Operating Room Nurse
Company: Port Jefferson ASC LLC
Location: Port Jefferson Station
Posted on: February 21, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Port Jefferson ASC is a
multispecialty surgery center with six operating rooms located in
Port Jefferson Station . Seeking an experienced operating room
nurse with specialty experience in eyes. Benefit package available
to include 401k, Medical, dental, and vision. Long and short term
disability also available • Communication of procedures and
treatments with patient and significant others to gain cooperation,
understanding, and trust and allay apprehension while reaching
mutual consent in care approach. • Communicates patient education
based on individualized needs of the patient, as requested by
Physician and/or facility policy to optimize the patients
preparation for surgery and continued care upon discharge. •
Directs care of the patient in accordance with physician orders,
including astute assessment of patient responses to medical
treatment, therapeutic response to prescribed medications, ability
to recognize significant conditions and adverse reactions, and
effectively communicates patient's condition, progress, and
reaction to drugs, treatments, and or significant change in
condition with physician, peers & family. • Obtains concurrent
vital signs to detect deviations from expected normal values and
assesses condition for changing patient status and independently
intervenes with appropriate care. • Plans and delivers direct
patient care based upon evidence based practices, facility
policies, procedures, protocols or processes. • Maintains awareness
of specific needs of patient including but not limited to: comfort;
pain relief; anxiety relief; cultural and spiritual diversity; age
specificity; verifies correct patient, procedure, side/site;
protection of tissue and nerve damage by proper body positioning
while under anesthesia; applies aseptic techniques for prevention
of surgical site infection; hydration; thermoregulation;
hemodynamics; accurate management of specimens; prevention of
retained foreign objects, and burn and fire prevention and plans
direct care interventions accordingly. • Verifies patient
identification; patients understanding of planned procedure by
cross reference to informed consent; correct procedure site, side,
& supplies; allergies and other special needs before proceeding
with planned procedure. • Advanced knowledge in operating/procedure
room equipment, instrumentation, supplies unique to perioperative
environment. • Applies experiential knowledge for making decisions
specific to efficiencies and cost containment to optimize work flow
and protection of business assets. • Accurately communicates
continuum of direct patient care verbally and in writing within the
medical record. Acknowledges medical and surgical history obtained
from H&P, known allergies and physical condition by
visualization. Conducts assessment and re-assessments before and
following treatments, medications administered, and patient
condition at time of transfer of care. • Prepares operating /
procedure rooms with specific equipment, sterile instruments and
supplies based on physician preferences and the accumulative
knowledge based on experiences to optimize patient safety, work
flow, efficiencies and cost containment strategies. • Consistently
performs hand hygiene practices for the prevention of infection. •
Concurrently participates in facility quality assessment and
performance improvement activities identified by the organization.
• Other responsibilities may be assigned by management.
Keywords: Port Jefferson ASC LLC, Hamden , Operating Room Nurse, Healthcare , Port Jefferson Station, Connecticut
