Looking to make the switch to an OR (operating room) and perioperative nurse agency job in Northampton? Proximity Healthcare is the UK’s preferred healthcare employment solution. We’re renowned for our RN-tailored recruitment services; namely, our team of specialised compliance documentation officers, partner facility liaison, candidate liaison, and marketers, all pushing to find you the best growth opportunities, wages, and work-life balanced roles out there.
Why OR and Perioperative Nurses?
As the United Kingdom’s population grows, so does the number of invasive procedures needed, such as hernia removal, stent implants, and laser surgery. In addition, increasing amounts of more experienced nurses, such as baby boomer generation nurses, are nearing retirement age or have retired, putting strain on the healthcare system to hire inexperienced new graduates and cross-train general nurses and nurses from other specialities.
Plus, many advancements have been made in medical technologies, leading to surgeries growing in complexity and demand for technical skills. Accordingly, new safety procedures and training must be implemented. Operating rooms can also be stressful and anxiety-filled: nurses need to be able to think critically and logically, even when filled with dread or fear.
What Do You Need to Be an OR Nurse?
Of course, you’ll need an RN nurse. Better would be if you had advanced and further surgical nurse certification. You’ll need strong clinical skills, surgical knowledge, stamina and endurance, and be able to effectively communicate, even when under pressure. Also, you should be able to manage your stress levels– the OR can be fast-paced and cause anxiety.
On Reddit, one nurse remarked “OR nursing is the best-kept secret in nursing. Once you get past the gruelling orientation it is one of the most laid-back and easiest nursing jobs you can do, in my opinion. Because OR nursing has such a barrier to entry travel contracts are plentiful and sometimes more money. I love love love working in the OR. Where I work nurses scrub and circulate. Scrubbing is my very favourite thing to do when I can do it- getting really up close and personal with the surgeons, and managing the sterile field. Nothing beats the thrill of anticipating the surgeon correctly and really getting a rhythm for the cases. Circulating isn’t that bad either. Charting is fairly minimal compared to the floor, dealing with one patient at a time is wonderful, and you get a different kind of flow going.“
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