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Form of workJoin 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, call 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 associates 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
Knowledge/Skills & Abilities:
- Ability to interpret colorimetric determinations
- Knowledge of current nursing practices and techniques
- Knowledge of emergency procedures and medical intervention techniques
- Ability to effectively participate on an interdisciplinary treatment team
- Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with patients, family members and coworkers
- Ability to recognize subtle changes in patient’s condition or body systems
- Knowledge of aseptic and sterilization techniques
- Knowledge of surgical instrument procedures and related supplies
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.
