Registered Nurse CTOR

Cincinnati Children's

8d • $37 - $44 • Onsite

About The Position

Seeking experienced perioperative nurses for the CTOR. This is an opportunity to transition into pediatric cardiac surgery, working in a specialized three-room OR suite designed for pediatric and congenital cardiac cases. The role involves approximately 600 surgeries annually, including 15-20 transplants. Nurses will learn both circulating and scrub roles and work alongside nationally recognized cardiac surgeons, anesthesiologists, and perfusionists. The position offers a real orientation, not just a week of modules, and includes on-call responsibilities with a 30-minute response window. The team is described as tight-knit, and the work is considered complex and meaningful. The department is a national leader in pediatric and congenital heart surgery and transplantation, treating complex conditions that other hospitals cannot. They perform an average of 600 cardiothoracic surgeries each year, including approximately 15-20 heart, lung, and multi-organ transplants. Patients travel from over 48 states and 22 countries to receive care.

Requirements

• Active Ohio RN license
• 1-2 years of OR experience
• The ability to think fast, communicate clearly, and stay steady when the room gets loud
• Associate/Diploma prepared RNs from ACEN, CCNE or NLN CNEA accredited institution requires 2+ years of experience.
• If hired without a BSN or MSN, must enroll in a BSN or MSN program within 1 year of hire date/RN job date and complete program within 5 years of hire/RN job date.
• 1 year of operating room experience.

Nice To Haves

• Adult CVOR background is welcome.
• Peds experience is a plus but not required.
• BSN from ACEN, CCNE or NLN CNEA accredited institution or MSN are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Learn both circulating and scrub roles.
• Work directly alongside cardiac surgeons, anesthesiologists, and perfusionists.
• Participate in approximately 600 surgeries annually, including 15-20 transplants.
• Follow professional practice standards and guidelines.
• Question appropriateness of policies and guidelines; question current practice; seek advice, resources, or information to improve patient care.
• Assist with development of competence in peers; formally, by precepting new employees, and informally, by sharing knowledge at the point-of-care.
• Use self-appraisal performance review and peer review, including annual goal setting, for assurance of competence and professional development to promote safe and ethical practice using the nursing process.
• Coach and mentor others.
• Precept nursing peers and students.
• Facilitate learning for members of the healthcare team.
• Actively work with department managers, nurse council and magnet representatives to identify, share, implement and evaluate safety best practices.
• Mitigate actual or potential risks to patient and staff safety.
• Utilize current research findings and other evidence to expand professional knowledge, enhance role performance, and increase knowledge of nursing professional issues.
• Support clinical nursing, health care, and health system research studies conducted by professional, credentialed researchers.
• Recognize systems and processes within the healthcare environment that affect the patient experience; anticipate needs of patients and families as they move through the healthcare system; utilize untapped and alternative resources as necessary.
• Consider patient values and incorporate in care, when differing from personal values; support colleagues in ethical and clinical issues; moral decision-making can deviate from rules; engage the patient's family, encouraging them to speak/represent themselves; protect patient and family rights.
• Inquire about cultural differences and consider their impact on care; accommodate personal and professional differences in the plan of care; help patient/family understand the culture of the healthcare system.
• Collect & interpret complex patient data; make clinical judgments based on an immediate grasp of the whole picture; recognize patterns & trends by focusing on key elements while eliminating extraneous details.
• Document & teach others to document the plan of care, care delivered, & patient/family outcomes.
• Respond to subtle patient/family changes; engage with each unique patient/family in a compassionate manner; tailor caring practices to the individuality of patient/family; recognize the importance of a healing environment & tailor the environment to meet the needs of the patient/family; promote safety throughout patient/family transitions along the healthcare continuum; recognize that death may be an acceptable outcome.
• Proficiently integrate age-specific concepts into patient care, taking into consideration both the patient's chronological age & developmental functioning.
• Use self-management support, develop care goals & actions through partnerships with patients.
• Use teach-back strategies to evaluate effectiveness.
• Coordinate education with other members of the health care team.
• Integrate strategies in the plan of care that support the patient/family adaptation to the home environment.

Benefits

• We embrace innovation—together.
• We believe in empowering our teams with the tools that help us work smarter and care better.
• By encouraging innovation, we’re creating space for new ideas, better outcomes, and a stronger future—for all of us.
• Comprehensive job description provided upon request.
• We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree