Registered Nurse - Operating Room

Trinity Health • Grand Rapids, MI

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in a collaborative environment as part of an interdisciplinary team to deliver excellent, evidence-based and individualized patient care, and facilitates all aspects of the patient visit experience. The role is in Trinity Health’s recently renovated surgical suite/operating room, which has 16 beds and a hybrid operating room equipped with advanced medical imaging devices to support minimally invasive procedures.

Before surgery, the nurse ensures the operating room is correctly prepared, lays out instruments and supplies according to the surgeon’s preferences, checks that required equipment is functioning, verifies the patient’s identity and consent forms, and reviews the procedure site and nature of the operation with the team. During surgery, the nurse provides sterile fluids and medications, replenishes supplies and instruments as needed, and advocates for the patient while they are incapacitated.

This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week day-shift position, scheduled 6:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. The facility is Magnet designated and has active shared decision-making councils.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree in nursing.
• Licensed in the State of Michigan.
• Experience required.
• In Grand Rapids, an associate-degree nurse must enroll in a BSN program within six months of hire and complete it within four years of hire.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the operating room is set up correctly before a procedure.
• Prepare the surgical area and arrange instruments and supplies according to the surgeon’s preferences.
• Check that equipment needed for the procedure is functioning normally.
• Verify the patient’s identity and consent forms, and review the procedure site and nature of the procedure with the operating room team.
• Provide the surgical team with sterile fluids and medications as needed during the operation.
• Replenish supplies, disposable items, or instruments as needed during the operation.
• Advocate for patients while they are incapacitated during surgery.
• Deliver evidence-based, individualized patient care as part of an interdisciplinary team and facilitate the patient visit experience.

Benefits

• Day-one benefits, including low-cost medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 403(b) retirement plan.
• Paid holidays.
• Generous paid time off, with up to 18 days in the first year.
• Daily Pay options.

What This Job Offers

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