Registered Nurse - Neurosurgery Operating Room - RN

Mayo Clinic • Jacksonville, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Neurosurgery Operating Room circulates and coordinates the surgical team in all aspects of operating room activities, providing optimum perioperative nursing care to patients. The RN may be asked to scrub as needed and functions as the patient’s advocate. The Jacksonville hospital has 34 operating rooms, including an IMRI OR suite and a dedicated endovascular OR suite, and uses modern equipment and advanced technologies.

The RN coordinates nursing care, including direct patient care, patient and family education, and transitions of care. The role supports professional nursing practice across settings and throughout the continuum of care. Within the Mayo Nursing Care Model, the RN plans, implements, evaluates, and communicates all phases of nursing care for assigned patients, with the ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice providing the basis for practice.

The RN provides leadership through precepting, formal and informal leadership roles, and quality improvement efforts. The RN delegates patient care according to skill level, experience, patient acuity, fiscal accountability, and resource availability. Excellent communication, mentoring, and teaching skills are expected; the RN may also participate in committees or projects. The position is eligible for TN sponsorship, which requires state licensure and VisaScreen or equivalent certification.

Applicants without operating room experience may consider the Periop 101 program. An upcoming cohort date is to be determined and may be in early or mid-2027. Applicants must live within a reasonable driving distance of campus to meet the 45-minute on-call requirement.

Requirements

• Graduate of a nursing program.
• Current RN license in accordance with applicable state requirements.
• Current BLS certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross upon hire, maintained thereafter.
• Additional specialty certification or training as required by the work area.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working in a team environment.
• Computer skills.
• Ability to work flexible hours, potentially including days, evenings, nights, holidays, weekends, and on-call.
• Ability to adapt to unpredictable situations in the work setting.
• Demonstrated leadership, effective communication, and excellent critical-thinking skills.
• Must live within a reasonable driving distance to campus to meet the 45-minute on-call requirement.
• Associate degree or diploma RNs hired into the Department of Nursing with an RN start date after April 1, 2020, must provide documented evidence of completion of a baccalaureate degree in nursing from an accredited program within five years from the last day of the month of their RN start date.
• Entry-level associate degree RNs with an RN start date before April 1, 2020, must provide documented evidence of baccalaureate nursing program completion as stipulated by the degree requirement program in place at hire.

Nice To Haves

• Baccalaureate nursing degree; preferred but not required.
• One year of RN experience in an applicable care setting.
• Prior experience with electronic medical record systems.
• Operating room experience; applicants without it may consider the Periop 101 program.

Responsibilities

• Circulate and coordinate the surgical team in operating room activities.
• Provide perioperative nursing care and advocate for patients.
• Scrub as needed.
• Coordinate nursing care, including direct patient care, patient and family education, and transitions of care.
• Plan, implement, evaluate, and communicate all phases of nursing care for assigned patients.
• Provide leadership through precepting, leadership roles, and quality improvement efforts.
• Delegate patient care according to skill level, experience, patient acuity, fiscal accountability, and resource availability.
• Mentor and teach, and participate in committees or projects as appropriate.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree