San Mateo Medical Center, a Division of San Mateo County Health, isseeking experienced Perioperative Nurses for the Operating Room!
Through growth and change, the San Mateo Medical Center remains committed to providing quality medical care to meet the health needs of the community. Our commitment is to provide quality care with a compassionate touch, and we strive to help you maintain a balance between work and family. San Mateo Medical Center, a 509-bed integrated care facility, has been providing healthcare to our community and surrounding service area since 1930.
We are currently seeking motivated and experienced Perioperative Nurses for our state-of-the art Surgical Department. Under supervision, Operating Room Nurses will ensure safety in the Operating Room for surgeons and patients, scrubbing and circulating. You will provide healthcare instructions to patient and family, maintain accurate and continued nursing documentation, including patient histories, observations, condition and assessment of changes . You will administer and control medications and narcotics, including IV fluids and blood administration. You must have mastery of departmental equipment and technology.
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
NOTE: The eligible list generated from this recruitment may be used to fill future extra-help, term, unclassified, and regular classified vacancies.
Examples Of Duties
Operating Room Nurse Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Licensure/Certification:
Open and Promotional. Anyone may apply. Current County of San Mateo and County of San Mateo Superior Court of California employees with at least six months (1040 hours) of continuous service in a classified regular, probationary, Confidential and Management extra-help/limited term , and SEIU or AFSCME represented extra help/limited term positions prior to the final filing date w ill receive five points added to their final passing score on this examination.
The examination will consist of an interview (weight: 100%). Depending on the number of applicants, an application appraisal of education and experience may be used in place of other examinations, or a screening committee may select those applicants whose education and/or experience appear to best meet the needs of the position based solely on the information provided in the application materials. Because of this screening process, all applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through any subsequent phase of the examination . All examinations will be given in the County of San Mateo, California, and applicants must participate at their own expense.
IMPORTANT: Applications for this position will only be accepted online. If you are currently on the County's website, you may click the "Apply" button. If you are not on the County's website, please go to https://jobs.smcgov.org/ to apply. Responses to the supplemental questions must be submitted in addition to our regular employment application form. A resume will not be accepted as a substitute for the required employment application and supplemental questionnaire . Online applications must be received by the Human Resources Department before midnight on the final filing date.
TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT SCHEDULE
Deadline to Apply: March 25, 2025, by 11:59 PM PST
Application Screening: March 27, 2025
Combined Panel/Departmental Interview: April 9 and/or 10, 2025
About The County
Through growth and change, the San Mateo Medical Center remains committed to providing quality medical care to meet the health needs of the community. Our commitment is to provide quality care with a compassionate touch, and we strive to help you maintain a balance between work and family. San Mateo Medical Center, a 509-bed integrated care facility, has been providing healthcare to our community and surrounding service area since 1930.
We are currently seeking motivated and experienced Perioperative Nurses for our state-of-the art Surgical Department. Under supervision, Operating Room Nurses will ensure safety in the Operating Room for surgeons and patients, scrubbing and circulating. You will provide healthcare instructions to patient and family, maintain accurate and continued nursing documentation, including patient histories, observations, condition and assessment of changes . You will administer and control medications and narcotics, including IV fluids and blood administration. You must have mastery of departmental equipment and technology.
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
- At least two years of experience in the Operating Room of an acute care hospital.
- Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications.
- Experience working with procedural/conscious sedation.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Be comfortable working in a high-pressure environment.
- Is knowledgeable in nursing care in the following areas:
- General surgery
- GYN
- Orthopedics
- Neuro
- ENT
- Urology
- Plastics
- Vascular surgery
- General anesthesia
- Spinal/epidural anesthesia
- Monitored anesthesia care (MAC)
- Procedural sedation
NOTE: The eligible list generated from this recruitment may be used to fill future extra-help, term, unclassified, and regular classified vacancies.
Examples Of Duties
Operating Room Nurse Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Perform intraoperative nursing duties.
- Collect, interpret, record, and communicate pertinent data relevant to the patient's care.
- Determine medical or psychiatric emergency need and provide intervention.
- Assist in the positioning of patients for surgery.
- Transfer patients to and from bed, gurney and/or operating table.
- Organize and coordinate schedules based on changes to patient status, the environment and procedures being administered.
- protecting the patient from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources.
- performing accounting procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained surgical items.
- performing interventions necessary to ensure that the patient’s procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level.
- managing the patient’s specimens according to organizational policy and procedures.
- communicating the patient’s current status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care.
- administering medications safely and correctly.
- performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period.
- Perform related duties as assigned.
Licensure/Certification:
- A valid California license as a Registered Nurse.
- Possession and maintenance of BLS certification.
- Possession and maintenance of ACLS certification within three months of hire.
- Nurse Practice Act.
- Current nursing and related medical theory and skills necessary to administer nursing care within assigned clinical setting.
- Safety and infection control practices.
- Clinical systems, supplies and equipment.
- Nurse Practice Act.
- Perform nursing procedures required for assigned clinical setting.
- Comply with clinical procedures and policies.
- Maintain professional nurse-patient relationships.
- Communicate with and educate patients, families, and the public who come from a diverse background.
- Work harmoniously with other personnel.
- Follow safety practices.
- Assist in the instruction of other nursing and paraprofessional personnel.
- Bend, kneel and squat as needed.
- Occasionally use upper extremities to exert force to push and pull patients/objects weighing up to 50 pounds or more.
- Work in a busy environment.
Open and Promotional. Anyone may apply. Current County of San Mateo and County of San Mateo Superior Court of California employees with at least six months (1040 hours) of continuous service in a classified regular, probationary, Confidential and Management extra-help/limited term , and SEIU or AFSCME represented extra help/limited term positions prior to the final filing date w ill receive five points added to their final passing score on this examination.
The examination will consist of an interview (weight: 100%). Depending on the number of applicants, an application appraisal of education and experience may be used in place of other examinations, or a screening committee may select those applicants whose education and/or experience appear to best meet the needs of the position based solely on the information provided in the application materials. Because of this screening process, all applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement through any subsequent phase of the examination . All examinations will be given in the County of San Mateo, California, and applicants must participate at their own expense.
IMPORTANT: Applications for this position will only be accepted online. If you are currently on the County's website, you may click the "Apply" button. If you are not on the County's website, please go to https://jobs.smcgov.org/ to apply. Responses to the supplemental questions must be submitted in addition to our regular employment application form. A resume will not be accepted as a substitute for the required employment application and supplemental questionnaire . Online applications must be received by the Human Resources Department before midnight on the final filing date.
TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT SCHEDULE
Deadline to Apply: March 25, 2025, by 11:59 PM PST
Application Screening: March 27, 2025
Combined Panel/Departmental Interview: April 9 and/or 10, 2025
About The County