Operating Room Registered Nurse

East Houston Medical Center • Baytown, TX

4d • Onsite

About The Position

East Houston Medical Center’s Baytown facility is seeking Operating Room Registered Nurses who are focused, detail-oriented, and committed to safe perioperative care. This role supports patients through the surgical experience while serving as a clinical advocate in a highly coordinated procedural environment. The OR RN will primarily support circulating duties, surgical preparation, intraoperative documentation, patient safety checks, and collaboration with surgeons, anesthesia, surgical technologists, and perioperative leaders. The ideal candidate understands the importance of readiness, anticipation, and precision in the operating room.

Requirements

• Active RN license in the State of Texas or compact RN license in good standing.
• Current BLS required.
• Strong attention to detail, calm communication, and ability to function in a team-based surgical environment.

Nice To Haves

• ACLS preferred or required within facility-defined timeframe.
• Operating Room, perioperative, PACU, or procedural nursing experience preferred.
• CNOR preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide perioperative nursing care before, during, and immediately after surgical procedures.
• Serve as circulating nurse and advocate for the patient throughout the surgical case.
• Verify patient identity, consent, procedure, site marking, positioning, allergies, implants, equipment, and required documentation.
• Coordinate with surgeons, anesthesia, surgical technologists, sterile processing, PACU, and support departments.
• Monitor patient condition, maintain situational awareness, and communicate concerns promptly.
• Document surgical counts, medications, implants, specimens, timeouts, procedures, and intraoperative events accurately.
• Support room setup, case preparation, turnover, equipment readiness, and schedule efficiency.
• Follow AORN standards, sterile field awareness, infection prevention, and facility surgical safety procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed