RN/ Registered Nurse -Operating Room

Operating Room Registered Nurse

Fairview Health Services has an opening for an Operating Room Registered Nurse at the Clinics and Surgery Center (CSC) on the University of Minnesota East Bank campus in Minneapolis. This 0.5 FTE position (40 hours every two weeks) with scheduled shifts Monday through Friday between 6:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. based on department needs. This position is benefit eligible!

The primary function of the Operating Room Staff Nurse is that of a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability through the nursing process, for the surgical care of the operating room patient and significant others in collaboration with other health care providers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and initiate plan of patient care using an outcomes based approach ensuring application of age related growth and development principles.
• Coordinate, oversee, deliver, and delegate nursing care based on patient assessment/standards of care.
• Direct, evaluate, and supervise the work of assistive personnel in providing delegated nursing services and development principles.
• Document, reassess and alter plan of care based on patient's response to nursing interventions on an ongoing basis. Collaborates with other health care team members, patient and family members to determine necessary resources and provide continuity of patient care.
• Communicate pertinent patient data to other members of the health care team in a timely fashion.
• Helps create a healthy, energized environment where colleagues support each other to better patient care and satisfaction by: Promotes healthy behaviors to create a positive environment, Engages in improved interdisciplinary communication, Building and working together in a collegial team, Being accountable and taking ownership of the work we do.

Required Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Nursing or
• Bachelor of Science Nursing
• 3 years of clinical nursing experience, preferably within specific patient population group.
• 2 years of operating room experience with knowledge of AORN standards.
• Patient education and pro-active disease management experience.
• Basic Life Support (American Heart Assoc or Red Cross) Upon Hire
• MN Registered Nurse (RN) License Upon Hire