Registered Nurse (RN) – Operating Room

Responsibilities/Job Description:

 

Fairview is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Operating Room (OR) team at Southdale Hospital, located in Edina, MN!

 

We are seeking a hardworking and motivated Registered Nurse to join our Operating Room team, which includes surgical technologists, nursing assistants, schedulers, instrument technicians, and doctors. You will work among the top healthcare professionals in the nation, providing high quality care with a focus on patient safety and a team supported environment.

 

The Operating Room RN demonstrates the ability to establish an environment of safety for the surgical patient. They should be able to assess, diagnose, implement, and evaluate treatments and procedures that contribute to the physiological stability of the surgical patient.They serve as a circulator or scrub during operative procedures.

 

Schedule: This Operating Room nursing position will be working 64 hours every two weeks on the rotating Day/Evening shift, 8 hour shifts (6:45 AM-3:15 PM, 8:45 AM-5:15 PM, 11:00 AM-7:30 PM, and 2:45 PM-11:15 PM), including rotation of weekends (every third weekend) and holidays. This position includes some call hours, they are part of the work agreement for RN's in the Fairview Southdale Operating Suites. Call time is 30 minutes.

 

 

About the OR at Southdale:

• Southdale Hospital Operating Room is a major hub for Da Vinci surgery.
• Southdale Hospital has 26 operating Rooms, we perform over 14,000 surgeries per year.
• Surgeries in this unit are among these specialties: Cardiothoracic, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics and general surgeries.
• Our hospital has been named a Blue Cross Blue Shield Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and Hip and Knee replacement.  

Schedule: This is a day/evening position, .9 (72 hours per pay period), rotating 8-hour shifts (6:45 AM-3:15 PM, 8:45 AM-5:15 PM, 11:00 AM-7:30 PM, and 2:45 PM-11:15 PM), with every third weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday), and on-call responsibilities. 

 

The Registered Nurse is responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of nursing care for all assigned patient population(s). The RN is responsible for performing these responsibilities in accordance with all policy, procedures, professional practice guidelines and the MN Nurse Practice Act. The RN coordinates care with members of the health care team and delegates responsibilities to others as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient needs and identifies expected nursing outcomes.
• Collaborates with patient, family and other health team members to develop a nursing plan as part of an integrated, comprehensive plan of care
• Develops an individualized plan based on age, social and cultural considerations, condition and other relevant needs.
• Evaluates care and patient response to interventions and expected outcomes.
• Collaborates and communicates effectively and respectfully with the patient, family and members of the health care team within and across care settings to promote partnership-based health care
• Demonstrates the ability to advance care by utilizing standards, guidelines, care pathways and continuous improvement to enhance patient outcomes.
• Promotes a culture of evidence based practice (EBP)

Required Qualifications

• MN Registered Nurse (RN) License
• Basic Life Support (American Heart Assoc or Red Cross)
• One year current RN OR experience OR completion of Fairview's Periop 101 program. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing or BAN
• 1-3 years of experience
• Scrub experience
• Strongly prefer RN work experience in a main Operating Room with cross-team training
• EPIC experience
• Experience supporting Adults

Qualifications:

$44.68- $74.32 Hourly