Registered Nurse-Operating Rooms!-Main Hospital and ASC! -Various Shifts Available!- Relocation Bonus Available!

Indiana University Health System•Lafayette, LA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Indiana University Health is looking for passionate, experienced nurses and upcoming/recent RN graduates to join our team and collaborate with top medical professionals. At IU Health, you will learn and develop your career in significant ways, advancing healthcare and delivering the highest level of patient care. Being an IU Health nurse means building a professional nursing career designed by a culture that accepts your outstanding strengths and supports your personal and professional goals. If you are seeking an organization where you can develop clinical expertise, explore diverse career opportunities, embrace learning, cultivate new relationships, and fuel your spirit of inquiry, apply today. The Operating Room is a direct care unit providing care to the surgical patient during the intraoperative process. Nurses and techs are responsible for ensuring instrumentation and equipment are functional and available, ensuring the sterility of instrumentation and equipment, assist the surgeon and anesthesia to provide for a safe and efficient process. Our OR department consists of both the Main Hospital and ASC locations. Our main hospital setting currently consists of 6 rooms which will be 7 rooms once our hybrid OR opens. This location includes robotics and open-heart. Our ASC (ambulatory surgery center) has 6 rooms and is located on the main campus at Arnett Hospital. Our nurses will be required to care for patients at both locations in our intraoperative services. Our patient population includes general, cardiac, orthopedics, neurology, gynecology, ENT, podiatry, and plastic surgery. This unit does have an on-call requirement.

Requirements

Requires an Associates of Nursing (ASN); Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) preferred.
Requires an active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Indiana or an active Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) RN license.
Requires that the RN has graduated from a nationally accredited nursing program.
Requires Basic Life Support certification through the AHA.
Other advanced Life Support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies.

Nice To Haves

CNOR certification
Multiple Daisy awards
Magnet certification
RNs can be trained to scrub at our facility once their orientation is complete

Responsibilities

Ensuring instrumentation and equipment are functional and available
Ensuring the sterility of instrumentation and equipment
Assist the surgeon and anesthesia to provide for a safe and efficient process
Assisting anesthesia during intubation/extubation
Assisting surgeon during procedure
Critical care to assist with A-lines, traumas, massive blood loss, cardiac and respiratory arrest
Caring for patients during malignant hyperthermia crisis

Benefits

Increased pay scale for bedside nurses
A supportive and collaborative work environment that is patient centered.
Competitive benefits.
401(K) retirement savings with employer match.
Employer paid medical leave.
Tuition reimbursement.
Student loan forgiveness – IU Health qualifies under the public service loan forgiveness program.
Employee Assistance Program – Counseling at no cost to you
Healthy Results - Participation in our team member wellness programs award points that contribute toward a biweekly financial incentive in your paycheck.
Relocation Bonus Available!