Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room

Fairview Health Services; Maplewood (MN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairview Health Services is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse to join the Operating Room team at St. John's Hospital in Maplewood, MN. The RN will play a crucial role in providing high-quality patient care using the nursing process, ensuring safety, and maintaining a sterile environment. This position offers the opportunity to work with advanced surgical technologies in a supportive atmosphere committed to professional development.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision insurance

PTO and Sick Leave

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement benefits

Qualifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• One year of recent OR experience or successful completion of Peri-op 101.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates patient care and communicates effectively with health care team.
• Implements aseptic techniques and safety in the operating room.
• Participates in department goals focusing on quality and patient experience.

Skills

Patient Care

Emergency Response

Education

RN Licensure from MN Board of Nursing

BSN

Job description

Job Overview

Bring Your Possibilities to Fairview

At Fairview, we believe in the power of possibility — within ourselves, our teams, and thecommunities we serve. We believe that leadership isn’t just a title — it’s a mindset we allshare. Whether you’re providing hands-on care, innovating behind the scenes, orsupporting those who do, your work matters.

Fairview is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Operating Room (OR) team at St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood, MN!

The Operating Room at St. John’s Hospital provides offers a warm, inviting atmosphere and caring, personal staff. Innovative technology, combined with the expertise of our specialists, nurses and staff, contribute to our innovative healing environment and conscientious health care delivery. We are committed to delivering outstanding health care to our growing community. Our 184 bed facility offers a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic services.

Schedule: This position will be working 1.0 FTE (80 hours every two weeks) on the evening shift and 8 hour shifts. Call required and weekend rotation.

About the OR at St. Johns:

St. John’s OR has 8 Operating Rooms with supporting Preop and Postop department adjacent.
It is a Robotic Center of Excellence as well as Bariatric Center of Excellence with General, Urology, GYN and Oncology being the largest Volume of Robotic cases.
Surgeries in this Unit include: Open Heart, complex and simple Neuro-spine, General, GYN, Plastics, Breast, the Kidney Stone Institute, ENT, Oral, Urology, Vascular, GI, Hernia, Thyroid, and traumatic Orthopedic
A new Cardiac Cath lab and Hybrid room adjacent to the OR.

About Fairview:

Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofitthat offers an entire network of healthcare services. Fairview is one part of M Health Fairview, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, M Physicians and Fairview Health Services. Together, we combine the University’s deep history of clinical innovation and training with Fairview’s extensive roots in community medicine. Our care portfolio includes community hospitals, academic hospitals, primary and specialty care clinics, senior facilities, facilitated living centers, rehabilitation centers, home health care services, counseling, pharmacies and benefit management services.

As an Operating Room Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for:

Demonstrates dedication to principles of the patient care model (Professional Partnership Model) and achieving the HealthEast nursing vision and strategy
Uses the nursing process, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, to coordinate outcome focused patient care. Throughout this process, also understands and incorporates comprehensive nursing theory based on Watson's Theory of Caring aligning with the practice standards of the American Holistic Nurses Association whenever holistic therapy is offered
The RN coordinates care with members of the health care team and delegates responsibilities to others (surgical technologist, nursing assistant, huc) as appropriate.
Implements protective measures prior to procedure, including measures to prevent skin or tissue injury due to thermal, mechanical, electrical and chemical sources.
Confirms identity before the operative or invasive procedure and verifies operative procedure, surgical site and laterality.
Applies principles of aseptic technique and safety while establishing and maintaining sterile fields.
Ensures perioperative environmental sanitation.
Actively participates in the development and achievement of department goals (safety, cost, quality, patient experience, employee engagement)
Supports patients’ rights and ethics by delivering consistent, proficient, and ethical care, within legal standards of practice, while maintaining privacy and support of the patient’s value system.
Demonstrates knowledge of the health system environment and administrative issues that impact job performance, patient safety, and ethical considerations.

Required Qualifications:

• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• RN Licensure from MN Board of Nursing
• RN with one year of recent operating room experience or RN with current hospital experience and successful completion of Peri-op 101

Preferred Qualification:

• BSN
• Experience in Robotic Surgeries as well as General and Vascular surgeries.

Benefit Overview

Fairview offers a generous benefits package, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, PTO/vacation and Safe and Sick Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement and more! Please follow this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/benefits/hemnarn

Compensation Disclaimer

The posted compensation range corresponds to the minimum and maximum pay rates outlined in your union agreement for the respective job classifications at the time of job posting. An individual's pay rate within this range may be influenced by various factors, including FTE, skills, knowledge, educational background, and qualifying experience as specified in the contract. If your role is eligible for a sign-on bonus, the bonus program that is approved and in place at the time of offer, is what will be honored.

EEO Statement

EEO/Vet/Disabled: All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status