Registered Nurse, RN - OR

Surgery Partners; Homewood (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

PTO

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Surgery Partners is seeking a Registered Nurse for the OR to deliver patient-centered care across preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases. You will assess patients, document thoroughly, and communicate with the care team to ensure smooth surgical flows.

Required OR experience, RN license, and BLS; ACLS preferred. Role emphasizes aseptic technique, patient safety, and adherence to regulatory standards in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Registered Nurse License.
• Current American Heart Assn. BLS required. ACLS certification preferred.
• Previous OR experience required.

Responsibilities

• Delivers patient care using the nursing process across preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases.
• Assesses physiologic and psychosocial status and pain, documents findings clearly.
• Communicates critical information to the team to ensure continuity of care.
• Maintains aseptic technique and accurate surgical site identification and counting.
• Demonstrates safe judgment, responds to emergencies, and adheres to legal and ethical standards.

Job description

JOB TITLE

Registered Nurse- OR

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The delivery of patient care through the framework of the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis and patient outcome) in the preoperative, interoperative and postoperative phase of the surgical patient.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Supervisor of Clinical Services

EDUCATION/ EXPERIENCE

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Current Registered Nurse License
• Current American Heart Assn. BLS required. ACLS certification preferred.
• Previous OR experience required

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrates current, comprehensive professional knowledge and skills in conformance with recognized nursing standards and department policies including the Patient Bill of Rights and JCAHO regulations, Standards for Nursing Care and the Nurse Practice Act.
• Assesses physiological and psychosocial health status of patient.
• Assesses pain per policy.
• Completes patient history.
• Verbally reports pertinent information to appropriate staff to provide continuity of care.
• Legibly documents information in patient record and signs record using appropriate professional title.
• Assesses level of understanding and expectations of care.
• Identifies desired patient outcomes.
• Establishes nursing diagnosis.
• Establishes patient/family goals that are mutually acceptable.
• Formulates Plan of Care for the patient.
• Implements nursing care plans tailored to patient/family needs.
• Demonstrates ability to assess and problem solve.
• Responds to emergencies.
• Practices within legal and ethical guidelines (Nurse Practice Act, legal statutes, ANA code for Nurses, PRMC Policy and Procedures.
• Performs nursing actions that demonstrate accountability (demonstrates flexibility, exercises safe judgment).
• Continually adjusts care plan based on patient/family data.
• Demonstrates proper preoperative process - communication/report.
• Demonstrates proper procedure and documentation for surgical case counting.
• Demonstrates proper aseptic technique.
• Demonstrates efficient turnover time.
• Demonstrates proper technique for obtaining blood products.
• Demonstrates proper patient identification verification per policy.
• Demonstrates proper surgical site identification and marking per policy.
• Anticipates surgeon's needs during surgical procedure.
• Participates in a Profession Nursing Organization.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account with an employer contribution
• Life Insurance
• PTO
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match
• And more!

Equal Employment Opportunity & Work Force Diversity

Our organization is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, creed, sex, religion, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, parental status, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic testing results or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws. This practice relates to all personnel matters such as compensation, benefits, training, promotions, transfers, layoffs, etc. Furthermore, our organization is committed to going beyond the legal requirements of equal employment opportunity to take positive actions which ensure diversity in the workplace and result in a multi-cultural organization.

This description is intended to provide only basic guidelines for meeting job requirements. Responsibilities, knowledge, skills, abilities and working conditions may change as needs evolve.