RN Operating Room General Surgery

Allina Health • Minneapolis, MN

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About The Position

Allina Health is a not-for-profit health system serving individuals, families, and communities throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The RN Operating Room General Surgery position provides leadership in the surgical environment and applies the nursing process to ensure safe and efficient operating room care. The professional nurse establishes a therapeutic relationship with patients and families and is responsible for planning, coordinating, and evaluating patient care needs.

The role involves assessing patient and family needs, establishing expected outcomes and plans of care, supervising progress, and modifying the plan as needed. The nurse maintains education and competencies, incorporates evidence-based practice and applicable statutes and regulations, and collaborates with patients, families, and the care team to provide safe, effective care. The position is a 1.0 FTE, with 40 hours per week on 10-hour day/evening shifts and occasional weekend rotation. Call is based on department need, with approximately 3–4 weekend team-call rotations and 4–6 single-shift department calls per year.

Requirements

• Associate's degree or vocational degree.
• Registered nurse experience.
• Completion of, or current enrollment in, an approved perioperative training program.
• Licensed Registered Nurse credential from the Minnesota Board of Nursing if working in Minnesota, or from the Wisconsin Department of Safety & Professional Services if working in Wisconsin, required upon hire.
• Meet at least one ACLS requirement: current American Heart Association ACLS certification, current American Red Cross ALS certification, or Allina in-house ACLS training within 60 days.
• For St. Francis, Abbott Northwestern, Mercy, or Buffalo Hospitals, meet at least one BLS requirement: current American Heart Association BLS certification, current American Red Cross BLS certification, or Allina in-house BLS training within 30 days of hire.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree.
• Operating room experience.
• CNOR (Certified Nurse Operating Room) certification.
• Tier 1: More than one year of experience circulating and scrubbing general cases.
• Tier 2: More than one year of experience circulating general cases.
• Tier 3: One year of experience circulating cases.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient and family needs, identify outcomes, establish plans of care, supervise progress, and modify plans as needed.
• Maintain education and competencies to provide high-quality patient care and practice.
• Incorporate evidence-based nursing practice and applicable statutes, rules, and regulations into plans of care.
• Collaborate with patients and families to establish realistic, measurable, age-appropriate, and culturally appropriate expected outcomes.
• Coordinate, collaborate, and delegate appropriately to ensure safe and effective care.
• Fulfill organizational requirements.
• When acting as charge nurse, coordinate, delegate, and direct unit operations and collaborate with staff, leadership, and other disciplines.
• When acting as preceptor, identify the orientee’s learning needs, plan learning experiences, and validate clinical competence.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical and dental benefits.
• PTO and time away.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Voluntary benefits, including vision, legal, and critical illness coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement or continuing medical education, as applicable.
• Student loan support benefits to help navigate the Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
• Well-being dollars, dedicated well-being navigators, programs, activities, resources, personal coaching, and tools.

What This Job Offers

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