Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room Ortho Circulator

Aurora Health Care; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for the Operating Room, Orthopedics. You will work closely with surgeons, residents, anesthesiologists, and staff to deliver safe perioperative care and optimal patient outcomes.

The role requires Wisconsin RN license, BLS, and at least 2 years of OR experience. You should be comfortable with 35 lb lifts, flexible shifts, and on-call duties as part of a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• RN license issued by the state where you practice.
• BLS for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA).
• 2+ years of RN experience in the OR or surgical nursing.

Responsibilities

• Provide perioperative nursing care and act as patient advocate in the OR.
• Collaborate with surgeons, residents, anesthesiologists, and OR staff to ensure safe surgical outcomes.
• Support education and orientation activities for ongoing perioperative training.
• Handle responsibilities including didactic, digital education, simulations, and hands-on practice as part of orientation.
• Adapt to weekends, holidays, and different shifts; participate in on-call as needed.
• Assist in patient lifting and movement with appropriate equipment and team assistance.
• Maintain awareness of infection control and exposure to potentially infectious specimens and patients.

Skills

RN license

BLS for Healthcare Providers

2+ years RN experience

Job description

Registered Nurse (RN) Operating Room Orthopedics Days

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).
• 2+ years of RN experience

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.