Operating Room Nurse

This position is located at the Blackfeet Service Unit in Browning, MT. The purpose of this position is to provide specialized nursing care in the operating room.

• Organizes, coordinates, evaluates, and actively participates in surgical services and central sterile supply for the Department of Nursing.
• Ensures a safe, sterile, and therapeutic environment for pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-surgical nursing and medical intervention for obstetrical, gynecological, ENT, orthopedic, dental, podiatric, urology, general surgeries.
• Manages and ensures appropriate distribution, collection of daily supplies.
• Monitors usage of surgical and CSR equipment and ensures a preventive maintenance program is in place that meets appropriate standards.
• Troubleshoots and maintains equipment daily.
• Performs yearly inventory of equipment.
• Evaluates nursing supplies to determine quantity and quality and makes adjustments for maximum efficiency.
• Researches and orders specialty (direct issue) supplies and equipment for Inpatient Nursing and OR areas.
• Collects data and conducts studies as part of a quality assurance program that meets criteria of JCAHO, IHS, and AORN.
• Includes chart reviews and medical surgical case review.
• Provides 'on call' surgical coverage for emergency procedures that occur after regular duty hours, assuring coverage 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

• Selectee may be subject to a probationary/trial period.
• ESEP appointees typically serve a two-year trial period.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• This is a designated position covered by Public Law, requiring contact or control over Indian children.
• Due to this requirement, the agency must ensure that persons hired for these positions have not been found guilty of or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty to certain crimes.
• Measles and Rubella immunization required for selectees born after 1957, and seasonal influenza immunization is required for all staff working in Indian Health Service health care facilities.
• COVID-19 vaccination is required for all selectees prior to entrance on duty.
• On-call hours or standby duty may be required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.

• To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying.
• Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, social).
• You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part-time experience.
• You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

• A graduate or higher level degree, bachelor's degree, associate degree, or diploma from an accredited professional nursing educational program is required.
• This education must have been accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.

• Per IHS policy, selectees to positions located in Federally operated hospitals, health centers, and clinics must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before entry on duty or have IHS approve a medical or religious exemption.
• If an exemption is approved, then wearing a face mask and regular testing for COVID-19 will be required.