Registered Nurse Operating Room Full Time Days

Baptist Health • Alabaster, AL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Being a Registered Nurse in Surgery is more than just a job — it's a calling. It’s about making a real difference in people’s lives, providing comfort and compassionate care to those who need it most, and being part of a dedicated team that saves lives every day. Baptist Health Shelby Hospital is a leading 252 bed acute care facility dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare with a community-focused touch. Located in Alabaster, AL, it serves over 30,000 emergency visitors annually and offers a wide range of advanced clinical services, including cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, orthopedics, urology, robotics surgery, and more. The state-of-the-art facilities feature cutting-edge technology such as 3 Tesla MRI, robotic surgical systems, and 256-slice CT scanner. Recognized for excellence with accolades like ACC Cath Lab Accreditation, Trans catheter Valve certification, and Primary Stoke Center Designation, the hospital is committed to growth, innovation, and community well-being. This position offers a dynamic environment where skills make a real difference, in a welcoming, fast-paced setting with easy commutes, ample free parking, and a team that feels like family. The role involves administering patient care in a hospital or inpatient setting where patients have an advanced illness or injury that routinely requires timely, intense, and complex care to stabilize and support their medical condition. These areas require a lower caregiver-to-patient ratio and highly trained team members with advanced skills.

Requirements

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
• Meets all mandatory, developmental, and performance competency requirements for Baptist Health, Orlando Health, and assigned unit/department.
• Maintains current State of Alabama RN license or valid eNLC multistate RN license.
• Maintains current BLS/Healthcare Provider certification.
• 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 protocols.
• 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 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 in his or her assigned unit/department.
• Serves as a preceptor, charge nurse, unit educator, and/ or nurse clinician.
• Communicates and collaborates with medical staff and interdisciplinary team to effectively plan and manage the unit/department.
• Serves as a role model for staff and supports the hospital and nursing department’s goals and strategies.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses the data reflective of the patient’s status, and interprets the necessary information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age specific needs.
• Coordinates the care and delegates as appropriate to other team members on a defined group of patients.
• Documents patient care in a knowledgeable, skillful, and consistent manner meeting all required and regulatory standards. This includes but is not limited to patient assessment, education, medication administration, treatments, and patient safety.
• Demonstrates competency in nursing skills and use of patient care/unit equipment as defined by unit/department-specific requisite skills.
• Prioritizes patient care in an ongoing manner in accordance with Evidence-Based Practice Standards of Care.
• Practices effective problem identification and resolution.
• Delegates tasks and duties to healthcare team members in accordance with the patient’s needs and the team member’s capabilities and qualifications.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Paid Time Off (Up to 5 weeks to start)
• Life Insurance
• Extended Leave Plan (ELP)
• Family Care (child care, elder care, pet care)
• Paid Parental Leave
• Pet Insurance
• Car Insurance
• Educational benefits including tuition reimbursement & monthly payments to help pay down any graduated school debt
• ALL benefits start day one

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level