Registered Nurse, Operating Room

Job description

Join our team as an Operating Room Registered Nurse! Our team gets to work with a variety of cases allowing you to gain a wide range of skills within the Operating Room.
Under the direction of the Nurse Manager, this position is accountable for the following:
• Oversees nursing care needs of the newborn, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in the Operating Room
• Implements nursing activities for operating room services and ensures compliance with all standard policies and procedures
• Assists in operating procedures and implements nursing activities for cost effective and efficient operations in an operating room
• Provides suggestions for optimizing existing work processes and resource allocation for an effective operating room
• Ensures adherence to relevant policies and procedures for operating room nursing services
• Promotes and ensures patient satisfaction with surgery and nursing care services
• Performs other duties as assigned

Work Schedule:
• 1.0 FTE (80 hours per pay period).
• Schedule includes a mix of 8‑hour day shifts (6:45a–3:15p, 9:00a–5:30p) and evening shifts (2:45p–10:45p).
• Occasional overnight coverage (10:45p–7:15a).
• Additional shifts (10‑ or 12‑hour, mid‑day 10:45a–5:15p) may be assigned based on need.
• Weekly call rotation with weekend calls every 8th weekend.
• Holidays and vacation per seniority.

Required Education & Certifications:
• Completion of a baccalaureate program in nursing
• Applicants with an associate's degree in nursing must have 1 year (2080 hours) experience as a registered nurse
• Licensed Registered Nurse with Perioperative course or completion of a perioperative clinical rotation through a nursing program OR 1 year of operating room RN experience OR licensed registered nurse with 3 years of experience as a Surgical Technologist/Surgical Assistant/Instrument Processing Technician
• Licensed registered nurse by State of Minnesota
• Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers

Benefits:
Our benefits include medical insurance, dental insurance, 401k with match, disability insurance, and tuition reimbursement. We offer an on-site employee fitness center as well as an on-site employee clinic to make it more convenient for our staff to get the care they need. We also have a Center for Employee Resilience that provides support and evidence-based practices to bring relief and build resiliency.