Job Description

Tufts Medical Center is currently accepting applications for our Perioperative 101 RN Training Program. The program is focused on providing the knowledge, skills and competencies required for the professional perioperative nurse.

Participants will learn the theoretical concepts, principles and skills of perioperative nursing based on the standards and recommended practices established by Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN). The individuals that successfully complete the program will have the opportunity to continue their nursing career at Tufts Medical Center.

The first four weeks consist of the didactic portion of the program, which includes classroom lectures, skills lab practice and observational experiences in the operating room. The perioperative nurse in training, will then begin the clinical rotation to the Circulating Nurse and Scrub Nurse roles working with  a preceptor in the various surgical specialties at Tufts Medical Center.

CRITERIA FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE PERIOPERATIVE NURSE TRAINING PROGRAM:

1. A didactic portion of class and written exam
2. A hands-on-scrub portion of class
3. Clinical rotations, which are evidenced by positive feedback and direct observation by clinical instructors
4. Submission of a completed clinical rotation checklist to the clinical instructor at the conclusion of the rotational period

Qualifications

EDUCATION

• Bachelors Degree required, Bachelors Degree in Nursing strongly preferred
• BLS Certification required

EXPERIENCE

• At least one year of Med/Surg RN experience, or experience in a procedural area

LICENSE

• Current Massachusetts Registered Nurse License

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS

• Prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing/walking
• Lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfer patients and equipment
• Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching
• Frequent exposure to hazardous chemicals, sick patients, bodily substances, noise and possible exposure to radiation, lasers, electric shock, etc.
• Regularly exposed to the risk of bloodborne diseases and other transmissible infections
• Contact with patients under wide variety of circumstances
• Subject to varying and unpredictable situations
• Handle emergency and crisis situations
• Subjected to irregular hours
• May have contact with hazardous materials

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES STATEMENT:

Must be able to perform all essential functions of this position with reasonable accommodation if disabled.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed, as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Tufts Medical Center reserves the right to modify position duties at any time, to reflect process improvements and business necessity.

COVID-19 POLICY:

Please note that effective October 1, 2021, as a condition of employment at Tufts Medical Center, all employees and new hires must have received their complete dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, unless they have been granted an exemption.