RN, Registered Nurse - Operating Room

Trinity Health • New Albany, OH

20d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in the Surgery department at Mount Carmel New Albany provides operating room nursing care within the scope of the Ohio Nurse Practice Act. The department has 10 operating rooms and focuses primarily on orthopedic surgery, including hips, knees, shoulders, spine, sports medicine, and podiatry, with occasional plastics and general surgery cases. The team averages 15–20 cases per day and has minimal call and no weekend coverage. The department describes its environment as a unique, family-like atmosphere for staff and patients.

The nurse provides care sensitive to patients’ physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs, collaborates as part of a team, and is accountable for delivering care through the Nursing Process in accordance with organizational standards, policies, procedures, and guidelines. The role promotes patient safety, evidence-based practice, quality initiatives, and professionalism within the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program model.

Requirements

• Graduate from a school of nursing.
• Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Ohio.

Nice To Haves

• For casual RNs, two years of experience is specified.
• New graduate nurses with less than one year of clinical experience are subject to participation in, and automatic enrollment in, the Nurse Residency Program.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care and promote patient safety, evidence-based practice, quality initiatives, and professionalism.
• Assess and evaluate care for an assigned group of patients using evidence-based practice.
• Collaborate with patients and families to develop and implement plans of care that include physical, spiritual, and educational components.
• Communicate pertinent information accurately and promptly to appropriate team members, and keep patients and families updated.
• Document pertinent patient assessments, interventions, and outcomes accurately and completely in accordance with applicable standards and policies.
• Assume responsibility and accountability for care provided and documented by other licensed and unlicensed caregivers, as appropriate.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on day one.
• Retirement savings account with employer match starting on day one.
• Generous paid time off programs.
• Employee recognition programs.
• Tuition and professional development reimbursement starting on day one.
• RN-to-BSN tuition fully paid at Mount Carmel’s College of Nursing.
• Relocation assistance, subject to geographic and position restrictions.
• Employee Referral Rewards program.
• DailyPay access for eligible colleagues.
• Opportunity to join Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Colleague Resource Groups.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level