Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room

Fairview Health Services • Minneapolis, MN

80d

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. We are seeking a hardworking and motivated Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Operating Room (OR) team, which includes surgical technologists, nursing assistants, schedulers, instrument technicians, and MDs. This position will serve an all-adult patient population. Schedule: This position will be working 64 hours every 2 weeks on the rotating day/evening/night shifts (mostly day shifts). The schedule includes: 8 hour shifts, weekday call as needed, currently 1 weekend shift (usually call) per schedule period. The OR at UMMC East Bank completes on average 45-50 scheduled cases per day.

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

• 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.
• Implement protective measures prior to operative or invasive procedure, including measures to prevent skin or tissue injury due to thermal, mechanical, electrical and chemical sources.
• Confirm identity before the operative or invasive procedure and verify operative procedure, surgical site and laterality.
• Apply safety devices, perform required counts, manage specimen handling and disposition.
• Demonstrate knowledge about the psychologic, sociologic, and spiritual responses of patients and their families to the operative or other invasive procedure.
• Apply principles of aseptic technique while establishing and maintaining sterile fields.
• Perform skin preparations, monitor for wound contamination, and classify the surgical wound.
• Ensure 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

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees