Registered Nurse (RN) Circulator General Surgery

Aurora Health Care; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurora Health Care is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for the Operating Room at St. Luke’s Milwaukee. The OR team supports neuro/ENT/general/orthopedics with a strong emphasis on patient advocacy and teamwork.

The role entails comprehensive circulator training, weekend/holiday shifts, on-call responsibilities, and work in a high-stakes surgical environment guided by AORN standards. Join a system renowned for nursing excellence.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse license issued by the state.
• BLS for Healthcare Providers (AHA) certification.
• 1-2 years OR experience.

Responsibilities

• Didactic education and digital education components.
• Lab experiences with practice skills.
• Simulations.
• Role playing.
• Hands-on practice.
• Ability to work weekends, holidays, and different shifts to accommodate staffing.
• Must take call.
• Assistance in evacuation of patients during emergencies.
• Routinely works with potentially infectious specimens and patients.
• Respond to patients in a timely manner and access all areas of the unit.
• Lift up to 35 pounds; use patient handling equipment for heavier lifts with a team.

Skills

Team-based care

Communication

Clinical judgment

Education

RN license (state-issued)

BLS for Healthcare Providers (AHA)

Job description

• for experienced Operating Room Nurses Only

Registered Nurse (RN) Operating Room

• for experienced Operating Room Nurses Only

Where you will work

St Luke's MAIN OR Milwaukee, WI

• We have 22 operating rooms
• Main operating room services - Neuro/ENT, General, and orthopedics

What You Will Do

Are you looking for an environment that will challenge your knowledge and skills surrounding surgical nursing in the Operating Room? You are the eyes, the ears, and the voice of the patient during one of the most vulnerable times of a person’s healthcare journey. The OR is highly interdependent, and team based. You will work closely with surgeons, residents, advanced practice clinicians, anesthesiologists, technologists and assistants to provide superior surgical outcomes. Your orientation and practice environment is rooted in the specialty standards and educational programs of the Association of Perioperative Nurses (AORN). Your extensive RN orientation includes full training in the circulator role.

What You Will Do

• Didactic Education
• Digital Education
• Lab experiences with practice skills
• Simulations
• Role playing
• Hands-on practice
• Ability to work weekends, holidays, and different shifts in order to accommodate staffing
• positions need to take call
• Work environment includes probability of exposure to adverse, hazardous, or unpleasant conditions while caring for the sick
• Ability to assist in evacuation of patients in the event of a fire or other disaster
• Routinely works with potentially infectious specimens and patients
• Ability to respond to patients in a timely manner and access all areas of the unit
• Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other team member, when available. Unique patient lifting/movement situations will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

What We Are Looking For

• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the team member practices, and
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA).
• 1-2 years OR experience needed

About This Location

Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center is a 938-bed, quaternary acute care community hospital that provides advanced health care expertise. The organization offers leading edge oncology, cardiovascular and neurology therapies for primarily adult patients. Nursing professional governance is a particular organizational strength, with over 40 years of experience in clinical nurse shared decision making. Aurora St. Luke’s has been recognized for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition Program® since 2001, most recently celebrating our 6th consecutive designation in February 2024.