Registered Nurse - Operating Room / SURGICAL SERVICES

Garnet Health•Mechanicstown, NY

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Garnet Health is hiring a Registered Nurse for its OR/Surgical Services team at Garnet Health Medical Center Middletown. Clinical nurses provide safe, timely, effective, equitable, and patient-centered care, guided by the New York State Nurse Practice Act, ANA ethics and practice guidance, Garnet Health nursing plans, and established nursing philosophies. The role involves professional nursing practice grounded in caring relationships, assessment, clinical judgment, critical thinking, evidence-based practice, and a commitment to safe, quality care. The position requires collaboration, adaptability, prioritization, and sensitivity to patient needs in a setting with frequent interruptions and potentially unpredictable situations. The nurse must hold an active New York State nursing license and maintain current BLS training. Operating Room applicants need one year of acute-care hospital OR or accredited ambulatory surgery center experience, or graduation from the ORMC OR Residency Program when offered. The role may involve irregular hours, including nights and weekends. Work is on-site. Physical requirements include considerable standing, walking, reaching, bending, and other movements, as well as visual demands and moderate-to-frequent heavy patient handling. Safe patient-handling devices and initiatives must be used as appropriate. The position may involve exposure to infectious materials, emergency situations, and workplace hazards; required personal protective equipment must be worn. The hourly compensation range is $56.58–$62.71. Garnet Health describes career-growth resources, tuition reimbursement, and comprehensive health, dental, and retirement benefits.

Requirements

Active New York State Nursing License in good standing.
Associate, bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in nursing from an accredited school of nursing.
One year of acute-care hospital Operating Room experience or accredited Ambulatory Surgery Center experience, or graduation from the ORMC OR Residency Program when offered.
Current BLS training.
Ability to foster collaborative relationships, work well under pressure, organize and synthesize information, and prioritize tasks.
Critical-thinking and analytical skills, flexibility, and ability to multitask with detailed attention in an environment with uncontrolled interruptions.
Ability to meet the role's essential physical-functioning demands, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Ability to perform considerable standing, walking, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching, and meet considerable visual demands.
Ability to participate in safe patient handling, including use of assistive devices when a caregiver would otherwise lift more than 35 pounds of a patient's weight.
Willingness to work schedules that may include irregular hours, nights, and weekends.

Nice To Haves

Baccalaureate degree in nursing.
American Nurses Association-endorsed certification or Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses certification, based on certification specialty hours-of-work requirements.
CNOR certification.

Responsibilities

Provide safe, timely, effective, equitable, and patient-centered nursing care.
Establish caring relationships that facilitate health and healing.
Assess and integrate information about patients and their health experiences and responses.
Apply scientific knowledge, judgment, and critical thinking to diagnosis and treatment.
Support safe, quality, and evidence-based nursing practice.
Follow patient and staff safety precautions, identify and report potentially dangerous situations, and take appropriate action to reduce risk.
Report errors as appropriate and participate in root cause analysis or other efforts to reduce the risk of harm.
Complete required annual and mandatory training within established time frames and maintain current BLS training.
Participate in Safe Patient Handling Initiatives and use assistive devices when indicated.