RN Operating Room (Weekends Only) - Fairview Health Services

Fairview Health Services is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Operating Room (OR) team at University of Minnesota Medical Center West Bank Campus and Masonic Children's Hospital, located in Minneapolis, MN.

This position will be for WEEKENDS ONLY and is currently offering an additional $15.00/hr augmentation! 

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 MDs. This position will serve an adult and pediatric population.

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 may also serve as a circulator or scrub during operative procedures.

About the OR at UMMC West Bank

• UMMC West Bank is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Minnesota and in turn has students, residents, fellows placed in this OR daily.  
• The West Bank has 15 operating rooms, 1 EP Lab, 1 Cath Lab serving an average of 36 cases per day. 
• We provide innovative surgical suites for adult and pediatric patients and are currently renovating additional OR's to complement the existing 4 larger OR's.
• Surgeries in this unit are team based among these specialties: Ortho/Spine/Oral (mainly adults), Peds CV-Hearts/Cardio Thoracic, Peds Neuro/Generals/Urology/Bariatrics, Peds Transplant, Adult Urology, GYN, ENT/Eye/Plastics, Peds Dental and Da Vinci Robotics.

Schedule:

This Operating room nursing position will be working in the Weekend Scheduling Program (WSP). This position is a 0.6 FTE. Hours included in this agreement are every Saturday and every Sunday 0700-1900.

Benefits:

This position is eligible for full benefits. We offer a generous benefits package including medical, dental, vacation/sick time, retirement options, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment program, and more!  

 https://www.fairview.org/benefits/tcmnarn

About Fairview:

Fairview Health Services is an industry-leading, award-winning nonprofit that 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. 

Apply today to join our 34,000+ employees and 5,000+ system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other!

As an Operating Room RN, you will be responsible for:

• 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 safety devices, performs required counts, manages specimen handling and disposition.
• Applies principles of aseptic technique while establishing and maintaining sterile fields.
• Performs skin preparations, monitors for wound contamination, and classifies the surgical wound.
• Ensures perioperative environmental sanitation.
• 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:

• MN RN license
• BLS
• Minimum of 2 years current RN OR experience. 
• Ability to circulate a wide range of services.
• Preferred: Scrub experience