Operating Room Registered Nurse

Black Women's Mental Health Institute; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Women's Mental Health Institute is seeking an Operating Room Nurse to deliver safe, high-quality perioperative care in a fast-paced surgical environment, ensuring patient safety from entry to discharge.

You will prepare patients, act as circulating and scrub nurse, maintain sterile technique, manage instruments, and coordinate with surgeons, anesthesiologists and technologists throughout procedures, while documenting care and administering medications per protocol.

Qualifications

• Strong perioperative nursing knowledge and ability to maintain sterile fields.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills in a high-acuity setting.
• Attention to detail, sound clinical judgment, and commitment to patient safety.
• Competency with perioperative documentation and medication administration.

Responsibilities

• Prepare patients for procedures and perform perioperative patient assessments.
• Serve as circulating and scrub nurse as needed, maintaining safe sterile technique.
• Manage surgical instruments, supplies, and sterile fields to support optimal outcomes.
• Coordinate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and surgical technologists during procedures.
• Administer medications per clinical protocols and provide patient advocacy throughout the surgical experience.
• Complete accurate documentation and support evidence-based practice and continuous improvement.

Skills

Perioperative nursing

Sterile technique

Communication & teamwork

Documentation & meds administration

Job description

Operating Room Nurse

Deliver safe, high-quality perioperative nursing care in a fast-paced surgical environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare patients for procedures and perform perioperative patient assessments.
• Serve as circulating and scrub nurse as needed, maintaining safe sterile technique.
• Manage surgical instruments, supplies, and sterile fields to support optimal outcomes.
• Coordinate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and surgical technologists during procedures.
• Administer medications per clinical protocols and provide patient advocacy throughout the surgical experience.
• Complete accurate documentation and support evidence-based practice and continuous improvement.

Qualifications & Skills

• Strong perioperative nursing knowledge and ability to maintain sterile fields.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills in a high-acuity setting.
• Attention to detail, sound clinical judgment, and commitment to patient safety.
• Competency with perioperative documentation and medication administration.