OR Nurse Residency: Launch Your Perioperative Career

ChristianaCare; Warwick (MD); On-site; USD 45,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

ChristianaCare is offering an Operating Room Nurse Residency Program for the Summer 2027 Cohort, beginning August 5, 2027. This accredited program prepares new graduate nurses for perioperative care through a mix of classroom, simulation, and hands-on experiences.

Participants work with experienced perioperative nurse preceptors and rotate through Christiana Campus ORs, gaining foundational skills in sterile technique, patient safety, and interdisciplinary collaboration while committing to two

Qualifications

• Hold or obtain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• BSN preferred; graduated from an accredited nursing program.
• Less than 12 months RN experience by start date.
• Delaware RN license or Compact State RN license before start date.
• Willing and able to work all shifts: days, evenings, nights, weekends, holidays.

Responsibilities

• Complete a 26-week OR nurse residency to prepare for perioperative nursing.
• Be an integral member of a multidisciplinary surgical team delivering safe patient care.
• Engage in classroom, simulation-based, and hands-on clinical experiences.
• Progress through curriculum with preceptor-guided orientation and assessments.

Skills

BLS Certification

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Critical thinking

Education

BSN preferred

Graduate from accredited nursing program

Job description

ChristianaCare is offering an Operating Room Nurse Residency Program for the Summer 2027 Cohort, beginning August 5, 2027. This accredited program prepares new graduate nurses for perioperative care through a mix of classroom, simulation, and hands-on experiences.

Participants work with experienced perioperative nurse preceptors and rotate through Christiana Campus ORs, gaining foundational skills in sterile technique, patient safety, and interdisciplinary collaboration while committing to two