC.
- Requirements: This position requires CVOR experience.
- Benefits effective day one!
- Education: 2 Year / Associate Degree, required. 4 Year / Bachelors Degree, preferred - BSN.
- Experience: 1 year Cardiovascular surgical and/or OR experience, preferred.
- Licensure/Certification: Current RN licensure in appropriate state, required. BLS, required.
- Additional Skills (required):
- Highly trained to perform open-heart surgical procedures.
- Highly specialized in cardiovascular procedures and acuity, instrumentation, and breath of knowledge.
- Ability to manage the increase workload that may be experienced in the CVOR.
- Ability to take high volume of on call for cardiovascular cases.
- Ability to handle difficult situations and effectively perform under the highest levels of stress.
- Ability to accommodate varying schedules.
- Ability to effectively work with and manipulate equipment such as tandem heart, balloon pump, cardiopulmonary bypass/heart-lung machines, and perfusion cannulation.
- Med-Rad injector skills.
- Ability to perform operations of hybrid CV suite, equipment and bed.
- Additional Skills (preferred): Critical Thinking Skills
- Provide comprehensive perioperative nursing care for patients undergoing cardiovascular and thoracic surgical procedures, including open-heart and vascular surgeries
Collaborate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and surgical technologists to ensure safe and efficient surgical outcomes
Prepare operating rooms with specialized cardiovascular equipment, instrumentation, and sterile supplies
Circulate during cardiac surgeries
Monitor patient status during surgery and promptly communicate significant changes to the surgical team
