Registered Nurse, Operating Room

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. Regions Hospital has 21 operating rooms which includes a hybrid OR and two (2) daVinci Xi robots. We are a busy OR with over 14,000 surgical procedures performed annually.

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:

This is a 0.8 FTE (64 hours per pay period). Shifts will be a mix of days (6:45a-3:00p) and evenings (3:00p-11p). Occasional Overnight (11p-7a) coverage, weekly call shift coverage, with weekend responsibilities every 8th Weekend. Holiday and vacation per seniority.

Required Education & Certifications:

• Completion of a baccalaureate program in nursing

O 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. Benefits take effect first day of employment. We offer an on-site employee fitness center, an on-site physical therapy clinic for employees 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.

Regions is a qualified non-profit employer under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Regions is also proud to be a Yellow Ribbon Company.