Description

Cares for scheduled surgical patients coming from the ward to the operating room, going through the intraoperative phase of their hospital stay. The Operating Room Nurse will be expected to circulate, scrub, possibly assist the surgeon at times and maintain accurate written operating room documentation. This is an on-ship position and requires participation in an on-call schedule requires participation in an on-call schedule. 

The Operating Room Nurse volunteer position, part of the Operating Room Department, will be located on the Africa Mercy or Global Mercy, the world’s largest non-governmental hospital ships. The preferred minimum time commitment for this role is two weeks.