Registered Nurse - Operating Room / Circulator (Weekend Option)

Orlando Health•Orlando, FL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse for its Operating Room/Circulator role, specifically offering weekend shift options. This award-winning, full-service medical/surgical facility, recognized by U.S. News & World Report and Modern Healthcare, has been serving the community since 1985. The hospital boasts a 285-bed capacity and offers expertise in various specialties including diagnostic imaging, cardiovascular care, orthopedic care, surgical services, and emergency medicine. In 2025, the hospital opened an onsite Team Member Wellness Center featuring a fitness facility, tranquility space, and wellness activities to support employee health. Orlando Health emphasizes its commitment to being a "Best Place to Work in Healthcare" and a "Best-In-State Employer" as recognized by Forbes. The DPH Surgery Services department operates 10 OR suites, providing comprehensive intraoperative services for orthopedic, neurological, general, vascular, gynecological, urologic, and ENT procedures on a 24/7 basis.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
Meets all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Orlando Health and unit/department
Maintains current licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Florida or Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification
At least 1 year of circulating / OR experience

Nice To Haves

ACLS, NRP, PALS, TNCC are required for certain areas.

Responsibilities

Demonstrates critical knowledge, skills, and judgement to care for patients requiring complex assessment and therapies, high intensity interventions, and high-level continuous nursing vigilance.
Utilizes information and assessment data to anticipate and respond with confidence and adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions.
Identifies and prioritizes information to take immediate and decisive evidence-based, patient focused action.
Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays, such as intracranial pressures, central venous pressures, pulmonary artery pressures, and cardiac rhythms from cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators, oxygen pumps, etc.
Responds to life-saving situations based on nursing standards and protocol.
Observes, monitors, and assesses patients’ condition, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations and calls Physician or takes preplanned emergency measures when Physician is not immediately available.
Assesses patient’s needs and develops/revises an individualized plan of care based on patient needs and responses. Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attaining expected outcomes.
Functions as a patient and family advocate.
Demonstrates advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his or her assigned unit/ department.
Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/ or nurse clinician.
Serves as a role model for staff and supports the hospital and nursing department’s goals and strategies.
Coordinates the care and delegates as appropriate to other team members on a defined group of patients.
Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures