Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room

Fairview Health Services • Minneapolis, MN

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Operating Room (OR) team at our University of Minnesota Medical Center East Bank location in Minneapolis, MN. This position will serve an all-adult patient population. The OR at UMMC East Bank completes on average 45-50 scheduled cases per day. Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofit that offers an entire network of healthcare services. Fairview is one part of M Health Fairview, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, M Physicians and Fairview Health Services. Together, we combine the University’s deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview’s extensive roots in community medicine. Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies and benefit management services.

Requirements

• MN RN license required
• BLS for Health Care Providers
• Minimum of 1 year OR RN experience or 2 years’ experience as a Surgical Technologist.

Nice To Haves

• 1 year Scrub Experience
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Responsibilities

• The Operating Room RN demonstrates the ability to establish an environment of safety for the surgical patient.
• Assess, diagnose, implement, and evaluate treatments and procedures that contribute to the physiological stability of the surgical patient.
• Serve as a circulator or scrub during operative procedures.
• Implements protective measures prior to operative or invasive procedure, including measures to prevent skin or tissue injury due to thermal, mechanical, electrical and chemical sources.
• Confirms identity before the operative or invasive procedure and verifies operative procedure, surgical site and laterality.
• Applies safety devices, performs required counts, manages specimen handling and disposition.
• Demonstrates knowledge about the psychologic, sociologic, and spiritual responses of patients and their families to the operative or other invasive procedure.
• Applies principles of aseptic technique while establishing and maintaining sterile fields.
• Performs skin preparations, monitors for wound contamination, and classifies the surgical wound.
• Ensures perioperative environmental sanitation.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision plans
• life insurance
• short-term and long-term disability insurance
• PTO and Sick and Safe Time
• tuition reimbursement
• retirement
• early access to earned wages

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level