Perioperative Registered Nurse

Join Our Team at Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster (OAL)

At Orthopedic Associates of Lancaster (OAL), we’re more than just a medical practice—we’re a trusted part of the community. For generations, families across Central Pennsylvania have turned to us for expert orthopedic care delivered with compassion, innovation, and integrity.

With five convenient locations—Lancaster, Willow Street, Manheim (at the Spooky Nook Sports Complex), Lebanon, and Ephrata—OAL offers a dynamic and patient-centered work environment. We’re proud to be consistently recognized for our cutting-edge technology, advanced procedures, and warm, professional staff. Our team includes not only leading orthopedic physicians and surgeons, but also dedicated professionals across clinical and administrative roles who make exceptional care possible every day.

OAL is privately owned by our surgeons and supported by a team of 400+ employees who share a commitment to excellence. At our Lancaster and Lebanon campuses, we operate our own outpatient orthopedic surgery center—NPSC—where we perform a wide range of surgeries, including total joint replacements, using the most advanced techniques available.

When you join OAL, you're joining a respected organization where your work makes a difference. Whether you’re clinical, clerical, or somewhere in between, we offer a culture of collaboration, opportunity, and purpose—all in service of helping people live stronger, healthier lives.

Summary/Objective:

Responsible for the delivery of safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the Pre/Post/PACU and other areas of perioperative services for all patient populations.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Promotes the mission, vision, and values of the organization.

• Assesses patients at intervals as stated in policies and procedures.

• Develops an individualized perioperative patient plan of care.

• Implements the plan of care by:

  • protecting the patient from injury caused by chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources and extraneous objects;

  • 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 in the appropriate manner;

  • communicating the patient’s current status to the appropriate parties throughout the continuum of care;

  • administering medications safely and correctly;

  • performing interventions to maintain the patient’s wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels;

  • performing interventions to maintain the status of the patient’s genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels;

  • performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period;

  • performing interventions to protect the patient from surgical site infection;

  • assessing the knowledge level of the patient or designated support person;

  • providing education regarding the expected psychosocial response, nutritional management, medication management, pain management, wound management, and expected responses to the operative or invasive procedure;

  • actively involving the patient or designated support person in decisions affecting his or her perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process;

  • protecting the patient’s rights, dignity, and privacy;

  • providing culturally and age-appropriate, ethical care within legal standards of practice; and

  • providing consistent and comparable care regardless of the setting.

• Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attaining outcomes.

• Transfers care as appropriate.

• Delegates tasks as appropriate according to the state Nurse Practice Act and job descriptions.

• Documents nursing care accurately, completely, and legibly.

• Collaborates effectively with other disciplines as appropriate.

• Participates in quality review and performance improvement projects.

• Maintains required competencies.

• Acts as a patient advocate and maintains privacy and confidentiality of all appropriate information.

• Other duties as assigned and required.

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing is required.
• Current registered nurse licensure in State of Pennsylvania is required.
• Basic Computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Word) required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification required within 1 year of hire.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification required within 2 years of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two years perioperative service experience or related healthcare experience is preferred.

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, healthcare or related field is preferred.

• Certified Nurse, Operating Room (CNOR); Orthopedic Nurse Certified (ONC); or other related nursing certification preferred.

This is a quick pace environment with a surgical volume that continues to grow quickly along with staffing. The Surgery Centers will be open Monday-Friday from 6am-6:30pm. This is a full-time hourly position.

Our Commitment to Inclusivity:

At OAL and its affiliated organizations, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace environment. Discrimination against qualified individuals based on protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation/gender identity, or any other legally protected category is strictly prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We actively engage in affirmative action initiatives to recruit, hire, and promote individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation/gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability.

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