JOB LOCATION: Wilkes-Barre General Hospital - Operating Room JOB SHIFT: Day Shift POSITION PURPOSE A clinically competent, registered nurse who demonstrates expertise in the perioperative field. Effectively delivers perioperative care to the surgical patient through the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation. POSITION QUALIFICATIONS Experience/Specialized Skills/Aptitudes: • Past perioperative experience is preferred. Nurses who do not meet this requirement must complete a surgical competency-based orientation program successfully. • Pharmacology, aseptic technique, teaching skills, documentation Licenses/Certificates: • Current Pennsylvania Registered Nurse license. • Current BLS certification, must be completed prior to end of orientation period