Registered Nurse - Plastics/Eyes Operating Room - RN

Mayo Clinic•Jacksonville, FL

3h•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Plastics/Eyes Operating Room circulates and coordinates the surgical team across operating room activities, providing optimum perioperative nursing care and advocating for the patient. The RN may be asked to scrub as needed. 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 RN supports professional nursing practice across care settings and the continuum of care, and is accountable for planning, implementing, evaluating, and communicating all phases of care for assigned patients within the Mayo Nursing Care Model. The RN provides leadership through precepting, formal and informal leadership roles, and quality improvement efforts; delegates care according to staff skill and experience, patient acuity, fiscal accountability, and resource availability; and may contribute to committees or projects. Applicants without operating room experience may consider Mayo Clinic's Periop 101 program. The upcoming cohort is scheduled for early/mid 2027. This role is eligible for TN sponsorship, which requires state licensure and VisaScreen or equivalent certification. The position requires living within a reasonable driving distance of campus to meet a 45-minute on-call requirement.

Requirements

Graduate of a nursing program.
Current RN license in accordance with applicable state requirements.
Maintain Basic Life Support (BLS) competency.
Complete 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, which may include 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.
Live within a reasonable driving distance to campus to meet the 45-minute on-call requirement.
Associate degree or diploma nurses hired into the Department of Nursing with an RN start date after April 1, 2020, must provide documented evidence of completion of a baccalaureate nursing degree from an accredited program within five years from the last day of the month of their RN start date.
Entry-level associate degree nurses whose RN start date was 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 degree in nursing; preferred but not required.
One year of RN experience in an applicable care setting.
Prior experience with electronic medical record systems.
Applicants without operating room experience may consider the Periop 101 program.

Responsibilities

Circulate and coordinate the surgical team in operating room activities and provide perioperative nursing care.
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 within the Mayo Nursing Care Model.
Support professional nursing practice across settings and throughout the continuum of care.
Provide leadership through precepting, formal and informal leadership roles, and quality improvement efforts.
Delegate patient care according to skill level, experience, patient acuity, fiscal accountability, and available resources.
Mentor and teach; participate in committees or projects as appropriate.